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Workaholic King ‘won’t slow down or do what he’s told’, says Camilla

Charles has cancelled engagements on Friday on doctors’ orders following a short observation in hospital after cancer treatment side effects.

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Author: Laura Elston

UK-US Tariff talks ‘reaching crucial point’

Rachel Reeves has been defending her spending plans, amidst intense criticism over the impact they may have in pushing people into poverty.

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Author: @adavies4

Reeves may have to find further cuts and tax hikes amid economic gloom

Rising costs and global uncertainty may force chancellor to turn to pensioners and wealthier taxpayers

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Author: Richard Partington,Jessica Elgot

Lancashire prison governor denies alleged relationship with drug gang leader inmate

Kerri Pegg, 42, also accused of accepting gift of Mercedes from man styling himself Jesse Pinkman

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

Reeves already running out of road as IFS warns of more tax raids

Chancellor ‘may come back for more’ after higher borrowing costs wipe out headroom

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Author: Szu Ping Chan,Tim Wallace,Eir Nolsøe

Economists warn Labour may have ‘no choice’ but to raise taxes

Rachel Reeves will have no choice but to raise taxes in her autumn budget if economic forecasts deteriorate, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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Author: @heliaebrahimi

Just Stop Oil to end direct action protests

Climate activist group claims victory after demand to end new oil and gas becomes UK government policy

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Author: Attracta Mooney

Proportion of children living in low income families, by local area

Relative low income is defined here as any family claiming child benefit and at least one other household benefit.

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Author: Ian Jones

Reeves could tax pensions and wealth if economy worsens, says IFS

Chancellor may have to reconsider pledge not to raise taxes in light of ‘risky and changing world’, thinktank says

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Author: Richard Partington

Business | Mar 29th 2025 Edition

The world this week

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Author: The Economist

Live updates as school placed in lockdown

Parents have been told ‘please do not come onto school site or try to contact your child’ and the school has said the switchboard and entrances may not be staffed

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Author: Robert Dalling

The UK Is a Hostage to Fortune in a World Roiled by Trump

I’m Craig Stirling, a senior editor, and today we’re looking at the UK’s precarious new fiscal plans. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net or get in touch on X via @economics. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here.

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Author: Craig Stirling

Man arrested on suspicion of murder following ‘road rage’ hit and run

It is believed the two men had an altercation before one got back into his vehicle and struck the other

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Author: Nicole Wootton-Cane

Trump car tariffs would be bad for UK and US, says Chancellor

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Author: @BBCNews

Carmaker shares fall after Trump 25% tariff move as Reeves warns against trade war

Chancellor says UK not planning retaliatory tariffs on US ‘at the moment’

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Author: Julia Kollewe

Major UK city ’emergency’ as locals don’t have bins collected for 10 weeks

Birmingham’s bin strike enters its tenth week with no end in sight, sparking a public health emergency as overflowing waste fuels a surge in rodent infestations.

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Author: Aditi Rane

Rachel Reeves swears this is not a return to austerity. And yet it does feel like one

The ‘party of change’ says it’s bound by fiscal rules. What voters hear is that all governments are the same, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Author: Gaby Hinsliff

Police get new powers to protect places of worship

New measures follow “intimidating” protests outside mosques and synagogues in recent months.

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Author: @BBCNews

Weapons vs welfare: Rachel Reeves spring statement

Labour was gambling on growth, but with stubbornly gloomy forecasts can they cut their way out of an economic hole? Peter Walker reports

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Author: Helen Pidd,Peter Walker,Lucy Hough,Hannah Moore,Joel Cox,Homa Khaleeli

This community has an uneasy sense the poorest will be hardest hit by government’s welfare cuts

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Author: Becky Johnson

Moment man is hauled off plane after landing at Manchester Airport

A 35-year-old man was arrested on the plane shortly after it landed at Manchester Airport from Alicante in Spain on suspicion of violent disorder at Southport last year

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Author: Chris Slater