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Industry lobby group draws up 20-point plan to stop London ‘drifting into irrelevance’Nils Pratley: London’s stock exchange needs a shot in the arm from the TreasuryThe London stock market risks “drifting into irrelevance” without government and regula…
This live blog is now closedFrench police slashing the boats of people smugglers is not “pleasant” but the right tactic, Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, has said. Jessica Elgot and Peter Walker have the story.Boris Johnson, the former Tory PM…
Exclusive: Phones 4u founder, who switched from the Tories, says wealth tax would be very destructive to growthLabour’s most high-profile billionaire backer, who switched allegiance from the Conservatives, has said he is “increasingly nervous” about th…
Bridget Phillipson says there will be better outcomes for all children than at present but fails to guarantee EHCPs will continue in their current formThe Conservatives will try to change the government’s welfare Bill to tighten up access to personal i…
Exclusive: Letter to government says lower prices for repaired goods would cut waste, create jobs and help households save moneyMinisters are facing fresh calls to scrap VAT on all repaired and refurbished electronics, with businesses, charities and co…
Former Labour leader says government needs a better narrative and risks being bogged down by ‘imposed limitations’ Keir Starmer’s government is suffering from a “lack of narrative” about what it is trying to achieve and should be more fiscally bold and…
Exclusive: Chancellor says she never considered resigning and warns ‘there are costs’ to welfare bill U-turnRachel Reeves has said it is impossible for her to rule out tax rises in the autumn budget and insisted she never thought about quitting despite…
Charlie Bean says slim margin of £10bn means chancellor ‘has to neurotically fine-tune taxes to control OBR forecast’Business live – latest updatesThe former Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean has urged Rachel Reeves to create much wider head…
The Republican fantasy of lower taxes and hard-to-access social safety net programs will now be a realityFor decades, Republicans have argued that the US would be better off if taxes were low, and programs to help low-income Americans were harder to ac…
Democratic leader spoke for more than eight hours to rail against Trump’s sweeping tax-and-spending billThe Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the record for the longest House floor speech ever on Thursday after he spoke for more than eight hours …