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  • Wednesday, 5 November, 2025
    Insurance
    Reeves to urge insurance bosses to increase investment in London

    Chancellor due to meet representatives from Lloyd’s of London, Hiscox and Convex

    2 hours ago
    Chancellor Rachel Reeves stands on a balcony with London skyscrapers and historic domes in the background.
  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    ExplainerUK tax
    What are Rachel Reeves’ tax options in the Budget?

    Chancellor examining wide range of measures in bid to fill fiscal hole of between £20bn and £30bn

    Montage shows Rachel Reeves against photographs of Canary Wharf, the Grand National, some pound notes and London commuters
  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    UK welfare reform is unavoidable

    Reforming the benefits system is vital to avoid ever-rising taxes

    Rachel Reeves holds a red folder labeled "Chancellor of the Exchequer" while leaving a building.
  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    Aneisha Beveridge
    The Renters’ Rights Act risks creating a two-tier rental market

    The risk now is that well-intentioned landlords — the majority — find themselves caught in the crossfire

    A person walks past a row of brightly painted terraced houses in Notting Hill, with parked cars and a red postbox in view.
  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    UK universities
    Chinese intimidation stopped UK university from publishing human rights report

    Sheffield Hallam staff raised concerns about impact on international student recruitment

    Sheffield Hallam University Owen Building main entrance with people walking by, parked bicycles, and cars in front.
  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    Inside Politics
    Would Farage in power threaten BoE’s independence?

    Reform UK in government could transform central bank constitutionally

    Nigel Farage and Richard Tice speak to the media outside the Bank of England, with Farage gesturing in the foreground.
  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
    Robert Shrimsley
    Carelessness costs political lives

    Hypocrisy is a killer so don’t pass rules you can’t obey

    Rachel Reeves speaks at the Regional Investment Summit with a blue and purple background behind her.
  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
    News in-depthUK foreign policy
    A tale of two embassies: UK-China dispute threatens diplomatic cooling

    Whitehall officials hope resolution can be found to row between Beijing and London over key buildings

    The Union Jack flag flies at half-mast at the British Embassy in Beijing following the death of Prince Philip.
  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
    UK welfare reform
    Full abolition of two-child benefit cap not expected in Budget

    UK chancellor in discussions over plans to reform the contentious welfare policy

    An adult and two children, all seen from behind, walk away from a school. The children wear red coats and carry school bags.
  • Friday, 31 October, 2025
    Rachel Reeves
    Letting agent admits mistake in Reeves rental row

    Property company’s failure to complete licence offers chancellor respite over breach of housing rules

    Rachel Reeves speaks on stage against a blue background.
  • Thursday, 30 October, 2025
    UK Autumn Budget 2025
    Starmer puts Labour MPs on notice for Budget tax rises

    Prime minister declines to rule out higher income taxes as Treasury lays foundations for bigger fiscal buffer

    Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer sits in front of a large Union flag, wearing a suit, glasses, and a Remembrance poppy pin.
  • Thursday, 30 October, 2025
    Inside Politics
    British right and left alike struggle with spending cuts

    UK fiscal problems have obvious ways out, but political hurdles remain for Labour, Tories and Reform

    Kemi Badenoch speaks into a microphone at a rally, with supporters holding signs criticising tax increases behind her.
  • Thursday, 30 October, 2025
    Rachel Reeves
    Reeves admits breaking housing rules while renting out family home

    Labour MPs express dismay at chancellor’s error as Tories demand her sacking

    UK chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Wednesday, 29 October, 2025
    Chris Giles
    The bridge that bursts Britain’s public spending myths

    Investment is a long game that does not transform the immediate growth outlook, and cuts are difficult

  • Wednesday, 29 October, 2025
    Inside Politics
    Labour best placed to become ‘Stop Reform’ force — if it improves

    Party slumps to 17% in new poll, as John Major urges Tories to use strengths against Nigel Farage’s party

    Keir Starmer gives a thumbs up while speaking with employees in blue safety vests during a visit to Glass Futures.
  • Tuesday, 28 October, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain needs a bold Budget, not just another balancing act

    The chancellor must initiate lasting reforms to raise revenue and cut costs

    Sir Keir Starmer stands and applauds as Rachel Reeves delivers her keynote speech at a podium with "Renew Britain" signage.
  • Tuesday, 28 October, 2025
    Inside Politics
    Labour fury at OBR is understandable but misplaced

    Productivity downgrade by public finance watchdog creates a big problem for Rachel Reeves

    Keir Starmer gestures while speaking to Rachel Reeves during a visit to a Jaguar Land Rover factory.
  • Tuesday, 28 October, 2025
    Sarah O'Connor
    Lessons from success: how job prospects improved for the young

    Youth inactivity is a problem in the UK, but we can learn from our past — and the countries that are getting it right

    Three business people walking in the same direction on a sunlit stone pavement, casting long shadows.
  • Monday, 27 October, 2025
    UK politics
    Ministers resist pressure to dilute core UK worker rights reform

    Government rejects speculation it will water down ‘day one’ protection against unfair dismissal

    Housing secretary Steve Reed
  • Monday, 27 October, 2025
    UK economy
    UK rail spending benefits economy more than regulator’s models show, RMT says

    Trade union says productivity calculations are flawed and change would enable more investment

    Crowds of passengers with luggage walk along the platform between two trains at London King's Cross station.
  • Monday, 27 October, 2025
    UK tax
    Tax advantage of UK self-employment at record high, analysis finds

    Resolution Foundation calls on Rachel Reeves to level up treatment of freelancers and employees in Budget

  • Monday, 27 October, 2025
    UK universities
    Tuition fee rises may not stop universities in England going under, says regulator

    Chair of Office for Students tells FT most institutions ‘on a journey to balancing income with expenditure’

    Edward Peck, chair of the Office for Students, standing outdoors wearing a dark coat and patterned tie.
  • Monday, 27 October, 2025
    UK immigration
    Home Office wasted billions on asylum hotels due to ‘flawed contracts’, MPs say

    Leadership failures at UK government department criticised by cross-party Commons committee

    Border Force officers with blurred faces process small boat migrants at computers in an immigration centre in Manston, Kent
  • Sunday, 26 October, 2025
    UK economy
    UK chancellor to hold Gulf trade talks in push for pro-growth policies

    Rachel Reeves’ Riyadh trip comes as she seeks to persuade fiscal watchdog to factor such deals into Budget forecasts

    Rachel Reeves walks on stage in front of a sign reading ‘Great Britain & Northern Ireland’ with a stylised Union Jack
  • Sunday, 26 October, 2025
    UK politics
    UK agency warned Peter Kyle over £1.5bn JLR loan guarantee

    UK Export Finance told business secretary that deal to help carmaker fell outside ‘normal underwriting criteria’

    Peter Kyle MP tours a factory floor at Webasto
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