Category: News

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned ministers that access to the Treasury’s emergency funding pot will be sharply curtailed in the run-up to the government’s first Budget this autumn.

The UK’s automotive sector remains a £115bn global trading powerhouse five years after Brexit, with EV exports to Europe soaring 424%. But looming 2027 battery tariff rules could derail growth unless urgent action is taken.

The Universities of Kent and Greenwich will merge in 2026 to form the UK’s first regional ‘super-university’, spanning London and the South East.

Cefinn, the womenswear label founded by Samantha Cameron and worn by the Princess of Wales and Queen Camilla, is to close after years of losses amid wholesale turmoil, rising costs and post-Brexit trading pressures.

More than 5,800 Countryside Stewardship agreements are set to end in December, leaving farmers warning of environmental damage and financial uncertainty as they await new government schemes.

HMRC staff took more than half a million sick days last year, new figures show, as the tax office also admitted four million calls from taxpayers are going unanswered annually.

Britain has recorded the sharpest fall in hiring intentions across Europe, with recruiters warning of a “tough outlook” as Rachel Reeves prepares another multi-billion-pound tax raid on employers.

British workers are taking more sick days than at any time in the past 15 years, with staff absent for nearly two weeks on average. Mental health is now the leading cause of long-term absence, CIPD research finds.

Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed they rejected preliminary takeover interest from Amanda Staveley’s PCP International Finance and a Chinese investor group, insisting majority shareholder Enic has “no intention” of selling.

The gold price has climbed to a record $3,614 an ounce as investors anticipate a Federal Reserve rate cut and weigh uncertainty over US trade policy, inflation, and the dollar’s role in global markets.

Barclays Bank has received a formal complaint from journalist Martin Blackham alleging anti-Semitism at its Leicester branch after his account was frozen, prompting calls for an urgent investigation.

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood is considering reforms to the European Convention on Human Rights as Labour seeks to blunt Reform UK’s advance, with new asylum policies and returns deals also in play.