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Economy And Policy

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rachel reeves with a nhs nurse

Tough decisions must be made to get the UK growing

Healthcare and income tax require radical reform, but the Budget revealed little ambition to tackle the big issues

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Author

Szu Ping Chan

Date

22 December 2025

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Rachel Reeves outside Number 11

Time is running out for Starmer and Reeves

The prime minister and chancellor may be safe for now but Cabinet ministers believe it’s a case of when, not if, they fall

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Author

Steven Swinford

Date

08 December 2025

Interviews
Natalie Campbell

Belu Water CEO on the little-known tax causing 'big headaches' for business

Natalie Campbell explains how the extended producer responsibility scheme is hitting her business

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Author

Dougal Shaw

Date

03 November 2025

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Multi-generational workplace

Keeping older workers could hold the key for UK economy

Raising the state pension age to save billions may seem attractive to a cash-strapped government but returns from earlier rises are dwindling

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Author

Szu Ping Chan

Date

24 September 2025

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Keir Starmer and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves visit Horiba Mira in Nuneaton

Taxing times lie ahead for Labour and business

‘Never here Keir’ and a chancellor now seen as a political liability face a tough sell as a brutal fiscal reality looms over the next Budget

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Author

Steven Swinford

Date

17 September 2025

Other
Ambulances outside East Surrey Hospital Accident & Emergency Department

An economic reality check is coming

Both the country and the government must face the truth: either taxes will have to rise or services will need to be cut. We can’t have both

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Author

Szu Ping Chan

Date

28 July 2025

Other

From mandate to mutiny: Can Starmer survive year two?

The prime minister is seeing his popularity – and his authority – fade as a series of costly U-turns make tax rises ever more likely

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Author

Steven Swinford

Date

21 July 2025

Expert

Give British businesses the right environment to grow

With Labour committed to spending more on defence, we need to be clearer on the trade-offs – while realising ultimately it can boost the economy

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Author

Szu Ping Chan

Date

23 May 2025

Expert

No 10 sees opportunities in Trump’s trade chaos

Labour believes a trade deal with the US will change its political fortunes, but there are numerous obstacles in the way

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Author

Steven Swinford

Date

21 May 2025