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UK debt projected to almost triple over next 50 years, watchdog warns

The UK’s debt mountain will almost triple to more than 270% of national income over the next 50 years because of pressures from an...

Why did Starmer cut the winter fuel allowance? It’s called Treasury brain – and that spells trouble | Rafael Behr

An unwritten law of Westminster mechanics states that power, in the absence of a countervailing force, gravitates to the Treasury.The governing agenda can be...

UK debt must be steered off unsustainable course, warns Lords committee

The pressing risk of the national debt becoming unsustainable will force Britain into the unenviable choice of paying higher taxes or the state doing...

Labour’s first job is not to spend, but to fix the UK’s financial plumbing | Phillip Inman

Every time an upmarket home is bought in the UK, the new residents seem obliged to rip out the kitchen and install two bathrooms...

Councils in England draining reserves to stay afloat, leaders say

Local authority leaders say they are having to drain their financial reserves to keep services afloat and avoid effective bankruptcy. A survey of the mid-tier...

Keir Starmer takes a political gamble with message of bad news

Sir Keir Starmer could perhaps have timed it better. On the day that Oasis, the band that symbolised the mood of sunny optimism that...

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What’s next for Matt Gaetz: 5 possibilities

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) political future is up in the air following his announcement that he is taking...
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