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FTSE and UK bond markets steady as Reeves unveils UK growth strategy
FTSE (^FTSE) investors remained cautious as chancellor Rachel Reeves officially voiced her support for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, as she put infrastructure investment as the cornerstone of ...
Business groups welcome Reeves’ growth plans but remain ‘concerned’ about Budget
The Chancellor backed the expansion of Heathrow, and plans to turn Oxford and Cambridge into ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ in a ...
Lloyds Banking Group to shut 136 high street branches
The group said it will shut 61 Lloyds, 61 Halifax and 14 Bank of Scotland branches between May this year and March 2026.
London Labour MP who threatened to smash a reporter’s face with bat made trade envoy
A London Labour MP who was forced to apologise after threatening to smash a reporter’s face in with a bat has been made a ...
Roald Dahl’s The BFG to be adapted for Royal Shakespeare Company festive show
Playwright Tom Wells will adapt the story about the Big Friendly Giant who captures an orphan named Sophie and brings her ...
Love Island star Jack Fincham jailed for six weeks after dog bit a runner
Love Island star Jack Fincham has been jailed for six weeks after his black Cane Corso dog called Elvis bit a runner. The ...
Women’s health is a priority despite scrapping of key pledge, says NHS chief
There is a “big cultural challenge” in the NHS and the service “doesn’t always have the needs of women at its heart”, the ...
Schoolboy, 10, raises thousands for MND research with daily 5k and 100 press-ups
Harvey Dooher, from Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, will have run 155km and completed 3,100 press-ups by the end of the month ...
Protesters challenging sentences acted ‘out of sacrifice’, Court of Appeal told
Sixteen climate protesters jailed for up to five years are seeking to appeal against their sentences as being ‘manifestly ...
Hundreds of rail fare evasion prosecutions quashed
Northern Rail and other operators brought prosecutions against passengers using the single justice procedure, despite not ...
Rachel Reeves gives green light to Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton runway expansions
After the prime minister promised to clear 'regulatory weeds' form the economy, chancellor Rachel Reeves has given the nod to ...
Rachel Reeves backs 'badly needed' third Heathrow runway... and flies into row with Sadiq Khan
Chancellor invites proposals for a third runway at Heathrow - but London Mayor Sadiq Khan says he ‘remains opposed’ to ...