NHS, schools, transport: Where Budget pledges are being spent

BBC correspondents analyse how much Budget money has been pledged in key areas and where the money will be spent.

Autumn budget live: Rachel Reeves raises taxes by £40bn and increases spending on NHS and schools

Chancellor announces changes to employers’ national insurance contributions, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and other duties. Budget 2024: key points at a glance Full report: Reeves raises ...

World - The Guardian - 6 hours ago

Parents fight to stop cuts to school transport

North Yorkshire Council will only fund bus travel to a child's nearest school from 2025.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 18

Reeves pledges £1.4bn for 'crumbling' classrooms ahead of Budget

The chancellor says the government will ensure that 50 schools in England are rebuilt every year.

Starmer to pledge to ‘embrace fiscal reality’ in the Budget

UK prime minister is facing growing criticism that planned tax rises will hit ‘working people’

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

FM pushes for significant NHS cash boost in budget

Eluned Morgan is keen to see investment in the English NHS, which would mean more for Wales as well.

Faisal Islam: Where is the growth in Reeves' 'Budget for growth'?

Labour's first Budget in 14 years had a lot to say about growth, but forecasts paint a mixed picture.

Reeves banks on big Budget wheeze to reconcile Labour’s pledges

Continuing Tory ‘stealth’ freeze on thresholds pulls many middle earners into higher rate, but carries risks

World - Financial Times - October 21

Starmer attempts to define 'working people' tax pledge ahead of Budget

The prime minister is under pressure to set out who he is excluding from possible tax increases.

Budget will end neglect of ‘broken not beaten’ NHS, say Labour ministers

Funding for more surgical hubs and radiotherapy machines planned in what PM says will be budget to ‘fix foundations’. The budget will revive a “broken but not beaten” NHS, Labour ministers have ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Three moments where Budgets have gone wrong

Could Rachel Reeves’ first Budget have unintended long-term consequences like Gordon Brown’s?

World - Financial Times - 2 days ago

Feds sweep NYC jail where Sean "Diddy" Combs is being held

The NYC jail where Sean "Diddy" Combs is being held was targeted with an interagency operation, federal prison officials said.

UK-France school trips at risk of being axed as Brexit checks come in

French government officials and teachers express ‘concern’ over the impact of incoming border checks on student travel

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Biden to Apologize for Indian Boarding Schools Where Hundreds of Children Died

President Biden’s trip to the battleground state of Arizona will be the first time an American president has apologized for the abuses that happened at the schools over a period of 150 years.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

IDF video: Israeli tank fires at building where Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was barricaded before being killed

World - Yahoo News - October 18

Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk

Find insight on United Airlines, J.B. Hunt and more in the latest Market Talks covering the Auto and Transport sector.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 16

Lyft launches voter transportation initiative

Ride-hailing service Lyft announced that it will offer discounted rideshare, bike-share and scooters on Election Day, an initiative designed to increase transportation access for voters, according ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk

Find insight on Uber, CSX and more in the latest Market Talks covering the Auto and Transport sector.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 17

Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk

Read about transborder freight between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico, Frontier Airlines, Spirit Airlines and more in the latest Market Talks covering the Auto and Transport sector.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 23

Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk

Read about UPS, Spirit Airlines, Norwegian Air and more in the latest Market Talks covering the Auto and Transport sector.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 5 days ago

Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk

Read about JetBlue Airways, auto sector suppliers, Deutsche Lufthansa and more in the latest Market Talks covering the Auto and Transport sector.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - Yesterday

NHS patient-safety system to be overhauled

The health secretary sets out a review of six key bodies, as changes to the main regulator are unveiled.

Living conditions to be added to NHS records

A housing provider says it will reduce the burden on the NHS and help them better serve residents' needs.

Trump campaign has spent millions on anti-trans ads

The campaign has spent more than $19 million on the ads in battleground states this month.

Emma Barnett: As protest ban starts, I spent day at abortion clinic

As a ban on protesting within 150m of abortion clinics is introduced, the BBC speaks to anti-abortion activists.

Matt Mills transported to local hospital after Homestead-Miami crash

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — NASCAR officials said that driver Matt Mills was transported to an area medical facility for further evaluation after a crash in Saturday’s Craftsman Truck Series race at ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - 4 days ago

Modi and Spain's Sanchez open factory for Airbus military transport

World - Yahoo News - 2 days ago

Trump pledges to impose sweeping tariffs on imported cars

Comments show former president would put increased US trade protectionism at the centre of a second-term agenda

Business - Financial Times - October 15

Tax threshold freeze not a pledge-breaker - Labour sources

Government sources insist the move would not constitute a breach of Labour's manifesto tax pledge.

Trump pledges to fire special counsel Jack Smith

In an interview Thursday, former President Donald Trump said that if he wins the election, he plans to immediately fire special counsel Jack Smith, the man who is overseeing two key criminal ...

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