UK will not pay out over slavery, says Reeves

‘Buy now, pay later’ group Affirm launches in the UK

Move comes as British government looks to bring the popular borrowing method under FCA rules

Business - Financial Times - November 4

UK pays more than EU for gas as winter looms

High transmission costs and global shortage of LNG push gap over European prices to widest since late 2021

World - Financial Times - November 5

Top UK government lawyer pushes ‘revolving door’ as pay gap widens

The Government Legal Department is losing staff as big US law firms spur salary increases in the private sector

World - Financial Times - 3 days ago

Public sector pay deals help drive up UK borrowing

Borrowing was £17.4bn last month, the second highest October figure since monthly records began in 1993.

Reeves’ Budget measures risk hitting ‘working people’, analysts say

Some businesses will struggle with tax rises alongside a higher minimum wage and new labour laws

World - Financial Times - October 29

Treasury failed to disclose ‘material’ spending pressures under Hunt, says OBR

Watchdog says it cannot tell how big ‘black hole’ inherited by Rachel Reeves would have been with full transparency

World - Financial Times - October 30

Reeves’s £40bn tax rises will boost growth ‘sustainably’, says IMF

Rare intervention comes as Resolution Foundation says UK will remain ‘stagnation nation’ despite push to invest. ‘It has a political vision’: five viewpoints on budget Budget 2024: what it ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Investors' reaction to Budget 'very different' to Truss, says Reeves's deputy

Treasury secretary speaks out to reassure the markets after a rise in the cost of government borrowing.

Can Rachel Reeves use her defining Budget to escape UK's 'doom loop'?

The chancellor is under massive pressure to deliver - both to balance the books and fix public services.

UK borrowing costs hit post-election high on eve of Reeves’ first Budget

Chancellor will draw parallels with Tony Blair government’s efforts to repair country’s social fabric in late 1990s

Business - Financial Times - October 30

UK’s rising fiscal burden narrows tax gap with Europe

Britain’s fiscal picture is closer to EU averages than it has been for decades

Business - Financial Times - October 30

UK’s borrowing costs rise as Reeves’s budget prompts fears of slower interest rate cuts

Markets conclude higher level of public spending could lead to higher inflation, making cuts in Bank of England rate less likely. . UK government borrowing costs have risen to their highest level ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

Hospitality bosses warn Reeves’ UK tax increases will lead to ‘drastic’ job cuts

More than 200 sign letter to chancellor saying rises in national insurance contributions will cause business closures

Business - Financial Times - November 10

Rachel Reeves ‘not satisfied’ with summer slowdown as UK slips down G7 growth leaderboard – business live

Latest UK GDP growth report shows UK grew by just 0.1% in July-September, a slowdown on the first half of the year. Bank of England governor says Brexit has undermined UK economy Luke ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

UK’s largest retailers warn Reeves her Budget makes job cuts ‘inevitable’

Retail firms have written to the chancellor to say they cannot manage rising costs and tax bills.

The couple who took on Google and cost the tech giant £2bn

Shivaun Raff and her husband, Adam, describe their long court battle with technology giant Google.

Three water firms blocked from using customer money for bonuses

The regulator Ofwat's new powers prevent bonuses being funded from customer bills.

Goldman and Apple fined $89mn over US credit card programme

Consumer regulator says companies ‘illegally sidestepped’ obligations in latest setback for struggling partnership

Business - Financial Times - October 23

Apple, Goldman Sachs Ordered to Pay $89 Millions Over Transaction Disputes

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau ordered the two to pay out over Apple Card disputes.

Business - Inc. - October 23

PSG to go to courts over Mbappé $60M pay ruling

Paris Saint-Germain will take their wage dispute with Kylian Mbappé to court after the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) ruled in favor of the France captain.

Sports - ESPN - October 26

Nomura profits surge as chief takes pay cut over trading scandal

Japan’s biggest investment bank and brokerage beats expectations but is still dogged by controversy

Business - Financial Times - November 1

Columbia pays $395,000 to student suspended over protest ‘fart spray’

Israeli student filed lawsuit after suspension for spraying pro-Palestinian protesters with foul-smelling substance. Columbia University has reached a $395,000 settlement with a student who was ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

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