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UK fuel duty rise would rekindle inflation, warn motoring groups

Rachel Reeves expected to axe 5p discount and weighs reinstating inflation-linked rises in Budget
World - Financial Times - October 18
UK to slash overseas aid in Budget as asylum seeker costs rise

International development organisations warn country’s contribution could slump to its lowest level in 17 years
Business - Financial Times - October 22
The UK and Germany Agree on New Defense Pact as Russia Threat Rises

The two governments said they will coordinate more on defense, with British and German troops conducting joint military exercises on NATO’s eastern border.
World - The New York Times - October 22
Treasury confirms plans for inflation-busting rise in UK social housing rents

Rachel Reeves also announces £500mn cash boost to promote building of affordable homes
Business - Financial Times - 4 days ago
Bond market braced for rise in UK debt issuance to £300bn this year

Investment banks pencil in second-biggest annual gilt sales figure on record ahead of Labour’s first Budget
Business - Financial Times - Yesterday
Growing cost of elder care an increasing burden for families

The growing cost of elder care is putting an increasing burden on American families. NBC News' Christine Romans profiles one American family dealing with the financial and emotional burdens of ...
Top stories - NBC News - October 15
FirstFT: Partner pay at US law firms hits record levels

Also in today’s newsletter, US backs huge lithium mine and Canada cuts immigration programme
World - Financial Times - 5 days ago
Why Georgia’s EU future is on the ballot in historic parliament vote

Also in this newsletter: Russian migrant-smuggling ring busted
World - Financial Times - 5 days ago
UK inheritance tax raid would be ‘painful’ but not fatal for Aim, says LSE executive

Investors are nervous about potential abolition of business relief in this month’s Budget
World - Financial Times - October 18
Wise's billionaire CEO fined £350,000 by UK regulators over failure to report tax issue

Kristo Käärmann, CEO and co-founder of Wise, was ordered by regulators to pay a £350,000 fine due to a breach of senior manager conduct rules.
Business - CNBC - Yesterday
The Musk-led group driving millions to Trump’s White House bid

Also in today’s newsletter, shamelessness in American politics and Kamala Harris’s appearance on Fox News
World - Financial Times - October 17
How the UK can improve its ‘offer’ to the world

Eli Lilly’s chief says the country must do more to attract business, yet budgets are tight
World - Financial Times - October 17
Gold: ‘the ultimate perceived safe haven asset’?

BofA gets the goldbug
World - Financial Times - October 17
Cheaper alternative to northern leg of HS2 under consideration

Feasibility study to be launched for a Birmingham to Manchester rail route that could be part-funded by private finance
World - Financial Times - October 17
Labour’s unambitious reset with the EU

The UK government has constrained itself too much within its red lines
World - Financial Times - October 17
Liz Kendall expected to retain £1.3bn cut to UK sickness benefits in Budget

Move by work and pensions secretary likely to cause concern among disability rights activists
World - Financial Times - October 17
Woodside Narrows Oil, Gas Output Guidance

Woodside said its sales revenue totaled $3.68 billion in the third quarter, up 21% on the previous three months and driven partly by higher average LNG prices.
Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 15
China’s investors are counting on fiscal stimulus

Recent market rally will peter out without decisive policy action to boost the economy
World - Financial Times - October 16
Why chancellors need fiscal rules

Rachel Reeves’s new set-up frees up capital spending but her ability to reap benefits depends on many other things
Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago
How to Close the Gender Health Gap

Sexism within health systems means that women get worse and delayed treatment. The UK has proposed a plan that could solve this issue—experts weigh in on how to do it best.
Tech - Wired - October 22
Lewandowski "put in a box" by Trump and ordered to narrow focus to New Hampshire

Lewandowski joined the Trump campaign in August, but quickly found himself in a power struggle.
Top stories - CBS News - October 14
NFL not considering narrowing goalposts amid record-setting field goal blitz

Kickers have already made 77 kicks of 50 or more yards through six weeks
Sports - CBS Sports - October 18
Indiana’s historic start, Ohio State’s narrow escape and more takeaways

As we approach November, it's getting increasingly difficult to shrug off all we've seen as dumb luck, soft schedules and total flukes.
Sports - ESPN - 2 days ago
NHS in England to receive £1.5bn next year to boost appointments

Fresh funding comes as part of wider package which will be set out by Reeves in Budget on Wednesday
Business - Financial Times - Yesterday
Two key Senate races narrow before Election Day

With Election Day quickly approaching, two key Senate races are narrowing. Jessica Taylor, Senate and governors editor for The Cook Political Report, joins "America Decides" to take a look at how ...
Top stories - CBS News - 12 hours ago
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 - 2 days ago

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