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Labour suspends MP after video appears to show him punching man

Mike Amesbury also has the whip withdrawn, as police say a 55-year-old man has been interviewed under caution over the incident.

Labour suspends MP Mike Amesbury after video appears to show him punching man

Footage appears to show MP for Runcorn and Helsby knocking man to ground before aiming six more blows at his head. Labour has suspended the whip from the MP Mike Amesbury after footage appeared to ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Labour MP suspended after footage appears to show him punching man

Keir Starmer approves action against backbencher Mike Amesbury

Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago

VW plans to close at least three plants in Germany, labour reps say

World - Yahoo News - 2 days ago

Labour leaders vow to fight VW factory closure plans in Germany

World - Yahoo News - 2 days ago

Traders expect calm response to U.K. budget after event caused turmoil two years ago

The bar is set very high for calamitous British budgets

Business - MarketWatch - 15 hours ago

The Papers: Labour targets waiting lists but tax rises 'won't cure NHS'

The measures expected in Wednesday's Budget, particularly those focused on the NHS, lead the papers.

Royal Mail couriers vote to strike as labour tensions mount

The union’s vote at the group’s eCourier unit casts a shadow over Daniel Křetínský’s £5.3bn takeover deal

World - Financial Times - 18 hours ago

Ikea to pay €6mn to compensate for forced labour by ex-prisoners in East Germany

Political and other prisoners were made to work producing furniture for the retailer from 1960 until 1990

Business - Financial Times - 7 hours ago

Businesses warn Labour’s £25bn ‘tax on jobs’ will hurt hiring

Companies criticise rise in employers’ national insurance contributions

Business - Financial Times - 5 hours ago

Microsoft says AI boom is driving cloud demand higher

Tech group’s earnings growth will help calm investor fears over vast expenditure on new technology and data centres

Business - Financial Times - 1 hour ago

Closure of UK inheritance tax ‘loophole’ to penalise estates of wealthy pensioners

Experts say big tax bills could result from Rachel Reeves’ move in the Budget

Business - Financial Times - 1 hour ago

Reeves signals business taxes will rise in Budget

Chancellor says companies understand government must make ‘difficult decisions’ to balance books

Business - Financial Times - October 14

The Budget Game: Can you do better than Rachel Reeves?

Step into the chancellor’s shoes and devise your fiscal plan

Business - Financial Times - October 15

Reeves aims to close £40bn funding gap as she plans tax rises in Budget

Figure is significantly more than the £22bn fiscal hole the government previously identified

Business - Financial Times - October 15

Companies curb UK advertising spending ahead of the Budget

Marketing budgets fail to grow for the first time in 14 quarters, trade body finds

Business - Financial Times - October 16

Portugal’s Opposition to Let Minority Government’s Budget Pass

World - Yahoo News - October 17

Reeves looking at sweeping inheritance tax changes in Budget

UK chancellor considers extending ‘seven year rule’ on gift giving to 10 years among other reforms

Business - Financial Times - October 18

The Week: The Budget, a trip to China, and the US election

And Your Guide to the US Election

A ‘full fat’ Budget is impossible — what are the trade-offs?

Traditional Labour measures on tax and borrowing will need to be balanced with thinner fare to keep to fiscal constraints