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Labour tiptoes nervously towards a China policy

David Lammy's low-key visit to Beijing shows the party is still trying to work out its China stance.
Top stories - BBC News - October 18
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.
Top stories - BBC News - October 19
Trump accuses Labour Party of 'foreign interference'

Labour activists volunteering in the US presidential election amounts to illegal "contributions", the complaint alleges.
Top stories - BBC News - October 22
Can the private sector deliver Labour’s housebuilding boom?

Government still has to tackle how commercial incentives limit supply of new homes
World - Financial Times - October 23
Trump Accuses U.K. Labour Party of Election Meddling

Donald Trump’s campaign said Britain’s governing Labour Party had engaged in “blatant foreign interference.” Other British politicians have previously acted in support of Mr. Trump.
World - The New York Times - October 24
Rayner defends Labour after Trump campaign complaint

The row over Labour volunteers campaigning in the US election was raised at Prime Minister's Questions.
Top stories - BBC News - October 23
Labour backbenchers accuse Keir Starmer of ‘colonial mindset’

Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Diane Abbott and Clive Lewis criticise PM over reluctance to discuss reparations for slave trade. Three prominent Labour backbenchers have accused Keir Starmer of an “insulting” ...
World - The Guardian - 4 days ago
The Papers: Labour suspends MP and a hot Halloween ahead

An alleged altercation involving Mike Amesbury leads many papers.
Top stories - BBC News - 4 days ago
British Labour Lawmaker Suspended After Punches Thrown

Video that emerged over the weekend appeared to show Mike Amesbury, a Labour party lawmaker, hitting a man in the face and then repeatedly landing more body blows.
World - The New York Times - 3 days ago
Labour doesn’t know who ‘its people’ are

Government inability to define group at core of its tax pledges reflects lack of political direction from top
Business - Financial Times - 3 days ago
Rachel Reeves: The chess fanatic playing Labour's first big gambit

Profile of the UK's first female chancellor as she prepares to deliver first Labour Budget in 14 years.
Top stories - BBC News - October 25
‘No shortcuts’: Labour sets Britain on risky road to recovery

Starmer and Reeves have time on their side as they take major political gamble
Business - Financial Times - 2 days ago
Inheritance tax increases expected in Budget

It is not known how many people are likely to end up paying more under the government's plan.
Top stories - BBC News - October 17
Rachel Reeves’s Budget balancing act

The chancellor’s tax plans must avoid overburdening business and investors
Business - Financial Times - October 21
UK borrowing rises ahead of Budget

Official data shows borrowing - the difference between spending and tax take - reached £16.6bn last month.
Top stories - BBC News - October 22
France grapples with its budget mess

The political class needs to relearn the value of fiscal discipline
World - Financial Times - October 24
Key points from the Budget at a glance

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered Labour’s first Budget since 2010 – here’s what you need to know.
Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday
Business and wealthy bear brunt of £40bn tax increases in UK Budget

Markets unsettled by extent of government borrowing as Rachel Reeves boosts spending
Business - Financial Times - Yesterday
What the Budget means for your money

Key measures on tax, investments, pensions and property
Business - Financial Times - 2 days ago
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.
Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday
The Budget: Everything you need to know

Rachel Reeves delivers the first Labour budget in 14 years
Top stories - BBC News - Yesterday
Experts answer your Budget questions

We responded to reader’s queries about personal finance
World - Financial Times - Yesterday
UK Budget spooks bond markets

UK borrowing costs hit the highest level this year after Budget announcements sink in
World - Financial Times - 11 hours ago
International investors descend on London as Labour tries to woo new business to Britain

Uncertainty around the event and suspected tax changes in the upcoming budget has left many investors in the dark.
Business - CNBC - October 14
German labour minister aims to recruit skilled workers from India

World - Yahoo News - October 14
Global business takes its chance to size up new Labour pitch

Starmer’s investment summit guests express both praise and doubt — but many want to wait to pass judgment
World - Financial Times - October 14

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