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Biden Administration Floats Student Loan Relief for Borrowers Facing Hardship
The proposal, which faces tough legal prospects, would offer forgiveness to millions of borrowers who are unable to pay back their loans because of financial setbacks.Business - The New York 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 BudgetBusiness - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
Beijing considers $1.4 trillion borrowing increase to support economy: Reuters
Fresh stimulus would help local authorities resolve off balance-sheet debtBusiness - MarketWatch - Yesterday -
Small Business Owners More Confident About Borrowing After Rate Cut
Entrepreneurs and the banks that finance their expansions and upgrades are more optimistic, as refinancing and new loans get easier.Business - Inc. - Yesterday -
UK borrowing costs rise as Reeves’ spending plans unnerve investors
Ten-year gilt yield hits five-month high after chancellor’s first BudgetBusiness - Financial Times - 19 hours ago -
Reeves’s invidious choices in the Budget
As the FT’s chancellor game shows, the new ‘golden rule’ is her binding constraint. Meeting it could bolster fiscal credibilityWorld - Financial Times - October 16 -
Three tests for Britain’s Budget
Reeves must stabilise the economy, and pave the way for higher growthBusiness - Financial Times - 4 days ago -
How are investors preparing for the Budget?
Executives are seeking to minimise their exposure ahead of what could be the biggest tax-raising statement for a generationBusiness - Financial Times - Yesterday -
Claer Barrett’s Budget debrief
The FT’s consumer guru offers her round-up of the eight best Budget stories to help you make sense of it allWorld - Financial Times - 8 hours ago -
Labour donor to back Tortoise’s proposed purchase of Observer
South African businessman Gary Lubner in talks on taking minority stake in online start-upWorld - Financial Times - October 15 -
Labour discovers price of freebies in our democracy
Journalists are right to raise questions over Starmer’s Taylor Swift meeting and acceptances from donorsWorld - Financial Times - October 18 -
Labour’s promise of change requires a clearer message
Starmer’s government must learn from leaders who transformed Britain: Attlee, Blair and, yes, ThatcherWorld - Financial Times - October 18 -
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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 homesWorld - Financial Times - October 23 -
Labour volunteers helping Harris 'in spare time', says Starmer
The prime minister said volunteers from his party travelled to the US for "pretty much every" presidential election.Top stories - BBC News - 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 - 3 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 - 3 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 - 2 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 topBusiness - Financial Times - 2 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 - 6 days ago
