Blow for Reeves as AstraZeneca ditches £450m investment in UK vaccine plant

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  AstraZeneca ditches plan to build £450mn UK vaccine plant

  Decision is a blow to Starmer’s government after setting out pro-growth pitch to investors
  
  Financial Times - 4h
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  AstraZeneca cancels £450m Liverpool investment, blaming UK government funding cuts – as it happened

  Pharmaceutical company says that it will not go ahead with investment at Speke, near Liverpool. Donald Trump’s White House will invoke emergency powers to introduce tariffs on Canada and Mexico , ...
  
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  Reeves to warn that UK must ‘fight’ for economic growth

  Chancellor will use keynote speech to signal she wants to face down opponents of development
  
  Financial Times - 2d
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  Reeves seeks to unlock billions from UK pension schemes for investment

  Ministers set to allow companies to access defined benefit scheme surpluses to help kick-start growth
  
  Financial Times - 5d
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  Reeves to soften UK non-dom tax reforms

  Chancellor tells Davos crowd that government had been ‘listening to concerns’
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 23
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  Reeves optimistic despite surprise rise in UK borrowing

  Borrowing - the difference between spending and tax revenue - hit its highest December level for four years.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 22

• Pension managers urge UK to ditch ‘megafund’ scale test

  Ministers say consolidation of retirement schemes would cut costs and boost investment
  
  Financial Times - Jan. 13

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