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Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says OBR would be given independent powers to produce forecasts
...Sir Chris Husbands, a leading education expert, said the current GCSE exams for 16-year-olds were not suitable preparation for a broader-based, baccalaureate-style exam system....
Retirees’ incomes boosted by more than workers’ as state payment exceeds inflation
...Lucy Fisher Also here are Political Fix regular George Parker. Hi, George. George Parker Hi there, Lucy. Lucy Fisher And the FT’s economics commentator, Chris Giles. Hi, Chris....
...Chris Heaton-Harris, Northern Ireland secretary, will make a statement to MPs on the proposed deal to unlock the stalemate at about 1.30pm....
...George Parker In public spending. Stephen Bush In public spending, right?...
...Chris Hopkins, political research director for pollster Savanta, said his company’s polling showed Labour still holding about 62 per cent of the national Muslim vote....
...The Kingswood by-election was called after former MP Chris Skidmore, an outspoken environmentalist, resigned in protest at the government’s decision to grant new oil and gas licences....
...The Kingswood contest was triggered by the resignation of former energy minister Chris Skidmore in protest at Sunak’s plan to promote North Sea oil and gas drilling....
...Rishi Sunak is facing the prospect of a highly problematic by-election in the Tamworth seat held by Tory MP Chris Pincher, who faces an eight-week suspension from the House of Commons after groping men in...
...“This is a deal that, taken as a whole, is the right one for Northern Ireland and the union,” Chris Heaton-Harris, the Northern Ireland secretary, told MPs in Westminster....
...Chris Heaton-Harris, the UK’s Northern Ireland secretary, called the continued Stormont stalemate “disappointing” and said the government would implement a “pragmatic and reasonable approach to support Northern...
Pound falls to six-month low after decision signals possible peak in borrowing costs
...Chris Skidmore, former energy minister, last week resigned as an MP in protest, triggering a by-election in his Kingswood seat, one of three potential by-election contests facing Sunak in the first half...
...UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is facing the prospect of two parliamentary by-elections in Conservative strongholds this autumn after Chris Pincher lost his appeal against an eight-week suspension from the...
...Chris Rossbach, a fund manager at J Stern & Co, said it had voted in favour of Disney’s board recommendations....
Senior Conservatives say move would create space for tax cuts ahead of election
...Plus, Political Fix regular George Parker gives his take on whether voters will be wooed by personal tax cuts....
...This month the Tories lost the Tamworth by-election, a seat previously held by former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher, who was suspended after he was found to have sexually assaulted two men at a London...
...Chris Pincher, Tory MP for Tamworth, lost his appeal against an eight-week suspension from the House of Commons for drunkenly groping two men last year....
...(George Parker’s story on the prime minister’s thinking and the early battle lines for the election is here.) Is he right? I don’t know. I think it’s unlikely....
Chancellor tells the FT in an interview that companies have ‘moral’ duty to hold down prices
...Bookmakers make Labour odds-on favourites to win in Tamworth, a seat previously held by ex-deputy chief whip Chris Pincher, who resigned in disgrace over a groping scandal....
...Weak confidence The UK may not be in recession, but to Chris Carr it certainly feels like one....
Chancellor wants pension funds to invest more in start-ups and other fast-growing companies
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