Bank’s rate decision leaves frustrated Reeves praying for an August cut
Lower interest rates will be a lever for growth but the Middle East conflict and rising food prices will have troubled MPC Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold Business live – latest updates Last week’s spending review revealed Rachel Reeves’s plan for reviving the UK’s struggling
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New report finds systemic water company failure and underperformance
Serious pollution incidents up 60% in 2024 from previous year HM GovernmentSource
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Huge boost for UK industry as Government powers ahead with cuts to electricity costs
The Government has announced a huge boost to UK industry as it powers ahead with its plan to cut electricity costs. HM GovernmentSource
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Labour could find the money it wants without raising taxes. This is austerity by amnesia | Randeep Ramesh
Starmer and Reeves need a fresh approach to enact their vision, and I have a plan for that. They’re just channelling the ghosts of governments past This summer’s “rebuild, rebuild, rebuild” campaign by the government feels less like a policy programme than a seance. Promising renewal, Keir Starmer
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Leading lights of UK research spearhead search for world’s best talent
12 leading universities and research institutions selected to deliver government’s £54 million fund to recruit world’s top researchers. HM GovernmentSource
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Tread carefully with reform of bank ringfencing, chancellor | Nils Pratley
Ditching the regulation in its entirety risks another financial crisis. Stamp duty on shares remains the background drag Rachel Reeves called it “the biggest set of reforms to financial regulation in a decade”, and, in one narrow sense, her Leeds Reforms would qualify for the description. If the
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Bank of England rolls out looser mortgage rules to help first-time buyers
Move hopes to push lenders to offer more high loan-to-income mortgages and help 36,000 buyers on to housing ladder Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has rolled out looser mortgage rules that policymakers hope will help 36,000 more first-time buyers on to the housing ladder
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The UK is deeply concerned by violence and attacks on civilians in Syria: UK statement at the UN Security Council
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria. HM GovernmentSource
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Rachel Reeves must rethink how tax and spend decisions are made after welfare U-turn | Heather Stewart
Binary rules and twice-yearly OBR forecasts have turned chancellor’s moves into grim spectator sport There are many lessons for Labour’s bruised leadership from last week’s embarrassing U-turn on welfare cuts, but one is surely that how – and when – fiscal policy is set is not working. Binary
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Engines of AI primed to accelerate new breakthroughs, economic growth, and transform the UK into an AI maker
The government's new Compute Roadmap will harness AI to deliver on the UK's national priorities under the Plan for Change. HM GovernmentSource
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