Keith McDowall obituary Journalist and PR consultant who worked for Conservative and Labour ministers and enjoyed ‘mingling’ with those in power The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025
UK factory sector grows for first time in a year despite budget uncertainty; Airbus shares slide amid A320 problems – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025
Relief for retailers as business rate changes in budget not as bad as feared Sainsbury’s chief executive says ‘industry concerns have been heard’, although others outside retail industry are left frustrated by changes The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025
Business backlash as Reeves confirms minimum wage pay rise hike for millions of workers The chancellor said the move would mean those on low incomes were ‘properly rewarded’ - but businesses warned the move could drive unemployment and hit economic growth The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2025
Rachel Reeves wants to achieve these five things with her Budget – it won’t be easy BUDGET 2025: The chancellor took on her role wanting nothing more than economic growth, but her priorities have now dramatically changed, as political editor David Maddox explains The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2025
Reeves must prove she has a rock-solid plan to free us from this ‘growth crisis’ THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The chancellor’s second Budget has been overshadowed by bleak forecasts, but while the OBR’s downgrade exposes the fragility of Labour’s economic promises and the limits of government spin, she must still deliver The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025
Labour will listen to bosses’ concerns on workers’ rights, says business secretary Peter Kyle tells CBI conference he will ensure firms do not lose as a result of overhaul The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2025
Kyle seeks to reassure business over workers’ rights concerns Business Secretary Peter Kyle promised a series of consultations would listen to firms’ concerns on how the Employment Rights Bill is implemented. Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2025
Chancellor urged to take ‘hard choices’ rather than hit businesses with more tax CBI boss Rain Newton-Smith called for Rachel Reeves to stand up to opposition to welfare cuts. Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2025
UK politics: Risk of Maccabi Tel Aviv facing antisemitic attacks not ‘predominant’ reason for match ban, police tell MPs – as it happened West Midlands police’s assistant chief constable says threat of violence by Maccabi fans was more important consideration The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2025
Reeves given stark Budget warning from business to avoid ‘death by a thousand taxes’ CBI director general Rain Newton-Smith will tell the chancellor that if her priority is growth, she needs to prove it or the country faces ‘Groundhog Day’ The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025
Government must make ‘hard choices and change course’, CBI boss to say Rain Newton-Smith will tell ministers and business leaders that firms are worried the UK could ‘risk getting locked in a stop-start economy’. The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025
Unions urge Rachel Reeves to deliver ‘living standards budget’ TUC calls on chancellor to focus on child poverty and upping minimum wage The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2025
Unions urge Reeves to prioritise living standards as CBI presses for shift on employment rights TUC calls on chancellor to focus on child poverty and upping minimum wage The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2025
The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2025 Workers’ pensions expected to soak up costs if Reeves taxes salary sacrifice schemes Reeves faces employer backlash over a rumoured raid on salary sacrifice schemes
The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2025 Main suspect in India’s ‘house of horrors’ serial killings case to be freed as top court overturns conviction Ruling ends nearly two decades of trials in one of India’s most gruesome serial murders
Newslaundry · Nov 6, 2025 ABP deletes post on ex-minister’s big allegations against Adani Days before the first phase of Bihar polls, BJP leader and former union power minister Raj Kumar Singh accused the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government of a Rs 62,000 crore electricity scam in an interview with ABP News. Singh alleged that the Bihar government had signed a deal with Adani Power…
The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025 Reeves must slash tax again before next election if she breaks manifesto pledge, Tony Blair think tank warns Labour chancellor told any tax hikes must be temporary in a bid to break Britain’s ‘tax-and-spend doom loop’
Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025 Rachel Reeves warned not to rely on business taxes to fill Budget black hole The Confederation of British Industry said the Government ‘cannot pull the business tax lever once again to balance the books’.
The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2025 Inside the ‘House of Horrors’ mass murder case that rocked India – and may never be solved IN FOCUS: Nearly two decades after the chilling discovery of mutilated bodies in drains behind a bungalow in a village near Delhi, India’s top court has now overturned the last remaining conviction in the serial murder case. Speaking to Namita Singh, parents of the victims say they are losing hope…
Newslaundry · Oct 25, 2025 New details on CBI’s ‘clean chit’ to Rhea Chakraborty – but will she ever get an apology? If you’ve logged onto X this morning, you’d be forgiven for feeling a sense of déjà vu.
International Business Times UK · Oct 3, 2025 Who Is Hunter S. Thompson? How His Widow's 'Biggest Regret' Sparked a New Probe Into His Suicide 20 Years On Colorado's CBI will review the 2005 death of Hunter S. Thompson after widow Anita Thompson voiced 'lingering questions' and her 'biggest regret', while officials still back the original suicide ruling
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025 Rachel Reeves gets a warm reception but business chiefs are wary of another tax raid Questions grow over how chancellor will raise cash in the autumn budget to meet her fiscal rules
Newslaundry · Sep 27, 2025 Govt ‘idiotically misinterpreted’ organisation’s reply: Sonam Wangchuk’s wife on FCRA license cancellation While cancelling the FCRA licence of an organisation founded by Ladakh-based climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on September 25 said that the Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (Secmol) received foreign funds to study the national sovereignty against the “national interest” and in violation…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025 Pre-budget howls from big business beasts go deeper than the usual tax grumbles Top executives say ministers don’t ‘get’ business, they aren’t listening and key decisions are fluffed or take too long