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 The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 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… Newslaundry · Sep 27, 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 The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025
Reeves accepts impact of taxes on growth as she orders Cabinet to tighten belts Chancellor Rachel Reeves sought to reassure business chiefs that she would seek spending restraint rather than growth-busting taxes. Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025
Starmer tightens grip on economic policy by strengthening autumn ‘budget board’ Key figures from No 10 and No 11 appointed to group include Torsten Bell, new economic adviser Minouche Shafik and comms chief Tim Allan The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2025
CBI boss calls on Chancellor to break Labour’s manifesto tax promise Rain Newton-Smith warned Rachel Reeves against ‘slavish adherence’ to tax pledges made in the run-up to last year’s general election. Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025
Mandelson told Epstein ‘your friends love you’ after 2008 charges as Starmer faces growing backlash: UK politics live Prime minister defies pressure to sack US ambassador over links with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025
CBI boss calls for Reeves to tear up Labour’s pledge not to raise tax Rain Newton-Smith tells chancellor ‘the time for tinkering is over’ and revisit promise not to raise taxes on working people The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2025
How sweet is the EU honey market? The EU is one of the largest consumers of honey in the world. And yet, EU production can only satisfy 60% of demand. Euronews · Sep 5, 2025
Confidence in UK services sector falls amid rising costs and weak demand CBI polling of the sector shows most companies are downbeat about future and are reporting lower profits The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2025
24 decomposing bodies removed from Colorado funeral home, investigators say Authorities say they've removed two dozen decomposing bodies and other remains from a Colorado funeral home owned by a local coroner The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025
Why an Indian bill removing jailed leaders from office has sparked outrage Elected representatives jailed for 30 days on serious charges could lose their posts – even without a conviction. Al Jazeera · Aug 23, 2025
‘Flawed, deeply troubling’: Editorials on Bills to remove arrested ministers In a heated Lok Sabha session on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three Bills aimed at disqualifying central and state ministers – including the prime minister and chief ministers – if they are accused of corruption or serious crimes and have been in custody for 30 days or… Newslaundry · Aug 21, 2025
7 FIRs, a bounty, still free: The untouchable rogue cop of Madhya Pradesh A handlebar mustache. A gold ring glinting in one ear. Four rifle-toting men at his side. A bulky frame wedged into a green open jeep. Ramvir Singh Kushwah looked like he had just driven out of a crime film. As he cruised through the dusty streets of Madhya Pradesh’s Guna,… Newslaundry · Aug 20, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2025 The Guardian view on the London Stock Exchange: its struggles are symptoms of a broken growth model Editorial: The chancellor and the CBI have plans for reviving the institution. Neither will tackle Britain’s pitifully low levels of business investment
Newslaundry · Aug 5, 2025 Poora Sach: The story of the journalist who exposed Gurmeet Ram Rahim & paid with his life The story was first published on Newslaundry in 2017 after Ram Rahim was convicted of rape. It has been republished this week as he has been cleared in a 2002 journalist murder case.
Newslaundry · Aug 5, 2025 ‘Don’t say anything against our pitaji’: The lure of Ram Rahim The story was first published on Newslaundry in 2017, a day before Ram Rahim was convicted of rape. We are republishing it today as Ram Rahim, who is serving a 20-year jail term, gets parole – again.
The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2025 More American citizens are trying to migrate to these Caribbean islands this year. Here’s how to join them Travelers racing to access ‘citizenship by investment’ schemes in wake of pandemic and 2024 U.S. election
Sports Illustrated · Jul 30, 2025 How Illinois State Men’s Basketball Bucked the Transfer Portal Trend Power programs often lure up-and-comers in the mid-majors with NIL offers and greater exposure, but the Redbirds’ stars chose a different path.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025 Rising UK food prices turn cash-strapped shoppers away from high street BRC says food prices rose by 4% in July from 2024, while CBI blames economic uncertainty for people not spending
Newslaundry · Jul 23, 2025 4 decades, hundreds of ‘custody deaths’, no murder conviction: The curious case of Maharashtra Read the previous installments of this series here.
Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025 Building societies see jump in cash Isa applications amid speculation over limit Reports have suggested that plans to cut the annual tax-free cash Isa allowance could be announced next week.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025 Looser bonus rules and tax breaks needed to save London stock market, says CBI Industry lobby group draws up 20-point plan to stop London ‘drifting into irrelevance’
The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025 London’s stock exchange needs a shot in the arm from the Treasury A marketing campaign is all very well but if the LSE’s fortunes are to turn, the real oomph needs to come from the chancellor
Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025 Government could help City firms fund defence industry – taskforce report Ministers have been urged to produce a 10-year outlook revealing their intentions for equipment procurement.