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UK productivity puzzle: Zombie firms fail, but jobs remain scarce

Inefficient firms in the UK are failing, hit by the cost of living crisis. If productive businesses manage to take their place, they could provide a much-needed boost to growth.

Euronews

Deaths set to outnumber births in the UK in 2026 ‘in new era’ that could lead to higher taxes

With birth rates falling, think tank Resolution Foundation said the UK will need to rely on immigration for population growth

The Independent UK

Collapse of ‘zombie’ UK firms forecast to fuel unemployment in 2026

Businesses being hit by rising cost of interest rates, energy costs and wages, says Resolution Foundation

The Guardian - UK

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Young people bearing brunt of UK jobs downturn, thinktank warns

Resolution Foundation report comes in week when data is expected to show October unemployment rise

The Guardian - UK

Budget tax rises may be ‘fiscal fiction’ as pain delayed for election year, IFS warns

Labour MPs welcome scrapping of two-child benefit cap but worry about hefty future tax increases on constituents

The Guardian - UK

Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say

Move will have greater impact on living standards of taxpayers in bottom half of income scale, thinktanks say

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says budget did not break manifesto tax pledge – as it happened

PM says: ‘We kept to our manifesto in terms of what we’ve promised. But I accept the challenge that we’ve asked everybody to contribute’

The Guardian - UK

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Economists warn budget built on ‘shaky foundations’; December UK interest rate cut looks more likely – as it happened

Experts question whether back-loaded tax rises outlined in Wednesday’s budget will really happen

The Guardian - UK

Millions of UK workers to get pay rise as Reeves plans increased minimum wage

Chancellor says people must be ‘properly rewarded for their hard work’ with 16- to 21-year-olds also in line for raise

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown to issue warning on ‘shameful epidemic’ of child poverty in Britain

The ex-Labour leader will also call for Rachel Reeves to raise taxes on gambling firms to cover the cost of lifting the two-child benefit cap

The Independent UK

Child poverty biggest threat to UK’s long-term economic future – Gordon Brown

Mr Brown is expected to call for a ‘new coalition of compassion for children that will create a chain of hope for children right across our country’.

Evening Standard

Economists urge Reeves to make ‘difficult’ choices to boost market confidence

Experts said the Chancellor should prioritise bringing down Government borrowing costs.

The Independent UK

I hope Rachel Reeves does raise income tax – there’s a way she can do it fairly

The chancellor might need to break manifesto pledges and a 50-year taboo, but she has a chance to steer UK finances back on track, says Ruth Curtice of the Resolution Foundation

The Guardian - UK

Pound hits lowest since April as investors anticipate budget tax rises; markets hit by AI valuation jitters – as it happened

Sterling drops against dollar as chancellor’s speech is taken as a sign that taxes will rise in the budget, and interest rates may fall faster

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Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves speech LIVE: Chancellor accused of 'waffle bomb' as she rolls ground for Budget tax rises

Rachel Reeves has said the Budget will focus on ‘getting inflation falling’ and ‘creating the conditions for interest rate cuts’

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Why Labour won’t press the ‘big red button’ to lift 450,000 children out of poverty

In today’s newsletter: The Labour Party recently sounded resolute in its intention to cut the two-child benefit cap. But against an ugly fiscal backdrop, the chancellor may be having second thoughts

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves to pave way for tax rises in pre-Budget speech

Chancellor’s address to come after weeks of expectation management as she scrambles to fill £50bn black hole

The Independent UK

Tax rises at Budget ‘inevitable’, think tank with close Labour links claims

The Resolution Foundation however suggested there was a way to implement tax rises which ‘boosts confidence in the economy and the public finances’.

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The Guardian - UK

Only full abolition of two-child benefit cap will substantially cut poverty, thinktank says

Resolution Foundation says half-measures would have little or no meaningful impact on child poverty rates

The Independent UK

Reeves warned she must end child benefit cap altogether or face rise in poverty

A report by the Resolution Foundation will fuel demands from Labour MPs for the chancellor to find another £3.5bn to tackle end the two child benefit cap

Evening Standard

Tories urge peers to back last-ditch changes to workers’ rights Bill

Shadow business secretary Andrew Griffith pleaded with peers ahead of votes on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Rent crisis will keep breaking new records without action, Labour warned

Council spending on temporary accommodation has doubled in a decade to £2.8bn, a new report shows

The Independent UK

Millions of Universal Credit claimants set for income boost worth up to £450

The average claimants will receive nearly £400 more a year – but economists warn it comes at the ‘wrong time’

The Guardian - UK

Labour urged to rethink scrapping minimum wage youth rates amid ‘Neets’ rise

Thinktank fears 16- to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training could be ‘priced out’ of entry-level jobs

The Independent UK

Keep age-based minimum wage to help young people into work, says think tank

Rachel Reeves has been urged to scrap plans to abolish the lower minimum wage rates for under-21s.

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