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In Labour’s first budget for almost 15 years, Rachel Reeves has unveiled tax rises and promises of investment in public services

Spending on costumes and treats has increased, but Britain isn’t showing quite the same commitment or creativity, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

As a historian, the UK conservative party leadership candidate should know that the only debt owed is one of accountability and reparation

Exclusive: Awareness of contribution of black and Asian soldiers could help tackle racism, say leading minority ethnic voices

In the first Labour Budget since 2010 – and the first delivered by a woman – Ms Reeves promised to ‘invest, invest, invest’.

She has defended the drastic action so the Government can ‘invest, invest, invest’ in the UK

British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves is set to deliver her first budget in Parliament

Unlike the US, Canada and Australia, the UK is only giving free boosters to some. But the cost of restricting them could be huge, says Devi Sridhar of Edinburgh University

Botswana goes to the polls this Wednesday with incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi facing three main challengers in what analysts are calling the country’s most competitive vote yet. The prosperous, diamond-rich nation has maintained a stable democracy since gaining independence from Britain in 1966.

The call for justice is not going away. Rather than ignore it, Labour should be entering the conversation – and shaping it, says academic Kojo Koram

Britain's new Labour government unveils its first budget on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer warning of tax rises and public spending cuts as he focuses on long-term growth.