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Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government faces economic challenges, plans tax hikes, and adopts a cautious budget approach to address Britain's financial woes.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says fixing Britain’s troubled economy will be a long haul in a “harsh” fiscal environment

The 111 year old Arts & Crafts building, was home to Britain’s first juvenile court

Sir Keir Starmer said the Budget would allocate £240 million to local services to get people back into work.

Sir Keir Starmer said Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Statement will seek to get Britain out of a ‘pay more get less doom loop’

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer warned that Britain faces "unprecedented challenges" in a speech on Monday, 28 October, ahead of Labour's first Budget for 14 years.

After the 2024 election, the British parliament looks very different, with a large Labour majority for the first time in more than a decade. While we don’t yet have a full analysis of the socioeconomic background of the new crop of MPs, the Sutton Trust calculated that 23% were privately…

Nation follows net worth rules which count liabilities such as debt but also assets, including land, roads, hospitals and schools

The Prime Minister warns the nation of the ‘harsh light of fiscal reality’

The warning comes from former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane

Trade body for France’s travel industry reportedly writes to UK home secretary over concerns for programme’s future