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FTSE 100 climbs after UK economy grows faster than expected

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the first quarter growth shows ‘the strength and potential of the UK economy’, as markets rose on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Average private school fees increase following government’s VAT rise

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said applying VAT to private school fees would help ‘provide the highest quality of support and teaching’ in the state sector

The Independent UK

Prime Minister insists he will fight next election after questions about future

Sir Keir Starmer is currently facing a brewing Labour rebellion over his Government’s plans to cut welfare.

Evening Standard

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How Britain’s economic growth compares with other G7 countries

The Independent looks at how Britain’s economic growth compares to the rest of the G7 in the first quarter of the year

The Independent UK

Here’s why the UK economy has grown so quickly, and what comes next

Tax rises and Trump’s tariffs could lead to a very different picture soon

The Independent UK

Starmer’s former economic adviser warns Reeves will have to raise taxes

Labour prime minister and chancellor under pressure as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to hit the UK, despite last week’s trade deal

The Independent UK

UK asking other countries to host ‘return hubs’ for refused asylum seekers, Starmer confirms – as it happened

PM on trip to announce increased cooperation against people smugglers alongside Albania’s prime minister, Edi Rama

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GDP rise and a less scary outlook offer Rachel Reeves some rare cheer

After two sickly quarters, upbeat growth data and UK trade deal with US paint brighter picture

The Guardian - UK

'We’ll make you better off,' says Labour as Keir Starmer hails UK 0.7% GDP growth as fastest in G7

The economy in the UK grew faster than in the US, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada

Evening Standard

UK has fastest growing economy in G7 in boost for Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer said the figures showed he was meeting his goal of having the highest growth in the G7 group of leading democracies

The Independent UK

Reeves Frozen Out After Winter Fuel U-Turn Briefings “From No10”

Labour’s bruising losses in the local elections, down 187 councillors have triggered a wave of finger-pointing behind closed doors.

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UK foreign investment falls as funding from US dries up, survey shows

The UK secured fewer investment projects than France for the fifth year in a row, according to EY’s annual UK attractiveness survey.

Evening Standard

UK economy expected to have grown in first months of 2025

Official figures are forecast to show a bounce in the first quarter of the year, before April’s tax rises and Donald Trump’s tariff announcement.

Evening Standard

Details of Starmer’s Brexit reset deal revealed including youth mobility scheme

Exclusive: The deal will be unveiled on Monday — with a warning it will anger both Brexiteers and Rejoiners

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Fact check: The window tax was abolished in 1851

A viral online claim about a potential new window tax does not appear to have any evidence to support it.

Evening Standard

Unions and green groups call for £1.9bn emergency funding for North Sea workers

The organisations are holding a rally outside the UK Parliament on Wednesday to demand more support for workers to transition into green jobs.

The Independent UK

Watchdog’s investment body findings prompt concern over UK research ‘leadership’

The National Audit Office identified problems at UK Research and Innovation, an arm’s length body considered key to Government priorities.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on better public transport for the north: good politics and good economics

Editorial: Northern metro mayors are right to demand a step change in public investment at next month’s government spending review

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Reeves hails pension funds’ vow to invest billions in UK infrastructure schemes

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has welcomed an agreement which could provide billions of pounds of investment for UK businesses and infrastructure schemes.

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Urgent Call for Major Law Change to Expose the Truth Behind Channel and Asylum Deaths

MP Nadia Whittome has called for a new law that would force the Home Office to reveal the number of deaths in the asylum system, including those who perish

The Fashion Central

Rachel Reeves Faces Nightmare as ‘Wealthy Workers’ Flee the UK Over Tax Hikes

Concerns are rising over the UK’s shifting tax policies as some of the country’s wealthiest individuals consider leaving due to new tax changes.

The Guardian - UK

Reeves’s Mansion House accord on pension funds is long on virtue-signalling

There are so many conditions attached to the ‘pledge’ to invest in the UK that its claims should be taken with a large helping of salt

Evening Standard

More than half of MSPs urge Chancellor to back major carbon capture project

Some 71 MSPs and 10 MPs from across the political spectrum warned Rachel Reeves that delaying Acorn will ‘jeopardise’ Scotland’s industrial sector.

Evening Standard

Pension providers ‘to boost saver outcomes and UK growth’ under new initiative

Pension assets in the scope of the new agreement total £252 billion.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer faces opposition from Labour MPs and employers over immigration shift

Some backbenchers already thought PM had moved too far right on issue but aides say aim is to make system ‘fairer’

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