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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With next week’s spending review, the chancellor has a chance to correct all the mistakes she made in her first months at the Treasury. She should do all she can to put the government back in charge of events, rather than be pushed around by them

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Chancellor is facing a push to consider wealth taxes instead of cuts before she publishes her spending review next week

COMMENT: As the mayor of Greater Manchester proposes a ‘popular left programme’ – just days after the mayor of London defied Downing Street with a new plan for drug laws – is the prime minister under threat from colleagues with their own fiefdoms, asks John Rentoul

Partha Dasgupta’s landmark study provided way to put a value on nature – but many fear report has been sidelined

The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is under growing pressure to break Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise the so-called “big three” taxes—income tax, National

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Global growth is expected to fall below 3% for the first time since the pandemic

The delay in releasing the funds is due to a disagreement between the UK government and his lawyers

US, Mexico and Canada economies likely to be worst affected by ongoing tariff battles, says forecast

Roman Abramovich was among the high-profile oligarchs sanctioned after Russia invaded Ukraine