The words Spending Review may not instantly quicken the heart rate of many, but what we hear from the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will have an impact on what your life is like in the UK in the coming years. It could be one of the defining moments between now and the next general election, as...
Rachel Reeves is preparing to unveil her highly anticipated spending review, setting out how much money the NHS, schools, police and other public services will get over the next few years. The chancellor will emphasise plans to “invest in Britain’s renewal” by spending an extra £113bn on infrastructure, such as energy and transport projects in...
Lewis Eager Lucy Hooker, Kris Bramwell & Shakira Abdi BBC News This week the government will set out how much it is going to spend over the next four years on the public services that millions of people use every day. That includes the NHS, schools and public transport as well as welfare benefits, armed...
The government’s latest spending plans are settled, the prime minister’s official spokesman has said. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce funding increases for the NHS, schools and defence, along with a number of infrastructure projects, when she sets out her day-to-say spending and investment plans for each department in Wednesday’s Spending Review. Home Secretary...
Jane Douglas Senior Journalist BBC Campaigners outside Tavistock Town Hall, showing support for the reinstatement of the Tavistock to Plymouth rail link Rail campaigners are battling for £1.5m government cash in the upcoming Spending Review to make a business case for a railway link in Devon. TavyRail campaign group would like to see a five-mile...
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is the last minister yet to agree a funding deal with the Treasury ahead of Wednesday’s Spending Review, BBC News understands. Ministers have been locked in talks with Chancellor Rachel Reeves and her team ahead of the major financial statement, which sets budgets for government departments covering the next few years....
The home secretary and deputy prime minister argue for cash. Read full article at source...
Marc Ashdown Business correspondent Getty Images Areas like Newport in Wales, home to the UK’s biggest semiconductor manufacturing facility, will be allowed to decide how investment is targeted in their communities. An £86bn package for the science and technology sector will help fund research into drug treatments and longer-lasting batteries, the government has said ahead...
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC The next few days are vital – “one of the last moments to weave it all together – to look politically credible to the people Labour has lost”, one senior figure reckons. There have been huge fights inside government about the looming Spending Review. As I write,...
Mark Rutte is determined to give Donald Trump a win at the forthcoming Nato summit. The alliance’s secretary general wants to avoid the scenes of 2016 when, while in his first term, the US president berated European allies for not spending enough on defence and taking advantage of the American taxpayer. Trump views relationships, even...
And, Chancellor confirms more people will receive winter fuel payment this year. Read full article at source...
Given how much the Reds have spent already, there is every chance they will spend the £200m Maguire mentions, with several positions still being targeted as areas to strengthen. Liverpool moved quickly to address the departure of full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold with the signing of Frimpong, who can play anywhere down the right-hand side. Wirtz, meanwhile,...
Elon Musk hit out at President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill, posting on X that he “can’t stand” the legislation and describing it as a “disgusting abomination”. The bill – which includes multi-trillion dollar tax breaks and increased defence spending while also allowing the US government to borrow more money – was...
Emma Haslett Business reporter, BBC News EPA The UK economy is forecast to grow slightly more than previously expected in 2025, but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the Chancellor must stick to her rules on tax and spending. In its annual health-check for the economy, the IMF predicted growth of 1.2% this...
House Republicans have passed a sweeping multi-trillion dollar tax breaks package, a narrow victory for President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson after weeks of negotiations with conservative hold-outs. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed with a vote of 215 votes to 214, with two Republicans joining Democrats to oppose it and one voting present....