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Richard Hughes, head of Office for Budget Responsibility, says he has apologised to chancellor for ‘letting people down’How Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes earlyBusiness live – latest updatesUK politics live – latest updatesThe chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility has said he felt mortified by the early release of its budget forecasts as the watchdog launched a rapid inquiry into how it had “inadvertently made it possible” to see the documents.Richard Hughes said he had written to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the chair of the Treasury select committee, Meg Hillier, to apologise. Continue reading... Source link

Irish actor, who had first amputation after football injury, shows off new wheelchair in TikTok videoThe actor and Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd has announced that she is recovering after a second leg amputation operation.The 29-year-old Irish performer had her first amputation six years ago after injuring her foot playing football as a teenager, which led to years of surgeries and chronic pain. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/nov/27/celebrity-traitors-star-ruth-codd-second-leg-amputation Author : Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent Publish date : 2025-11-27 15:09:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Macron due to unveil proposals for a new voluntary military service to boost the country’s defences without having to return to regular conscriptionMeanwhile, we are getting some new lines from Russia on what would and wouldn’t be acceptable to Moscow in a potential peace deal on Ukraine.Foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that Ukrainian membership of Nato would be unacceptable, as she blamed the alliance for trying to draw Ukraine into its structure and pose a threat against Russia, Reuters reported. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/nov/27/russia-ukraine-war-peace-deal-eu-europe-latest-news-updates Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-11-27 12:25:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Chancellor says 60% of families that will be better off after the two-child limit is scrapped are in workAsk the Guardian your budget questionsBudget calculator: find out if you are better or worse offThe Conservative party is attacking the budget on the grounds that Rachel Reeves is putting up taxes supposedly to fund more spending on benefit claimants. Even though the rationale for this claim is questionable, the Tories were making it before the budget was announced, and Kemi Badenoch firmed it up last night, claiming it was a “Benefits Street budget”.On LBC this morning, asked if the budget meant