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Rachel Reeves faces bigger-than-expected hit in 26 November budget from revised OBR forecastBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves will have to account for a bigger-than-expected £20bn hit to the UK public finances in next month’s budget, increasing the likelihood that the chancellor will breach a key Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise income tax.The Treasury’s forecaster is preparing a steeper than anticipated cut to UK productivity for the next five years, the Guardian understands. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/28/rachel-reeves-uk-productivity-obr-tax-rises-budget Author : Kalyeena Makortoff, Phillip Inman and Richard Partington Publish date : 2025-10-28 10:58:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Barracks in Inverness and East Sussex will house about 900 men as government aims to end use of hotelsHundreds of people seeking asylum in the UK will be moved to military sites as the government aims to end the use of hotels to house them.The Home Office confirmed that two barracks – Cameron barracks in Inverness and Crowborough training camp in East Sussex – would be used to house about 900 men temporarily. Officials are working to identify more sites. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/28/asylum-seekers-to-be-moved-military-sites-inverness-east-sussex Author : Kevin Rawlinson Publish date : 2025-10-28 08:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

UK tax agency apologises after flagging people as having emigrated, often when they return via different routesParents who went from Liverpool to Amsterdam with their autistic children are among thousands who have had their child benefit wrongly stopped as part of a crackdown on benefit fraud, it has emerged.The error by HM Revenue and Customs emerged 48 hours after the Guardian and the Detail reported on hundreds of families in Northern Ireland who had child benefit stopped after they returned home from holiday via Dublin airport, leaving HMRC with the impression they had taken a one-way ticket out of the

An entire class has made an 11th-hour bid for special consideration due to ‘illness and misadventure’ after studying the wrong CaesarFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn entire class of high school students in Queensland has applied for special consideration due to “illness and misadventure” just days before their year 12 ancient history external exam.They have not been waylaid by vengeful deities nor bewitched by sirens, however – these young scholars have studied the wrong Caesar. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/28/brisbane-state-high-school-wrong-caesar-year-12-exam Author : Joe Hinchliffe Publish date