4 h. ago Rachel Reeves spending review: When will the Chancellor announce the plans? What is a spending review?

The Spending Review will be delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday.

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7 h. ago AI plans will allow teachers to spend more time with pupils and less on marking

Educators could be given more time to work directly with pupils if artificial intelligence tools are used effectively, Government guidance suggests.

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8 h. ago Rachel Reeves forced ‘to make £5bn cuts’ to balance books after spending review

Exclusive: Chancellor set to unveil Labour’s spending plans Wednesday but researchers warn she will need to make £5bn of cuts by 2028/29 — even before finding the cash to restore winter fuel payments to pensioners

Economics

8 h. ago World's tallest woman forced to pay for SIX plane seats and has to be carried on via stretcher when she flies

Rumeysa Gelgi, who stands at 7ft 0.7inches, revealed she is 'forced' to pay for six plane seats when travelling - as she's required to spend the entire flight strapped down to a stretcher.

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27 h. ago Canada plans to hit NATO spending target early and reduce reliance on US defense, Carney says

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will meet NATO’s military spending guideline by early next year

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27 h. ago Thousands harmed and 87 dead after NHS equipment failures in England

‘Shocking statistics’ prompt calls for government funding to replace broken and obsolete medical devicesWoman suing NHS trust after blade broke off during surgery and lodged itself in her bodyAlmost 100 people have died and 4,000 have been harmed after equipment malfunctions in the NHS in the past three years, prompting calls for more government funding to upgrade broken and obsolete medical devices.A defibrillator advising paramedics not to administer a shock, an emergency alarm system on a neonatal ward failing, and the camera on an intubation device going dark were just three failures after which patients died. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Nato chief says UK’s defence spending plans not at odds with 5% goal

Mark Rutte would not reveal the deadline for when he hopes Nato allies will reach the target.

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28 h. ago Ministers FINALLY settle spending plans with Rachel Reeves' Treasury 48 hours before they are to be revealed, as minister says 'austerity is over'

Haggling had been raging this morning, with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper desperately trying to get more money for the police and borders funding.

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32 h. ago London Infrastructure Set to Miss Out in Reeves Spending Plans

London Infrastructure Set to Miss Out in Reeves Spending Plans  Bloomberg

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33 h. ago Lack of recent meetings with Treasury an ‘issue of concern’, says Swinney

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will lay out her spending plans on Wednesday.

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33 h. ago Police leaders ramp up pressure on Government ahead of spending review

Several figures have called for more funding as the Chancellor prepares to set out her spending plans on Wednesday.

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36 h. ago Brits back cuts to foreign aid, benefits and Net Zero to fund the NHS and police

YouGov research has given an insight into the public's priorities as Rachel Reeves prepares to unveil departmental budgets for the next three years.

Events

36 h. ago The thin blue line? Yvette Cooper STILL holding out over funding for 'broken' police with barely 48 hours until Rachel Reeves unveils spending plans up to next election

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is yet to settle with the Treasury amid bitter squabbling over police and borders funding.

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49 h. ago Rachel Reeves strikes 11th hour deal with Angela Rayner to break cabinet civil war deadlock

Exclusive: The Treasury agreed a late deal with Angela Rayner’s Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government on Sunday evening, just days before Rachel Reeves publishes the spending review

Events

53 h. ago Rachel Reeves in crisis as cabinet civil war blocks spending review plans

The Treasury is scrambling to reach an eleventh-hour deal with Yvette Cooper and Angela Rayner as they push back against budget cuts

Events

54 h. ago Police 'must do their bit' warning as Rachel Reeves set to unveil spending cuts

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said 'every part of our society is struggling' as he faced questions about police funding ahead of Rachel Reeves' spending review on Wednesday

Events

69 h. ago Labour at war over spending plans as Number 10 tries to stem threat from Farage

Keir Starmer is fighting to quell tensions over how to deal with the threat from Nigel Farage , as bitter Whitehall negotiations over the Government's Spending Review go down to the wire.

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3 d. ago Elon Musk deletes controversial tweet alleging Donald Trump was 'in the Epstein files'

The US president said the Tesla founder has ‘lost his mind’ after falling out over his spending plans

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3 d. ago Home Office plans to spend £2.2bn of foreign aid on asylum support this year

International rules allow countries to count first-year costs of supporting refugees as overseas development assistance.

Economics

3 d. ago Musk teases new US political party to rival Democrats and Republicans after public fallout with Trump

The US president said the Tesla founder has ‘lost his mind’ after falling out over his spending plans

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