33 h. ago Rachel Reeves is accused of spelling 'disaster for business' by leaving her budget until late November: Months of doom

The Chancellor was warned the decision to hold the event so late in the year threatened to create months of damaging speculation about tax rises and will stunt growth.

Economics

42 h. ago SNP: Scottish Budget process faces being delayed into the new year over 'incredibly difficult' position

Finance Secretary Shona Robison hit out at plans for a late Autumn Budget.

Politics

43 h. ago Why is the next Budget in late November and what could it mean for your money?

Now that the date is announced, the Office for Budget Responsibility can begin to assess the UK's financial health and how much headroom Reeves has to work with.

Economics

46 h. ago Rachel Reeves opts for late Budget as she admits Britain’s economy ‘not working’

Rachel Reeves has come under pressure after soaring borrowing costs reach 27-year highs

Economics

1 week ago Perth fireworks display funding questioned by Perth and Kinross councillors

Elected members queried whether more of the money collected on November 5 should go towards running the event

Economics

2 w. ago Eenie Meanie review – middling comedy thriller has its moments

Ready or Not’s Samara Weaving is a getaway driver tasked with saving her dirtbag ex in a slick yet inconsequential caperBack in the 2000s or early 2010s, a film like Eenie Meanie would have been a late summer theatrical play, a mid-budget star vehicle with enough genre elements to hopefully lure back the blockbuster crowd. There are car chases and shootouts with absurdly attractive people in the middle of them and recognisable “that guy from” faces surrounding. But even back then it would have been a gamble without an A-lister attached, the film probably going the way of the many non-Fast & Furious car flops like Driven, Speed Racer, Drive Angry and Need for Speed.Now, it’s a much more obvious, and far safer, fit for streaming, with Disney wisely nudging this one to a Hulu/Disney+ premiere. Eenie Meanie still has the feel of something that was once on a bigger screen, though, with a reported $50m budget edging it above many of the season’s multiplex offerings (more than say Weap...

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