Day: March 15, 2025

Calls for chancellor to exclude defence from rules or raise taxes in response to spending pressure at spring statement

Leading economists are urging Rachel Reeves to bend her fiscal rules or raise taxes instead of cutting welfare when she responds to growing spending pressures in her spring statement later this month.

The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is expected to downgrade its forecasts for the UK when they are published on 26 March, wiping out the headroom to meet the chancellor’s rules. Continue reading…
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Co-leader says deprioritisation of net zero is ‘extremely dangerous’ as he rejects ‘nimby-in-chief’ characterisation

Labour’s push for economic growth at the expense of climate and nature is “extremely dangerous”, the co-leader of the Green party has said.

Adrian Ramsay, the MP for Waveney Valley between Norfolk and Suffolk, was one of the five Green MPs elected to parliament last July in their best ever result. He said and his colleagues knew they would be holding Labour to account, but did not expect to be as disappointed as they have been. Continue reading…
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There were 23 new movies and TV shows added to Netflix UK this week.
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The Serbian capital was on edge ahead of Saturday’s anti-government rally, with the authorities stepping up efforts to dissuade people from attending.
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