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Rising UK house prices defy Budget tax fears, mortgage-lender Nationwide says

As buying activity was held off ahead of the Budget, prices may rise in the coming months: Capital Economics

Respondents to a YouGov survey conducted after Wednesday’s statement said they saw it as unfair rather than fair by a margin of 48 per cent to 21 per cent.

Reeves’ UK budget calms markets and party but leaves Britons unhappy

[LONDON] Britons reacted overwhelmingly negatively to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ budget, suggesting little relief for the Labour government’s slumping popularity.

The number of unemployed people per vacancy in the UK was 2.5 in July to September 2025.

UK unemployment at its highest since pandemic as jobs market cools

The jobless rate climbed to 5 per cent in the three months through September, up from 4.8 per cent the month before

On Monday, British finance minister Rachel Reeves will announce that every young person who receives Universal Credit benefit payments for 18 months without “earning or learning” will be guaranteed an offer of paid work, although it was not immediately clear what work this would be.

Britain’s Reeves set to guarantee jobs for young unemployed

[LIVERPOOL] British finance minister Rachel Reeves will vow on Monday to guarantee that unemployed young people find work as she seeks positive headlines to boost Labour‘s ratings while preparing a No...

According to polling firm Ipsos, only 13 per cent of voters are satisfied with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer while 79 per cent are dissatisfied - the worst score of any prime minister since it started collecting data in 1977.

UK’s Starmer urges Labour party to unite for ‘fight of our lives’

[LIVERPOOL] British Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged his Labour Party on Sunday to stop “navel gazing” and unite against Reform UK, accusing the rising populist party of planning a “racist policy” of...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has had meagre success in the government’s central mission of boosting economic growth and in recent months made a series of damaging U-turns.

UK government guts key welfare reforms to win vote after internal rebellion

[LONDON] UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer avoided a humiliating parliamentary defeat on key welfare reforms on Tuesday, after making last-minute concessions in the face of the most serious internal rebe...

The IMF told Rachel Reeves that any additional spending, such as proposals to reverse cuts to winter-fuel subsidies for pensioners or ending the two-child benefit limit, will need to be covered by other savings or tax rises.

IMF warns UK to keep budget in check or risk market revolt

The government needs “to stay the course and deliver the planned deficit reduction over the next five years”

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves' welfare reforms have become hugely divisive within Labour, which is traditionally the party of poverty reduction.

UK benefit cuts to cause more pain than gain: think tank

LABOUR’S benefit cuts will leave hundreds of thousands more Britons in poverty even after accounting for the employment boost the government claims the reform plans will deliver, according to analysis...

Reform UK’s predecessor, UKIP, also led by Farage, was the first party other than the Conservatives or Labour to win a UK national election in over 100 years since the Liberals.

Multi-party politics defines British elections this week

The exact results remain uncertain, but what is already clear is the unusual, simultaneous unpopularity of both Labour and the Conservatives

“I have no doubt that we can find efficiency savings within government spending of five per cent, and I’m determined to do so,” says finance minister Rachel Reeves.

UK pledges to cut government spending waste

Finance minister Rachel Reeves will take an “iron fist” to public-spending waste