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UK to unveil tax-raising budget

Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood appearing on the BBC's 'Sunday Morning' television show, Nov 16, 2025.
International

UK government defends refugee shakeup in face of hard right

Keir Starmer’s supporters privately accused Health Secretary Wes Streeting of plotting to replace the prime minister, according to people familiar with the matter.
International

Starmer allies launch effort to ward off a leadership challenge

In a letter to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) late on Wednesday, Rachel Reeves (right) admitted she had failed to obtain the required “selective” rental licence for her south London home when she moved into her Downing Street residence after Labour won power in July 2024.
International

Starmer backs finance minister after housing rules breach

Rachel Reeves - despite raising taxes by about £40 billion (S$69.2 billion) in her first budget last year - is probably £22 billion off course to meet her rule that day-to-day spending is in balance with tax revenues by the end of the decade, the IFS estimated.
International

UK’s Reeves should go big on tax increases in November, think tank says

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.
International

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

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (pictured) and Prime Minister Keir Starmer are struggling to meet mounting demands for spending from the already stretched public finances as they struggle to speed up Britain’s economic growth.
International

UK’s Reeves heading for ‘impossible’ choices in this year’s budget: think tank

“We are taking action to break down barriers to participation that will ensure more people have the opportunity to engage in UK democracy,” says Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.
International

UK to lower voting age to 16 in landmark electoral reform

From left: France's President Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Opinion & Features

Europe E3 re-emerges as economic and political powerhouse

British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer is hopes that, for the first time in the post-Brexit era, the UK investment landscape can be boosted by newfound political stability.
Opinion & Features

New UK economic initiatives on government’s first anniversary

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