Business owners’ Budget warnings
Many West Midlands businesses will cut jobs or even relocate overseas if Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget fails to address key economic pain.
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Renters face squeeze before rule change
Labour’s new renters’ rights act hailed as landmark – but experts warn of short-term pain for tenants Renters could face higher costs and.
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Viewpoint
Labour’s sleepwalk into irrelevance
The party that should be stopping Reform is instead fuelling its rise There are moments in political history when a government’s weakness becomes.
Jobs
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Mayor to get 93,000 working
‘West Midlands Works’ seeks to lower WM region’s unemployment rate by 5 percentage points by 2035 West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker has unveiled.
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Transport
HS2 and the great illusion
How speed obsession derailed Britain’s biggest infrastructure story When the history of Britain’s 21st-century infrastructure is written, HS2 will not be remembered as.
Leadership
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Viewpoint
We need leadership, not management
I wanna believe Rachel Reeves, but I’m having trouble – and I think I’ve worked out why The Chancellor’s been out warming up.
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Starmer wavers on tax vow
Manifesto promise under strain Sir Keir Starmer has refused to stand by Labour’s election pledge not to raise income tax, employee national insurance,.
Culture
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British Council faces collapse
Cultural body in crisis The British Council is in “real financial peril” and selling off assets to stay afloat, its chief executive Scott.
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World Affairs
Britain eyes new steel pact
London seeks US-EU alliance to counter Chinese oversupply and defend domestic industry The British government is exploring the creation of a three-way “steel.
Crime
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UK targets illegal gig work
Crackdown on illegal working The government has pledged to end illegal working in the gig economy by forcing delivery and ride-hailing platforms to.