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Chancellor John Healey has said he will deliver his first Budget on Wednesday October 28, 2026.The announcement comes after Labour announced a succession of spending commitments, including the £2 bus fare cap, reforms to social care and the temporary removal of VAT from electricity bills.Economists have suggested these spending commitments will need to be met with higher taxation, with No. 11 having very little room for extra borrowing within the current fiscal rules.Prime Minister Andy Burnham has faced growing pressure to raise income tax after a leading economic think tank identified a £24billion shortfall in the Government’s spending plans.The National…

The BBC has come under scrutiny after one of its educational resources for primary school children described Guy Fawkes as an “astonishing activist” and placed him alongside historical figures including Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks and Emmeline Pankhurst.The content, available on the BBC Bitesize learning platform, forms part of an interactive educational game titled Back in Time with… Astonishing Activists.Designed for young learners, the game introduces children to individuals who sought to change society, inviting them to explore the lives of campaigners through a series of interactive activities.The resource’s introduction states that users can “take a trip back in time and…

Motorists are being made aware of new rules being introduced in August that could impact them behind the wheel every day.Labour could move forward with new plans first unveiled through its Road Safety Strategy, while an update could be provided on the future of the digital driving licence scheme.With new rules being introduced over the coming weeks, GB News has rounded up the most important driving law changes in August that could impact you.MOT testsNew rules being introduced on August 3, 2026, will see garages across the UK given access to new features that could reduce fraud within MOT testing.Around…

Due to the possibility of river pollution, the council advised the public not to enter the watercourse of the rivers and not allow their dogs to swim in the water until the investigations were complete.Leader of the council, Chris Weaver, said the priority remained as the safety and wellbeing of residents affected. “Council teams will continue to support affected residents and carry out the necessary clean-up, investigation and repair work as quickly and safely as possible.”Alex Davies-Jones, Labour MP for Pontypridd, has written to the Welsh government, saying constituents in the area had been caused “considerable anxiety” by the blast…

Chelsea have been fined £10m and given a suspended ban from registering new players for two transfer windows for breaching rules relating to payments to agents between 2009 and 2022.But the club have had a six-point deduction, which was suspended until 30 June 2027, “set aside” on appeal.Owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital self-reported 74 breaches of Football Association rules when they purchased the club in 2022.Chelsea admitted making £47m in secret payments to unregistered agents and third-parties over transfers between 2011 and 2018.The FA said it was “continuing to investigate individual misconduct arising out of this case”.The fine was…

Jo Whittaker, chief executive of Betfred, said: “We have tried hard to protect all our sites and the colleagues who work in them.”But the combined impact of higher employer national insurance contributions, wage inflation, increases in gambling taxes and wider economic uncertainty has left us with no choice.”These are well-run shops, staffed by dedicated colleagues, and it is incredibly hard to see any of them close, but the current fiscal and regulatory environment has made it impossible to keep trading all our shops.”Our priority now is to support the colleagues affected, and to continue serving customers and communities across the…

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A disgraced funeral director who failed to bury or cremate people and gave bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers has been jailed for 20 years.Robert Bush admitted 67 offences after 35 bodies and more than 100 sets of ashes were found by police raiding Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull in March 2024.Sentencing him at Hull Crown Court, Judge Justice Hilliard told the former undertaker he had “caused anguish and pain on a scale beyond comprehension”.He also barred Bush, who defrauded nearly 200 families out of £500,000, from being a company director for 14 years.This story contains details some might…