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Burnham Bets That Britain Can Move Past the Old Brexit Divisions
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- In British politics, dividing lines have formed around Brexit for the past decade, often replacing traditional right-and-left allegiances.
Burnham Vows to Change Benefit Eligibility for Young People
Photographer: Kin Cheung/AFP/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- Andy Burnham pledged to change benefit eligibility for young people and invest in more mental health and employment support as part of efforts to reduce the UK’s ballooning welfare bill.
UK Cabinet in Push to Approve Drilling at Rosebank Oil Field
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- UK cabinet ministers are lobbying Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh to approve drilling at the Rosebank oil and gas field in the North Sea, and privately believe...
UK to Charge Builders 4% of ‘Your First Home’ Program Sales
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- The UK will charge housebuilders as much as 4% of the sale price on properties bought under the new Your First Home program.
Burnham to Urge Debt Reform for Poorest Commonwealth Nations
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will propose a restructuring of national debt to help the poorest Commonwealth countries after he rejected their calls for financial compensation for the...
EU and UK Set to Offer Each Other Local University Tuition Original
Photographer: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- European Union nationals are expected to pay the same university fees as British students as part of a broader deal to tighten links between the two sides.
Andy Burnham Had His Bounce. Now Things Are About to Get Bumpy
Treasury, Bloomberg analysis (Bloomberg) -- Britons gave Andy Burnham the benefit of the doubt in his first three months as prime minister. After an uninspiring budget, the next six weeks will test whether he can maintain the early momentum.
Andy Burnham Had His Bounce. Now Things Are About to Get Bumpy
World News 4 hours ago Britain’s Prime Minister Says He’s Open to a Formal Apology for Slavery The New York Times - Michael D. Shear • 4h The premier’s comments represent a major change in British policy, but they are unlikely to satisfy those who hoped that reparations would follow.
UK Offers Energy Bill Relief While Cutting Green Spending (1)
The UK proposed a package of measures to cushion households from another sharp rise in energy bills, while cutting £1 billion ($1.3 billion) from programs aimed at making homes cleaner and cheaper to heat. The government will pay £100 to millions of homes as it comes under mounting pressure to help, with domestic energy bills forecast to jump 27% to an average of £2,192 from January.
UK Offers Energy Bill Relief While Cutting Green Spending (1)
Oct. 28, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC The UK proposed a package of measures to cushion households from another sharp rise in energy bills, while cutting £1 billion ($1.3 billion) from programs aimed at making homes cleaner and cheaper to heat. The government will pay £100 to millions of homes as it comes under mounting pressure to help, with domestic energy bills forecast to jump 27% to an average of £2,192 from January.
Healey’s Low-Key Budget Puts UK Stability Over Big Policy Plans
Chancellor of the Exchequer unveiled a modest budget designed to ride out international headwinds. The question is whether his plans will sustain the optimism that his boss, , has unleashed. The measures announced on Wednesday will bring in £6.6 billion ($8.8 billion) in additional revenue by fiscal year 2030-31, and incur a relatively modest £1.6 billion in extra spending, according to estimates by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
UK’s Healey Offers Help to Homes Facing Soaring Energy Bills Original
The UK proposed a package of measures to cushion households from another sharp rise in energy bills, including £100 payments to millions of homes and plans to scrap standing charges for gas. The government is under mounting pressure to take action with household energy bills forecast to jump 27% to an average of £2,192 ($2,912.8) from January.
Healey’s Low-Key Budget Puts UK Stability Over Big Policy Plans Original
Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey unveiled a modest budget designed to ride out international headwinds.
UK Offers Energy Bill Relief While Cutting Green Spending
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- The UK proposed a package of measures to cushion households from another sharp rise in energy bills, while cutting £1 billion ($1.3 billion) from programs aimed at making homes cleaner and cheaper to heat.
UK to Raise Pay Floor 4% as Burnham Seeks Cost of Living Fix
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey is poised to raise the UK’s national living wage by about 4%, but will not close the pay gap with younger workers, amid growing concern that hiring...
Labour MPs Say Burnham’s UK Industrial Revival Needs New Plan
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Labour MPs warned Andy Burnham his pledge to re-industrialize Britain risks falling short as current policies fail to match his rhetoric and continue to favor services over manufacturing.
Andy Burnham Tests Labour Loyalty With Budget Built for Bond Market
Office for Budget Responsibility, HM Treasury Bloomberg Economics (Bloomberg) -- Next week, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey must deliver what his predecessor, Rachel Reeves, couldn’t: A budget that keeps both the bond market and the...
Andy Burnham Tests Labour Loyalty With Budget Built for Bond Market
11 hours ago Sen. Susan Collins, who’s in a tough re-election fight in Maine, said she secured tariff exemptions on some agricultural and forestry items. The Trump administration on Friday said it had granted tariff exemptions on some Canadian imports, an implicit acknowledgement that President Donald Trump’s …
Trump and Burnham to Speak as US-UK Tensions Rise
Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump spoke with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Friday as tensions build between the two governments over Russia’s war in Ukraine and the possibility of renewed...
UK Approves North Sea Jackdaw Field Following Lengthy Battle (2) Original
The UK government approved the Jackdaw gas field, a contentious decision that risks alienating some of the left-leaning voters Prime Minister Andy Burnham has attracted back to Labour. Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh gave the green light on Wednesday, reviving a fossil-fuel project that was previously quashed by a Scottish court over its climate impact. She said the field may start supplying gas by the end of this month.
Burnham Floats Removing Fee From Gas Bills to Blunt Price Surge
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- The UK government is looking to remove standing charges on gas bills, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said, as part of the Labour government’s efforts to blunt the impact of surging energy costs.
UK Approves North Sea Jackdaw Field Following Lengthy Battle
Source: Adura (Bloomberg) -- The UK government approved the Jackdaw gas field, a contentious decision that risks alienating some of the left-leaning voters Prime Minister Andy Burnham has attracted back to Labour.
英國商貿大臣對中國汽車關稅持開放態度 但說決策不會屈從歐盟的要求
【彭博】-- 英國商貿大臣喬納森·雷諾茲表示，他願為贏得更多歐洲市場准入而討論對中國電動汽車加徵關稅，但相關決定要基於本國需要而不是歐盟的要求。 英國政府面臨與布魯塞爾保持一致對中國進口汽車徵收關稅來換取加入「歐洲製造」採購計畫的政治壓力。首相安迪·伯納姆曾多次要求加入該模式，而就協議取得進展是他下月出席英國-歐盟峰會之前的一個優先事項。 在周二議會跨黨派商業委員會的會議上，雷諾茲被問及是否會在11月20日的布魯塞爾峰會上探討共同應對中國補貼的貿易防禦措施。 「我當然願意交流，也一直在與歐洲同事討論我們共同面臨的一系列問題以及我們要如何加以解決」 他說。 當被直接問及英國是否被要求對中國電動汽車徵收關稅、以此換取「歐洲製造」政策下可信賴夥伴的地位時，雷諾茲表示，他正在密切評估英國在此問題上的立場。 「我希望與歐洲夥伴合作，因為我們面臨著同樣的壓力，」 他說，「如果我們真的就貿易防禦措施做出決定，那是因為我認為它符合英國的利益。」 中國此前已警告倫敦「三思而後行、切勿隨歐起舞」。商務部周一稱，如英國執意對中國電動汽車採取限制措施，「中方將堅決反制，維護中國產業合法權益」。...
UK Open to Discussing Chinese Car Tariffs Ahead of EU Summit
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds signaled he’s open to hitting Chinese electric vehicles with tariffs to win enhanced access to European markets, but would make the call based on UK needs not demands from the EU.
Healey Rejects Calls to Increase Capital Gains Tax in UK Budget Original
Photographer: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey won’t increase the UK’s tax on capital gains in his budget next week, as he relies instead on a levy on bank revenues to fund the Labour...
Burnham Finds His Plans to Focus on Britain Blown Up by Trump
(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Andy Burnham's bid to break from Keir Starmer's premiership by focusing more on UK domestic policy and less on global events is proving near impossible in Donald Trump's world.
Burnham Finds His Plans to Focus on Britain Blown Up by Trump
We Think (Omnisis), Survation, Techne UK, Opinium, Deltapoll, More in Common, YouGov, Ipsos, Find Out Now (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s bid to break from Keir Starmer’s premiership by focusing more on UK domestic policy and less on...
Burnham Finds His Plans to Focus on Britain Blown Up by Trump
Kelly said Trump "has done more than anyone to bring the Russia-Ukraine war to a close" and that by selling American-made arms to NATO allies, Trump is "generating billions of dollars for U.S. industries while getting Europe to take primary responsibility for its own defense." Trump's latest pivot toward Russia leaves questions Burnham's government is struggling to answer, about how to handle the president and ensure Ukraine isn't pressured into accepting an unjust outcome to the war.
Burnham Finds His Plans to Focus on Britain Blown Up by Trump
(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Andy Burnham's bid to break from Keir Starmer's premiership by focusing more on UK domestic policy and less on global events is proving near impossible in Donald Trump's world.
Burnham Rules Out Future Deal With UK Greens Over Zionism Motion
Photographer: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham ruled out any future partnership with the left-wing Green Party after it adopted a motion stating “Zionism is racism.” “I condemn the motion that was...
UK Firms Tell Healey Tax Cuts Needed in Budget to Boost Hiring
British business leaders have warned Chancellor that their ability to hire more young workers is contingent on the scale of tax hikes planned for the upcoming budget, according to people familiar with the matter. Prime Minister and the chancellor held separate meetings with British business leaders on Tuesday morning.
UK Firms Tell Healey Tax Cuts Needed in Budget to Boost Hiring
Photographer: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- British business leaders have warned Chancellor John Healey that their ability to hire more young workers is contingent on the scale of tax hikes planned for the upcoming budget, according to...
Burnham, Healey to Host Business Leaders in Pre-Budget Outreach
Prime Minister and Chancellor will host British business leaders as part of pre-Budget engagement amid nervousness about government tax plans. Both the prime minister and chancellor will hold separate meetings with senior figures Tuesday morning, in the midst of repeated warnings made to the government about high costs for businesses in the UK and concern within the business community over potential tax increases.
Burnham, Healey to Host Business Leaders in Pre-Budget Outreach
Photographer: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey will host British business leaders as part of pre-Budget engagement amid nervousness about government tax plans.
Burnham Fuels Dispute on Russia Brexit Role Before EU Summit
Photographer: CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/AFP (Bloomberg) -- The UK government sought to play down Andy Burnham’s claim of Russian interference in the Brexit vote of 10 years ago, ahead of what is likely to be a fraught debate over the prime minister’s...
UK Politics Returns to Old Divide of Tax Cuts Versus Big State
Ahead of laying out a aimed at affluent Britons at her party’s annual convention, opposition leader told journalists: “We are going back to the authentic Conservative Party that people knew and loved.” Just a week before, Prime Minister had used a similarly buoyant Labour Party gathering to set out an unapologetically left-wing agenda.
UK Politics Returns to Tax Cuts Versus Big State Divide
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Badenoch Says Tories Would End Family Home Inheritance Tax (1)
Conservative leader pledged to halve the number of people paying the UK’s inheritance tax, as she seeks to re-establish the opposition party’s tax-cutting credentials and draw clearer lines with Labour and Reform UK. Badenoch said she would exempt family homes from inheritance tax and increase to £1 million ($1.3 million) the value of other assets that couples can leave to their families tax-free.
Badenoch Says Tories Would End Family Home Inheritance Tax
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Badenoch Plays Down UK ‘Iron Dome’ Under Funding Scrutiny
Photographer: Chris J.
Burnham Could Give UK Mayors 20% of Any Business Tax Growth
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Britain’s mayors will be given a 20% share in any revenue growth from local business taxes to spend on their policies, under a proposal by Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government.
Burnham vows greater control of services in economic overhaul
Prime Minister Andy Burnham promised the UK “a new economy and new politics,” as he said he would overhaul state pensions in a plan to make care for the elderly free at the point of use. “This is the deal: a state pension that rises every year, no care charges, and a high-quality national care service to give peace of mind in later life,” Burnham said, explaining that his government would de-link the rise in pension increases from the rise in average earnings.
Burnham takes on pensions and Brexit in sweeping change agenda
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham laid out the agenda in a speech to the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool that sought to counter critics who accused him of prioritising style over substance. (Sept 30): Prime Minister Andy Burnham vowed to reopen some of the UK's most vexing debates, from Brexit to pensions to the electoral system, in a sweeping and at times tearful call for change that resets British politics.
UK to Drop Pension Triple Lock to Fund New Social Care Plan
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would drop the UK’s pensions triple lock to help fund a new national social care service, saying he was willing to pay a political price to fix a crucial...
Burnham Takes on Pensions and Brexit in Sweeping Change Agenda
Office for National Statistics, Office for Budget Responsibility (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Andy Burnham vowed to reopen some of the UK’s most vexing debates, from Brexit to pensions to the electoral system, in a sweeping and at times tearful...
Burnham's vision for Britain puts pensions 'triple lock' in play
In his first speech as the UK PM to the governing Labour Party's gathering in Liverpool, Andy Burnham will make clear his willingness to take on the challenges he will argue predecessors have ducked. (Sept 29): UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will pitch for honest political debate as the antidote to populism, as he reveals his plans for taking on thorny issues at his party's annual conference.
Burnham’s Vision for Britain Puts Pensions ‘Triple Lock’ in Play Original
Office for National Statistics, Office for Budget Responsibility (Bloomberg) -- Andy Burnham will pitch for honest political debate as the antidote to populism, as he reveals his plans for taking on thorny issues at his party’s annual conference.
Burnham Vows to Reveal Fresh Social Care Plan Details on Tuesday
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will set out details for how he plans to fund proposed reforms of care for the elderly in his Labour Party conference speech on Tuesday.
UK Eyes Tougher Benefit Rules to Cut Soaring Welfare Bill
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is looking at ways to curb soaring UK spending on benefits, including tighter welfare eligibility rules for young people, potentially reopening a...
Why Andy Burnham Is in No Rush to Call a UK Election
Source: Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Andy Burnham has shown little patience for one of Britain’s oldest political traditions: debating whether the prime minister will call an early election. “No, no election any time soon,” Burnham said on Sept.
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