Rachel Reeves’ Budget: playing for time?
The pressure on Rachel Reeves that has been “building all year” culminated yesterday in her much-anticipated autumn Budget, said Ailbhe Rea in The New Statesman. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. This “timid” Budget risks falling into “the regular trap of indecision: half-measures that please no one”. It was billed as the “smorgasbord” Budget, and it will “certainly” bring Britain closer to “Scandinavian levels of taxation”, said the Financial Times. This may well be Reeves’ “last Budget as chancellor” but “if all else fails, there should be an opening in the OBR’s IT department”.
Source:The Times
November 27, 2025 14:39 UTC
‘Attempts to cheat justice’: Indian-origin man jailed in UK for smuggling 40 kg heroin; aide tried to ‘pull wool over jury’s eyes’
Image: nationalcrimeagency.ukAn Indian-origin man and his associate have been jailed in the UK for attempting to smuggle £4 million worth of heroin into the country, following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. Both offenders didn’t have the slightest care for the impact class A drugs have on our communities. The NCA, working with partners at home and abroad, will continue to do everything possible to fight the threat of Class A drugs,” he added.Both men were sentenced by Canterbury Crown Court this week. According to the NCA, phone data showed Clark and Bakshi had travelled through the Netherlands and Belgium in the days before the heroin shipment was intercepted at the UK port.“Officers found a photo of Clark and Bakshi together on Clark’s phone taken just days before the drugs were intercepted. Texts were also found of Clark asking Bakshi for cash in the weeks following the seizure," NCA stated.Bakshi reportedly has several prior convictions, including offences related to conspiring to supply controlled drugs.
Source:The Times
November 27, 2025 14:07 UTC
The $10m mind-reader who spooked Barack Obama and Joe Rogan
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November 27, 2025 14:02 UTC
Meet the women hoping to kill Starmer’s Chagos deal — and go home
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November 27, 2025 13:36 UTC
Newspaper headlines: 'High welfare, high tax' and 'Budget goes as billed'
"Chancellor wallops workers", declares the Sun, external, while the Times opts for, external "high welfare, high tax", as the front pages deliver their verdicts on the Budget. "Despite all of the promises", says the leader in the Daily Express, external, "Labour did what it always does, put up taxes". The Daily Telegraph points out , externalit should all come as "little surprise" that a socialist government is "wedded to taxing, spending and borrowing". The Guardian says, external the Budget "has done its job politically" -- and that "whispers" around the prime minister and chancellor's future "have subsided". The Daily Mail also suggests, external Rachel Reeves will "live to fight another day" despite the entire Budget being leaked by the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Source:The Times
November 27, 2025 13:17 UTC
The New York Times Hits Back At Trump's 'Name-Calling' Of Female Reporter
The New York Times on Wednesday defended one of its female reporters, Katie Rogers, who became Donald Trump’s latest target after co-authoring a piece exploring the president’s health and aging. The report also noted that Trump has been spotted dozing off during meetings. “The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.”Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementA Times spokesperson hit back at Trump’s words, declaring that the article is “accurate and built on first hand reporting of the facts,” and pushed back against Trump’s attack on Rogers. “Name-calling and personal insults don’t change that, nor will our journalists hesitate to cover this administration in the face of intimidation tactics like this,” the spokesperson said in a statement on X. “Expert and thorough reporters like Katie Rogers exemplify how an independent and free press helps the American people better understand their government and its leaders,” they continued.
Source:The Times
November 27, 2025 13:09 UTC
‘Mansion tax affects our plans to buy a retirement pad’
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November 27, 2025 13:02 UTC
talkSPORT legends Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent on the ball to celebrate Marlborough Sports Garden partnership with News UK
talkSPORT Drive Time presenters Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent were on hand to celebrate a new three-year partnership between leading local media business News UK and Bankside Open Spaces Trust (BOST), which runs Marlborough Sports Garden in Southwark. Representatives from the Bankside Open Spaces Trust, including Chair Tim Wood and Head of Sport and Development Jack Harrison, were also present. Daisy Dunlop said: “We were delighted to join Bankside Open Spaces Trust and celebrate this fantastic partnership. The transformation of Marlborough Sports Garden is only possible thanks to the dedication of local partners and charities like BOST. You can find out more about Bankside Open Spaces Trust here.
Source:The Times
November 27, 2025 12:55 UTC
US banks announce UK expansion in ‘commitment’ to economy post-Budget
The fresh commitments to their businesses in the UK come a day after the autumn Budget statement, in which banks escaped target tax rises which many in the industry had feared. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the banks are “choosing Britain because they like what they heard in the Budget”. JP Morgan Chase, one of the world’s biggest banks, said the new building will be three million square feet and house 12,000 of its staff. The banking group said it formed part of efforts to “deepen our commitment to the UK economy”. Reports said earlier this week that Ms Reeves had instead asked the banks to express their commitment to the UK and the Budget.
Source:The Times
November 27, 2025 12:29 UTC
Is the UK economy better off after the budget?
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November 27, 2025 10:58 UTC
Workers, savers and businesses pay as Rachel Reeves lifts taxes to record high
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November 27, 2025 09:58 UTC
More welfare and higher taxes keep Britain in the slow lane
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November 27, 2025 07:19 UTC
Donald Trump Rages Against New York Times Over ‘Hit Piece’ That Said ‘I Am Perhaps Losing My Energy,’ Calls Female Reporter ‘Ugly Both Inside and Out’
Yet despite all of this the Radical Left Lunatics in the soon to fold New York Times did a hit piece on me that I am perhaps losing my Energy, despite facts that show the exact opposite. !”Over the course of 10 years, Trump has written nearly 3,500 social media posts that attack the press, according to an analysis by the not-for-profit Freedom of the Press Foundation. The Times article was written by Rogers, a White House correspondent who has covered both of Trump’s terms in office, and Dylan Freedman, the paper’s AI projects editor. Asked for comment, Charlie Stadtlander, executive director of media relations and communications for the New York Times, said in statement: “The Times’s reporting is accurate and built on first-hand reporting of the facts. “And when he is in public, occasionally, his battery shows signs of wear.” Trump is the oldest person ever elected U.S. president.
Source:The Times
November 27, 2025 05:00 UTC
Two National Guard members shot near the White House
The Trump administration quickly ordered 500 more National Guard members to Washington after the shooting. Streets are blocked after reports of two National Guard soldiers were shot near the White House (Evan Vucci/AP)At least one of the Guard members exchanged gunfire with the gunman, said another law enforcement source. More than 300 West Virginia National Guard members were deployed to Washington in August. Emergency personnel cordon off an area near where National Guard soldiers appear to have been shot near the White House (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)“God bless our Great National Guard, and all of our Military and Law Enforcement. The Guard members have patrolled neighbourhoods, railway stations and other locations, participated in highway checkpoints and been assigned to pick up rubbish and guard sports events.
Source:The Times
November 27, 2025 02:27 UTC
Trump calls New York Times reporter ‘ugly’ in latest insult to female journalist
Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday against a New York Times reporter, calling her “ugly inside and out” in his latest personal insult against female members of the media after last week calling another “piggy”. Rumors surrounding the president’s health have been circulating for months, with more questions raised after Trump admitted to having an MRI last month. He claimed it was part of a standard physical and would not reveal what body part the test had analyzed. On Tuesday, the Times wrote that Trump was exhibiting “signs of fatigue” as he “faces realities of aging in office”. Trump, who has a history of making extremely personal attacks on female journalists, referred to a Bloomberg News correspondent as a “piggy” during a clash onboard Air Force One less than two weeks ago.
Source:The Times
November 27, 2025 01:49 UTC