Britain’s asylum crisis will cost taxpayers £12.6 billion over the next four years, shocking analysis has revealed.Chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to close every migrant hotel by July 2029,...
Reeves’s tax rises have seen unemployment rates soar to their highest levels for four years as businesses tighten their belts, while millions remain out of the workforce under the ever-expanding...
Labour Chancellors are particularly good at it. Today’s Spending Review was Reeves’s first big opportunity to let loose.Spending public money is always more fun than the hard work of saving it,...
Seven ways the Spending Review will affect you21 minutes agoKevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesAll the talk of departmental budgets and fiscal rules may feel somewhat distant from...
Rachel Reeves has announced a £2.5 billion investment in a major new rail project connecting Oxford and Cambridge. The funding will support the continued delivery of the East-West Rail line, aimed...
Spending Review: When is it and what might Rachel Reeves announce?22 hours agoDearbail JordanBusiness reporter, BBC NewsReutersChancellor Rachel Reeves faces difficult choices in this week's Spending...
A shipwreck believed to hold one of the greatest lost treasures in history has been confirmed by researchers, igniting a multi-billion-pound legal battle over who owns it.For more than 300 years, the...
Reeves to set out spending plans up to next election4 hours agoJoshua NevettPolitical reporterPARachel Reeves is preparing to unveil her highly anticipated spending review, setting out how much money...
Holidaymakers have revealed some of the most expensive things they have bought by accident whilst on holiday abroad. A survey of 2,000 travellers revealed that a third believe they have been charged...
Getty ImagesAndrew BensonF1 Correspondent10 June 2025, 07:23 BST308 CommentsUpdated 1 hour agoThe new Madrid Grand Prix will be held as the final race of an uninterrupted European section of the...
Three-quarters of pensioners to get winter fuel payment after U-turn1 hour agoMichael RaceBusiness reporter, BBC NewsJohner Images/Getty ImagesMore than three-quarters of pensioners will receive the...
Prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine under way54 minutes agoLaura GozziBBC NewsTelegram/Volodymyr ZelenskyA prisoner exchange is under way between Russia and Ukraine, governments in Moscow and...
Home secretary yet to agree deal days before spending review57 minutes agoHenry ZeffmanBBC chief political correspondentLeila NathooPolitical correspondentPA MediaHome Secretary Yvette Cooper has...