Tuesday, October 22, 2024 |
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The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for Britain's economic growth this year, which may make Rachel Reeves's Budget decisions – to be unveiled next week – slightly less painful. The IMF also said the UK's battle against inflation has "largely been won". But the public spending and borrowing figures published this morning continue to run ahead of the Office for Budget Responsibility's estimates in the March Budget, so it is swings and roundabouts – and a vindication of Reeves's claim to have been left a "black hole" by the Conservatives, according to the Resolution Foundation. |
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Samoa, known as Western Samoa until 1997, was a colony of Britain and New Zealand until 1962, and a colony of which European country between 1899 and 1915?
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| Downing Street has rejected demands, saying the issue is 'not on the agenda' |
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| A jury acquitted police officer Martyn Blake of murder after deliberating for three hours on Monday |
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| Daniel Dowling-Brooks was one of 1,100 inmates being released early today |
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What else you need to know today |
- Prof Rob Ford of the University of Manchester has a good blog post about the record-breaking 2024 UK general election entitled "From Order to Chaos"
- Shabana Mahmood, the justice secretary, repeated her opposition to assisted dying in an interview
- I have welcomed the Gauke, Uncorked: David Gauke, former Tory justice secretary, has been appointed by Shabana Mahmood, the current justice secretary, to work out how to send fewer people to prison
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Do the protests that have greeted King Charles mean Australians more likely to vote for a republic? |
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Australians would like their own head of state, but cannot agree on what to replace the British monarchy with... Read more |
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Tomorrow inside the Westminster bubble |
Our political commentator Andrew Grice on what to look out for |
Angela Rayner will take Prime Minister's Questions for the first time at noon, as Keir Starmer is attending the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Samoa. She will join battle with Oliver Dowden, the shadow deputy prime minister. This will be after half and hour of Northern Ireland questions starting at 11.30am.
Steve Reed, the environment secretary, will launch an independent commission on how the water industry is regulated, which could lead to its biggest shake-up since privatisation.
Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, will head to Washington for a meeting of G20 ministers ahead of COP29 in Baku next month.
Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, and Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, are due to present a progress report from their task force on child poverty, looking at alternatives to raising the two-child limit on benefits, which will conclude its work next spring. |
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"As is customary, I pay tribute to Claudia Webbe, my immediate predecessor, who served the constituency to the very best of her ability" Shivani Raja, Conservative MP for Leicester South, paid ambiguous tribute in her first Commons speech |
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