Philip Hammond is facing a £12bn hole in the public finances this year after changes to the way student loans are treated on the government’s books, reflecting that many will never be repaid. In a stroke of the pen from the Office for National Stati...
Downing Street has insisted the government will delay implementing a planned reduction in the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals, despite an outcry from MPs and gambling charities. Ministers announced in May that the maximum stake on so-c...
The UK economy would rapidly start to contract in the event of a disruptive exit from the EU next spring, according to a stark International Monetary Fund report that highlights the recession risks of a no-deal Brexit. Christine Lagarde, the IMF’s m...
12.20pm EDT12:20 Rudd says she saw there was a problem with a series of individuals. But she failed to see that this was as systemic problem, she says. 12.19pm EDT12:19 Rudd says the public expect the Home Office to make a clear distinction b...