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Rachel Reeves’s spiteful inheritance tax grab will be disastrous for family farms across Britain

Plus: Asylum claims; UNRWA funding; litter thrown from cars; BBC edits; a Chinese dissident in need of support; and a visit from a hedgehog

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Author: Letters to the Editor

Watch: Hairdresser close to tears on live TV over Budget’s NICs rise

‘I am angry, sad and shellshocked – our industry is totally done,’ distressed Toby Dicker tells Kay Burley

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Author: Max Stephens

Aftermath of Labour’s Autumn Budget in financial markets, Sky’s Ed Conway explains

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Author: Sky News

IFS says extra £9bn of tax rises may be needed to avoid UK public service cuts

Warning comes after Rachel Reeves’s record tax-raising budget sent tremors through financial markets

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Author: Richard Partington,Jessica Elgot

Private schools to sue Government over VAT raid

Independent Schools Council announces launch of High Court action, arguing policy undermines some pupils’ human rights

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Author: Poppy Wood

Why Labour’s Budget is a ‘closure of the mines’ moment for British farming

Farmers united in disbelief over the Government’s tax grab on their livelihoods are worried it could be the end of the line for them

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Author: Guy Kelly

Woman admits ‘inappropriate relationship’ with Zara Aleena’s murderer in prison

Hayley Jones, 33, admitted misconduct in a public office when she appeared at Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday.

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Author: Ellie Ng

Teacher had ‘inappropriate relationship’ with Zara Aleena’s killer

Hayley Jones, 33, admitted misconduct in a public office over an inappropriate relationship with Jordan McSweeney, 31, between March 6 2023 and April 7 2023 at HMP Belmarsh.

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Author: Dan Woodland

‘My daughter was a crime scene,’ says mother of girl, 15, stabbed by obsessed ex

Logan MacPhail, now 17, is being sentenced for murder after he stabbed schoolgirl Holly Newton 36 times

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Author: Amy-Clare Martin

Labour have just sounded the death knell for the family farm

The consequence of imposing IHT on agricultural land will be that faceless corporations will own more and more of our food production

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Author: Jamie Blackett

Zara Aleena killer Jordan McSweeney ‘can’t walk’ to court hearing

Jordan McSweeney failed to appear at Woolwich Crown Court due to “difficulty with walking”.

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Author: @BBCNews

Teenage burglar acquitted of British woman’s murder in Australia

Youth found not guilty of killing Emma Lovell, who was fatally stabbed by his co-defendant after the pair broke into her home in Queensland

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Author: Bernard Lagan

Woman, 40, dies after being found suffering fatal injuries on Glasgow estate

Detectives found Sandie Butler with serious injuries after being called to a disturbance in the St Mungo Avenue area of Glasgow

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Author: Barney Davis

‘Monstrous’ couple left baby disabled before making chilling Google searches

“Can I get done for abusing baby?”

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Author: @TomGeorgeMEN

Tributes to ‘beautiful’ Glasgow woman found dead after murder probe launched

Sandie Butler was found seriously injured after officers were called to a report of a disturbance on St Mungo Avenue in the Townhead area. Sadly, she was pronounced dead a short time later.

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Author: @fahadtariq2k17

‘There will be consequences’: budget may mean smaller pay rises, says Reeves

Increase in employers’ national insurance contributions will affect businesses but is projected to raise £25bn

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Author: Eleni Courea

Claer Barrett’s Budget debrief

The FT’s consumer guru offers her round-up of the best Budget coverage to bring you up to speed on what it means for your money

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Author: Claer Barrett

Bond Giants React to the UK’s Most Anticipated Budget in Years

As the dust settles on the UK’s most anticipated budget for years, investors are piecing together a picture of what comes next for the gilt market.

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Author: Anchalee Worrachate,Naomi Tajitsu,Alice Gledhill

Medical student, 21, found dead at university gym after using weight machine

Mohammed Farraj was declared dead at the University of East Anglia’s (UEA) Sportspark in Norwich, having sustained a traumatic head injury at the university gym

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Author: @Bradjolly1992

Rachel Reeves’s big tax-and-spend budget dissected

The Guardian’s special correspondent Heather Stewart analyses Labour’s first budget in government for more than 14 years

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Author: Helen Pidd,Heather Stewart,Eli Block,Alex Atack,Rudi Zygadlo,Elizabeth Cassin

Britain cranks up taxes by £40B and gambles on growth

Labour’s Rachel Reeves signaled that the new British government plans record tax rises on the wealthy and on business.

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Author: Esther Webber

Reeves to face scrutiny over Budget that raises taxes, borrowing and spending

The overall tax burden will reach a record 38.3% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2027-28.

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Author: Helen Corbett

The strange silence around the Southport attacks

There are certain rules in British public life that are worth noting. Such as this one: if someone is killed by a jihadist or someone who could plausibly be connected to immigration in any way, the British public will not be informed of the possible motive – or at least not until it becomes impossible

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Author: Douglas Murray

Police statement in full after eight injured in holiday park train crash

A HM Coastguard helicopter has tonight landed at Tregoad Holiday Park near Looe, Cornwall, to assist with Devon and Cornwall Police as officers manage the train crash