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Rising star Darren Jones named chief secretary to PM in Downing Street shake-up

Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’.

Evening Standard

Starmer appoints Darren Jones to new role as PM’s chief secretary

Mr Jones will be based at No 10 and ‘directly oversee work across Government to support the delivery of the Prime Minister’s priorities’.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer shakes up Downing St team with mini-reshuffle

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Reeves sidelined as Starmer hires new economic team in surprise reshuffle

The prime minister has moved to get a grip on the political agenda after a torrid year and also sacked his director of communications

The Independent UK

Monday briefing: As parliament returns, can Labour claw back the narrative from Reform?

In today’s newsletter: Nigel Farage ploughed ahead in the polls over recess, and Keir Starmer is now under pressure to define what his party stands for

The Guardian - UK

London is picking up the bill for the 6.5 million people on out-of-work benefits

The number of people claiming state cash is spiralling. This issue is sending us into financial freefall

Evening Standard

Defiant Reeves admits working people ‘feel stuck’ but insists Britain is not broken

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves launches her post-summer fightback with a boost for working parents as she tackles critics of Labour’s plans and the economy

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Change windfall tax to make £137bn by 2050, Chancellor told

Offshore Energy UK said the the energy profits levy should be replaced next year with a profits-based mechanism.

Evening Standard

Tories challenge Rachel Reeves to rule out ‘damaging property taxes’

The Chancellor will have to raise taxes or cut spending by around £51 billion to maintain her current level of ‘headroom’, experts say

Evening Standard

The budget, immigration, Trump’s visit: the tests lying in wait for Keir Starmer

There is no shortage of challenges for the PM as MPs head back to Westminster and he tries to get on the front foot

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves is under immense pressure. She must not waste her chance to ‘go big’

Chancellor needs to reform an out-of-kilter tax system without alienating voters or spooking financial markets

The Guardian - UK

‘All the power is with the employer’: why zero-hours workers welcome Labour’s rights bill

Critics of the legislation want the government to water it down, but for many employees change can’t come too soon

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves given tax warning over manifesto pledge

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The Independent UK

Reeves warned she will have to break manifesto commitment on tax to deal with economic black hole

Leading economists have questioned strategy of ‘fiddling around’ with new small taxes – such as the mansion and gambling taxes – to avoid economic crisis

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Evening Standard

Banks hold FTSE 100 back on windfall tax worry

The FTSE 100 index closed down 29.48 points, 0.3%, at 9,187.34.

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Phil Spencer: rumoured reforms to stamp duty and capital gains tax would be catastrophic for London

It’s difficult to exaggerate the disruption and distortion that would take place in the lead up to any changes, half of London would be on the market

The Guardian - UK

Starmer names former Bank deputy governor as his chief economic adviser

Minouche Shafik quit Columbia University after controversy over anti-Israel protests on New York campus

The Guardian - UK

‘Just hysteria’: UK faces a crisis but the IMF bailout talk is overblown

Despite sluggish growth and rising borrowing costs, most economists agree that Rachel Reeves doesn’t face a repeat of 1976

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The Independent UK

What you need to know about inheritance tax and the planned changes

A financial expert recommends speaking to an independent advisor about your money

Evening Standard

UK bank shares fall as fears raised in City over budget tax raid

City traders were reacting to a report from the IPPR which said Rachel Reeves should impose a new bank tax.

Evening Standard

'Stop taxing everything': Big business bosses warn Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of Budget

Asda chairman Allan Leighton said the Treasury should invest in Britain rather than ‘taxing everything in some way, shape or form’

The Guardian - UK

Pre-budget lift for Rachel Reeves as UK business confidence rises

Despite concerns about economy, poll shows optimism about trading prospects at highest level since 2014

The Guardian - UK

Police warn protesters not to travel to Epping after asylum hotel ruling – as it happened

Home Office and Bell hotel owner challenged injunction granted to council that would have stopped dozens of asylum seekers being housed there

The Guardian - UK

UK bank shares fall as City fears budget tax raid; US trade deficit surges – as it happened

Calls for ‘Thatcher-style tax on bank profits’ to raise billions of pounds rattle bank shares

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