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Heathrow hits new passenger record in January

Trans-Atlantic growth particularly strong with UK-US traffic rising 8%

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves Slammed as ‘Clueless’ Chancellor in Brutal Expert Verdict

In a stinging critique of current economic policy, leading financial experts have lambasted Chancellor Rachel Reeves for what they describe as a lack of vision and substance.

The Fashion Central

Parents to be hit by 10% nursery fee rise in wake of Rachel Reeves’s tax hikes

Childcare providers have been hit by rise in employers’ national insurance announced by the Labour chancellor in the Budget

The Independent UK

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Brexit divisions among farmers are endangering fight against Reeves’ tractor tax

News analysis: The shadow the Britain’s Brexit divide is now undermining farmers’ attempts to reverse Rachel Reeves’ changes to inheritance tax

The Independent UK

Labour peer calls for ‘arrogant’ attorney general to be sacked

Blue Labour founder Maurice Glasman also calls Richard Hermer a ‘progressive fool’ in New Statesman interview

The Guardian - UK

There isn’t enough ‘sustainable’ aviation fuel to make a dent in our emissions – and there won’t be for years

The UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has described so-called sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as a “game changer”. As she announced government support for a series of airport expansions, she said that the fuel “can reduce carbon emissions from flying by 70%”.

The Conversation

Cleared for take-off - but Heathrow's third runway still faces many obstacles

Modernising airspace, reform of regulation, and getting planning consent are all formidable hurdles

Evening Standard

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M&S boss says Government must ‘act now’ as Budget risks shrinking UK retail

Stuart Machin, writing in the Sunday Times, called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to ‘act now’ and make changes to her tax plans.

Evening Standard

UK politics live: Trump’s vice president backs Brexit voters in anti-immigration rant

It comes as Sir Keir Starmer said he will visit the US to meet with President Trump amid tensions between the two countries

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on interest rates: the Bank of England on its own won’t revive growth

Editorial: Base rate cuts may ease borrowing costs but without stronger public spending and targeted tax relief, economic stagnation will persist

The Guardian - UK

Labour must seize the moment to show child poverty matters in push for growth

Scrapping two-child benefit cap is among levers Rachel Reeves could pull – yet chancellor remains silent on ‘shameful’ levels of poverty

The Guardian - UK

Nimbys. Naysayers. Traitors. Children take note, why learn oracy when insults will do?

Keir Starmer’s rhetoric against green campaigners appears to have taken a playground turn

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer urged to resist pressure to permit Rosebank North Sea oilfield

Leading climate group warns of damage to green agenda if giant project goes ahead

The Guardian - UK

The Farage effect: why Keir Starmer is styling Labour as the ‘disruptors’

From the third runway to Rosebank, the party is rethinking policies, amid the threat of Reform and return of Trump

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The Independent UK

Starmer’s Trump problem is not his EU Brexit reset but cosying up to China

News analysis: Donald Trump’s administration may have a dislike of the EU but it has a pathological hatred of China and already Starmer’s decision to cosy up to Beijing is setting off alarm bells in Washington

The Guardian - UK

AstraZeneca, Whitehall, and a failed £450m deal for the next generation in vaccines. What went wrong?

When the pharma firm cancelled plans for a major expansion of its Merseyside plant last month, there was no shortage of questions – or blame – over responsibility

The Independent UK

Labour MP warns Starmer he is crossing a red line with China embassy deal

Backbencher raises concern over government’s attempts to improve relations with Beijing

The Guardian - UK

More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones

Exclusive: Analysis suggests development in flood regions result of Labour push for 1.5m new homes in five years

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Evening Standard

What the papers say – February 8

Here are the stories making headlines this Saturday.

The Independent UK

PM warns ministers can ‘be disruptors or disrupted’ in six-hour Cabinet meeting

The Prime Minister also took aim at ‘right-wing populists’ who offered only ‘grievances not solutions’.

The Independent UK

Heathrow expansion: What a third runway means for noise, pollution and the environment

There would be an additional 4.4m tonnes of CO2 a year from a third runway – the equivalent to 101,862,382,320 miles driven by the average fuel-powered car

The Independent UK

Inside AstraZeneca’s abandoned UK vaccine plant deal as Labour and Tories face questions over £450m collapse

AstraZeneca’s planned vaccine hub for Liverpool is off the table - business editor Karl Matchett and Whitehall editor Kate Devlin question why it fell through

The Independent UK

Voices: Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy?

COMMENT: Despite her audacious tax raids, an absence of ‘growth, growth, growth’ and, now, the prospect of stagflation, the chancellor cannot be blamed for everything that’s going wrong with Britain’s finances, says Sean O’Grady

Evening Standard

Bakerloo line extension and DLR to Thamesmead: TfL sends 'wish list' to Chancellor Rachel Reeves

TfL says investing in London can create jobs for the rest of the UK

The Independent UK

Bank of England’s top economist dismisses hopes of big interest rates cuts in further blow to Rachel Reeves

Huw Pill warns that ‘we’re not in a situation where we can declare job done’ on inflation

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