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Downing Street to decide upon new US ambassador within days

David Miliband, Peter Mandelson and Cathy Ashton thought to be on shortlist for diplomatic role

The Guardian - UK

No 10 believes it has done its homework for a Trump presidency

Keir Starmer’s team expected a Trump win and has long been building bridges despite political differences

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Secretary skips Whitehall event to avoid ‘undermining striking staff’

Ian Murray missed a reception with business leaders at the Scotland Office’s Dover House headquarters

The Independent UK

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Reeves’s £40bn tax rises will boost growth ‘sustainably’, says IMF

Rare intervention comes as Resolution Foundation says UK will remain ‘stagnation nation’ despite push to invest

The Guardian - UK

From capital gains to NICs: tax changes to look out for in autumn 2024 budget

Rachel Reeves will seek to close £40bn Whitehall spending gap with range of potential measures

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the budget: Rachel Reeves must have a narrative, not just numbers

Editorial: Any chancellor can fire off forecasts, policies and measures, but the most impactful governments back it up with a bold political vision

The Guardian - UK

‘An existential threat’: anger over UK government plans to allow AI firms to scrape content

BBC among those opposing plan that would see AI models trained on content from publishers and artists by default

The Guardian - UK

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Rayner to scrap ‘payday loan’ premium for council bailouts

A total of 18 councils were given an injection of money from the government in February to ensure they could meet their duty to balance the books.

Evening Standard

Special educational needs system ‘not delivering’ for families – watchdog

The NAO said the Government should introduce urgent reform to put SEN provision in England on a ‘financially sustainable footing’.

The Independent UK

UK politics live: Rayner insists Labour members in US using ‘their own time’ after Trump-Starmer election row

Trump campaign has filed complaint with US Federal Election Commission to allege interference by Labour Party

The Independent UK

NHS set to receive 4% budget rise but health chiefs say it may not be enough

Whitehall source says it would only allow NHS to ‘stand still’ on waiting lists rather than reduce them

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves to push forward with £3bn sickness benefits cut in Budget

Charities warned cuts proposed by the Tories would have a ‘devastating impact’ on disabled people

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer’s warning to ministers after cabinet Budget row erupts

Angela Rayner leads revolt against ‘huge’ spending cuts in Rachel Reeves’s Budget

The Independent UK

Ministers to give magistrates in England and Wales more sentencing powers

Exclusive: Plan to cut backlogs by doubling maximum term from six to 12 months was tried before by Tories

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The Independent UK

Brexit reset with EU will trigger worldwide ‘arms race’ to give UK better deals, Starmer told

Labour prime minister has promised to fix Britain’s damaged relationship with the European Union

The Independent UK

Alex Salmond: The man who taught me political journalism is a contact sport – well before Donald Trump

News analysis: Both The Independent’s political editor David Maddox and Whitehall editor Kate Devlin were Scottish politics reporters at the height of Alex Salmond’s powers. David writes about the political giant he knew with memories from Kate

The Guardian - UK

How Labour promises have left Rachel Reeves with a giant budget headache

Frustration grows with chancellor locked away in Treasury and facing competing challenges for her historic speech

The Guardian - UK

Foreign Office ‘asked for UK visit by Taiwan ex-president to be deferred’ to not anger China

Exclusive: Request to postpone Tsai Ing-wen’s trip came before ‘goodwill visit’ to China by David Lammy next week

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The chaos at Keir Starmer’s No 10 isn’t just political gossip – but there’s a way for him to fix it

Sue Gray out, Morgan McSweeney in, Simon Case to leave … the churn highlights how vital the right staff are to any PM’s success, says author Anthony Sneldon

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves considers raising capital gains tax to 39%

Exclusive: Rates of 33% to 39% being tested as Treasury source says tax-raising plans are in ‘complete disarray’

The Guardian - UK

UK campaigners call for tobacco windfall tax and yearly levy on ‘lethal trade’

Rachel Reeves urged to levy ‘double whammy’ on firms’ £1bn annual profits to fund measures to end smoking

Evening Standard

OPINION - All-out nuclear war is inching closer — and now it could take place in space

Once again there is a lot of loose talk about the possibility, and practicality of nuclear war — in northern Europe, the Middle East, and maybe even the United States. “There is serious concern now that the old theories of deterrence are failing, and nuclear war is now a viable…

The Guardian - UK

Treasury asking ministers to draw up billions of pounds of infrastructure cuts

Exclusive: departments asked to model cuts of up to 10% despite Rachel Reeves’ vow to invest in growth

The Independent UK

University tuition fees ‘could hit £10,500 a year’ under new government plans

Whitehall source says current university system is ‘unsustainable’, according to reports

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s policy on non-doms mostly copied from Conservatives, say Whitehall sources

Rachel Reeves said to have dismissed concerns about policy, even though it contained ‘basic errors’

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