UK Column News — 28th October 2026
00:46 UK Budget: Chancellor in a jam and in a pickle Healey propaganda: https://x.com/JohnHealey_MP/status/2115339246143697358?a=80Z5-Vnf0ryE4pK0I7g&s=20 HMRC letter…
Read moreEU scraps ‘associate member’ offer for Canada
to raise objections. While countries disagree over the wording to describe the relationship, Brussels is not softening its offering to Canada of a vastly expanded partnership. “The good news is it doesn’t matter about…
Read moreBudget 2026 – Conservatives and think tanks give their reaction to Healey’s debut
Britain is drowning in three trillion pounds of debt, while the Chancellor shuffled costs from one pocket to the next. “Businesses and households should not enter into an unlucky draw every time the Budget comes around.…
Read moreWhat was in John Healey’s Budget?
It showed some progress on the priorities set out by Andy Burnham at the start of his premiership, including additional funding for tackling homelessness and devolution. Here is a summary of the measures included –…
Read moreHealey targets Brits’ energy costs, raids banks in first budget
The scheme comes with a £2.6 billion price tag — and will arrive against a grim backdrop. Annual household energy bills are expected to rise by around £450 in January because of higher global gas prices. Since coming to…
Read moreWeidels Wandel
Die brisanten Dokumente werfen zudem ein neues Licht auf illegale Wahlkampfspenden aus der Schweiz und die Frage, wann Weidel wirklich davon wusste. Gleichzeitig vollzieht sie in der Russlandpolitik eine bemerkenswerte…
Read moreUK’s Healey cracks down on VAT-shirking online sellers
Some overseas sellers then exploited this gap to avoid paying the tax by registering as U.K. based companies. The government plans to reinvest the savings made from this policy into the high street through reductions to…
Read moreBerlin startet KI-Überwachung am Kottbusser Tor
Draußen unter den Kameras führen Statisten eine Auseinandersetzung vor, drinnen in der Polizeiwache schlägt das System Alarm. Auf einem zuvor schwarzen Monitor erscheint das Videobild. Ob die Polizei tatsächlich…
Read moreBudget 2026: key points at a glance
He says the administration will have a new approach, to steer us through global economic storms and give people fresh hope for Britain's future. He says it is an honour to deliver a budget as chancellor, before paying…
Read moreZelenskyy defends leaders of Finland and Norway over Putin talks
“We really have very good relations with these countries. They truly help,” Zelenskyy said. The Ukrainian leader said Putin had been taken out of diplomatic isolation last year when U.S. President Donald Trump met him in…
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