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Key economic data and trends that will shape Rachel Reeves’ Budget
Government borrowing for the current financial year is the highest on record outside the Covid-19 pandemic. -
Prostate cancer: What are the symptoms and how is it treated?
Former prime minister Lord David Cameron has revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis. -
Reeves to extend benefit fraud crackdown in Budget
It comes as she is expected to scrap the two-child benefit cap, in a move that could cost more than £3 billion. -
Kate calls for end to stigma around addiction to mark Addiction Awareness Week
The Princess of Wales launched the first Addiction Awareness Week in 2021 on behalf of the Forward Trust, a charity supporting recovering addicts -
Cate Blanchett and Theresa May among BBC Today programme’s Christmas editors
Historian Tom Holland and inventor Sir James Dyson will also curate radio shows. -
Bolt trials fare price bidding amid worries of ‘damaging’ taxi tax
The ride-sharing app said potential tax changes would disproportionately affect shift-based workers and vulnerable people who rely on taxi services. -
58% of last year’s Black Friday shoppers ‘would have spent money differently’
Some 43% of people expect to make at least one purchase in the Black Friday sales this year, according to Aegon. -
Government must make ‘hard choices and change course’, CBI boss to say
Rain Newton-Smith will tell ministers and business leaders that firms are worried the UK could ‘risk getting locked in a stop-start economy’. -
Lorraine Kelly to make Radio 2 debut as BBC reveals Christmas line-up
Kelly will present in Jeremy Vine’s slot over the festive period and Radio 4 will feature a festive special of Desert Island Discs with Kate Winslet. -
Brian May hints Queen will be stars of new Abba Voyage-style AI hologram show
The guitarist said that he is exploring ways to bring the band ‘back to life’ with drummer Roger Taylor.