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Express Politics26 Feb 2026

Treasury minister issues update over changes to ISA limits

Labour is cutting the cash ISA allowance - but this was about another matter

Economy
The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

Labour’s Send reforms get this right: disabled children in mainstream schools is transformative for everyone | Frances Ryan

It doesn’t fit neatly on a Treasury spreadsheet, but there is huge value in disabled and non-disabled pupils learning together When I was 11, a woman at the hospital asked me what school I was starting in September. I still remember her surprise when I told her I would be going to the local girls grammar, as the hoist pulled my wet limbs out of the physio pool. I was a child but already familiar with those few seconds: the time between a person seeing my wheelchair and the flash across their fac

EconomyEducationHealthcare
BBC Politics26 Feb 2026

Deputy commissioner's car untaxed for three months

Dave Evans blames a DVLA issue for his car not having tax at the start of February.

Economy
Express Politics26 Feb 2026

State pension £25,140 tax threshold plan update before statement - all you need to know

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is being put under pressure to double the income tax threshold for pensioners, with a parliamentary debate incoming

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BBC Politics25 Feb 2026

Faisal Islam: Is the UK economy really turning a corner?

The Chancellor is trying to use this moment as a launching pad for a wider attempt to gee up consumer and business confidence.

Economy
Sky News Politics25 Feb 2026

When is Rachel Reeves' spring statement and what will be in it?

Rachel Reeves has insisted her spring statement will be a quiet affair as she wants the autumn budget to be the sole major fiscal event of the year.

Economy
The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

Reeves must back defence investment plan or be sacked, says Unite union boss

Sharon Graham tells chancellor she should ‘back British industry’ by increasing military spending The head of Britain’s largest trade union has demanded that Rachel Reeves be sacked as chancellor if the Treasury continues to hold up a multibillion-pound defence investment plan. Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, said tens of thousands of jobs were at risk from political dithering and called on ministers to “back British industry” by signing off on future defence contracts. Continue

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The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

British public want deeper economic ties with EU, business secretary says

Peter Kyle signs cooperation deal on competition and says there is little nostalgia for pre-Brexit past Europe live – latest updates The British public are “not nostalgic” for the pre-Brexit past but are pragmatic and want to move forward and “deepen” ties with the EU on trade and the economy, the business secretary, Peter Kyle, has said. Signing an agreement in Brussels to cooperate closely on competition issues, Kyle said he thought the deal was “a real vindication of the reset and the relat

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Express Politics25 Feb 2026

Rachel Reeves just tried to hit us with a stealth tax - but she won't get away with it

The Chancellor imposed changes that could hit working people well into their 50s, Jonathan Walker explains.

Economy
The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

Treasury calls in Blair thinktank to advise on using AI across public services

Tech equity campaigners compare move to ‘inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse’ Ministers have called in Tony Blair’s thinktank and private tech companies to guide them on deploying AI across the UK government in a move campaigners compared to “inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse”. James Murray, chief secretary to the Treasury, chaired a meeting on Wednesday with the director of AI at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), the chair of IBM a

Economy
The Guardian Politics25 Feb 2026

UK ministers explore ways of easing burden of student loans

Government reviews options for university graduates on Plan 2 loans, such as increasing repayment thresholds Ministers are examining ways to ease the burden of student loans after weeks of pressure over a policy pulling more people into repayments, the Guardian understands. The Treasury and the Department for Education are reviewing different options to offer relief to graduates with Plan 2 student loans, often paying tens of thousands more than their original loan amount. Continue reading...

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Guido Fawkes25 Feb 2026

Simon’s Sketch: Punch the Monkey Tries on a Gorilla Suit for PMQs

What a sight the Treasury bench made. The lost souls sat in a particular purgatory, not actually dead but lacking any vital signs. Rusty Reeves was possibly on the edge of another melting moment (it was too much to hope for). Lisa Nandy, setting the theme, stared into Ed Miliband’s abyss. Who knows what horrors they…

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