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How will the UK Budget affect you? Bookmark our blog for live updates and expert analysis as Chancellor John Healey delivers his first Budget speech

Is there anything more off-putting than someone trying desperately to shill their brilliance? Jo Ellison doesn't think so:

France’s Le Pen vows national ‘renewal’ in campaign launch

How Israel’s opposition fell short against Netanyahu

Choosing to clear an income-contingent loan is a risky move, says Claer Barrett. Yet deciding to repay is not the end of the story:

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Why small-fry Budget measures can still have a big impact

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At the reborn Simpson’s Tavern in the City, there’s beef-dripping chips, a magnificent venison pie and the sort of rich, old-school cooking that would delight a character in a Trollope novel:

An American lawyer, a banker and a former spy hatched a plan to prevent nuclear Armageddon. They just needed to tell the Russian president

Here are five key takeaways from today's Budget. Get more insights and analysis from the FT here:

The president’s sons Donald Jr and Eric have met world leaders and foreign officials while building a lucrative web of financial interests.

A shortage of places to park the world’s growing fleet of luxury vessels is driving up prices — and turning marinas into a hot new asset class for investors.

Measles surge exposes Republicans’ vulnerability on vaccines

Today's Budget offers a welcome change to the Lifetime Isa for first-time buyers. The property price cap has not risen with inflation since the Isa was introduced nearly a decade ago

HMRC creates list of 200 billionaires in tax crackdown on UK’s wealthiest

French government and corporate bond yields are converging | opinion

Carney’s energy ambitions boosted by Conservative victory in British Columbia

The Office for Budget Responsibility has sharply increased its forecasts for inflation, reflecting a surge in energy costs following the outbreak of war in the Middle East

The thwarted Budget of a thwarted government

As disorder engulfs Paris, the political centre collapses and Marine Le Pen approaches power, the country is running out of money, patience and answers. Simon Kuper asks what happens next:

The man whose show had for years functioned as a bullhorn for Republican leaders is now being portrayed by many of those same lawmakers as an unhinged has-been, exiled to Maine. But does Trump’s loudest critic still have his finger on America’s pulse?

Landlords are another group hit in today's Budget — will they pass these additional costs onto their tenants?

Finally, after Liz Truss, an actual mini-Budget

If you walk into a supermarket nowadays and look on the shelves, more and more products include ‘added protein’. But is this protein boom a good thing?

RT @tejparikh90: Britain needs ‘chainsaw economics’. My latest column for @FT. Shock therapy can liberate the UK economy from a cycle of low growth, rising debt and an expanding state:

There is a significant raid on the wealthy in this Budget, with a fresh swoop on those getting their income from property and savings. This includes income tax on property and savings for additional-rate taxpayers hitting 49p. Here's what you need to know:

John Healey claimed his first Budget 'for working people' would help Britain navigate global 'storms' in the short term and create the conditions for growth. What does former Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane make of it? Follow updates:

Ukraine military says Starlink service restrictions have been removed

Martin Wolf on the US midterms: What’s at stake for the world?

Lloyd's Banking Group is up 4.2%, Barclays up 3.7% and NatWest 2.4% as UK chancellor John Healey announces he will raise taxes on banks by less than expected

Fed to decide on potential rate rise before US midterms

The novelist and playwright on remaining creative after the fall that left him tetraplegic, the politics of multicultural London and when Elton John turned up at his wedding – over a River Cafe lunch with the FT's Rebecca Watson:

FT Exclusive: About 69% of registered voters, and almost 50% of those who voted for the president in 2024, said they were 'very' or 'somewhat' concerned about 'corruption, self-dealing or conflicts of interest' in the Trump administration.

Ladbrokes owner Entain is up 7% and Mecca Bingo owner Rank Group up 7.5% after chancellor John Healey announced a smaller rise in the tax levied on slot machines than expected

Missed the UK Budget? Here's a quick recap of the major announcements and official economic forecasts

UK mortgage market ‘failing to adapt to new patterns of work’

London’s most famous shopping street bans cars in bid to revive its fortunes

How will the Budget affect you? The announcement of paternity leave for self-employed fathers is a major milestone, says our contributing editor Camilla Cavendish

How will John Healey’s revised UK inflation forecasts affect the tax you pay? Use the FT’s fiscal drag calculator to estimate how frozen tax thresholds could increase your income tax:

Don’t let the future rob you of the present | opinion

Britain needs ‘chainsaw economics’

Here's what John Healey has pledged for small businesses so far: 👉 The rates relief threshold will increase to £18,000 from £12,000 👉 A cut in business rates will extend to more shops, restaurants and gyms

Opinion: Rising costs everywhere from insurance to lawn care mean almost half of US homeowners lack financial breathing room.

‘A delicious fantasy of Britishness’ — Jay Rayner reviews Cloth Cornhill | opinion

Kim Jong Un said North Korea is ready to work with China and 'expand practical co-operation' during his visit at the Chinese border city of Dandong.

Serbia and the power of the ballot box | opinion

JetBlue tries to sweet-talk an unforgiving bond market | opinion

California wines don’t age? Think again | opinion

Students worry AI is about to kill their future

John Healey has pledged £100 energy support for 20mn households — good news for people with homes in council tax bands A to D

AI agents need middle managers too | opinion

How much should you plan for your financial future? | opinion

US voters worried about corruption under Trump — FT poll

As the Office for Budget Responsibility downgrades its forecast for GDP growth next year to 1%, our economics commentator Chris Giles offers this analysis:

Video shows Donald Trump Jr. on a hunting expedition in the Mongolian wilderness. But the video doesn't show one of his more unusual hunting companions: Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

The curse of overexposure | opinion

Audi to build $4bn US plant as it grapples with tariffs

John Healey wants to give families 'breathing space in the here and now' but our columnist Camilla Canvendish has a warning for him

Healey avoids bond market wobble with ‘uneventful’ first Budget

The money questions children ask AI chatbots | opinion

More than 400,000 people have joined demonstrations across France, a week after widespread rioting shocked the nation, as Emmanuel Macron’s government steps up policing in a bid to deter further disorder.

John Healey said he had drawn up a Budget against a backdrop of swirling geopolitics but will aim to 'unleash innovation and growth in every postcode' and will tackle 'big challenges' on energy, national security and public services

Healey delivers a Budget with echoes of Reeves

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Opinion: chancellor John Healey must seize opportunities such as tax reform and radical devolution, but the overwhelming priority of this Budget must be to make the UK look prudent. Read @martinwolf_'s column here:

The fear factor giving Netanyahu the edge

Reform’s former policy chief steps down from Cambridge management roles

‘Designer baby’ start-ups test limits of biotech taboo

Prediction markets are turning Washington into a casino

Healey hits banks and savers with tax rises in Budget ‘for working people’

China’s luxury brands are ready to elbow western rivals aside | opinion

More than 1mn antiquities returned to countries of origin

The Budget is one of the quintessentially British political spectacles. But how exceptional is the reality facing the UK chancellor John Healey? Take our quiz to test your knowledge:

By the end of the decade local leaders in the UK will retain 100% of business rates and from 2028 a share of income tax receipts will also go to mayors