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The Irish Times view on the UK budget: the long shadow of Brexit
Nearly a decade after the referendum and five years after the UK’s exit from the EU, the economic and political price is all too clear
Rachel Reeves avoids budget landmines but remains exposed unless economic growth kicks in
UK’s chancellor delivered her second successive tax-and-spend budget on Wednesday
Labour to raise £26bn in UK tax increases to fund spending plans
Increases affect property owners, savers, workers and gamblers
All eyes on Reeves as she seeks £30bn to plug spending gap ahead of UK budget
All the leaking, pitch-rolling and backtracking in the pre-budget run-up has investors, employers and union bosses bewildered
SNP leader John Swinney: ‘Scotland and England are going in completely different directons’
Scotland’s nationalist first minister visits Dublin on Tuesday and Wednesday to talk economics, culture and space rockets
European shares inch higher, led by banks, following upbeat forecasts
Iseq index advances 1.8%, led by AIB and Bank of Ireland
European shares fall as US rate cut hopes wane and UK fiscal worries rise
In Dublin, the Iseq All-Share index ended the session down 1.4 per cent at 12,365.36
Revolut co-founder Nik Storonsky shifts his residency from UK to UAE
Change in billionaire’s country of residence disclosed in Companies House filing
Tories’ future as political party capable of governing is at stake: ‘It is that serious’
Whether to focus more on people’s pockets or UK borders is big question at Conservative Party conference
Labour conference shows how future of Keir Starmer’s government depends on one woman
As protests gather outside Labour’s annual conference, Keir Starmer is betting on immigration hardliner Shabana Mahmood to save his government
Keir Starmer faces real peril in defining period as MPs return
UK prime minister must overturn Reform’s migration-fuelled summer dominance, while crucial budget also looms into view
Lack of tax powers renders Stormont a spectator in UK public spending debate
Patience of English taxpayers with Northern Ireland will be tested as Britain runs out of money
JD Vance hasn’t mastered the art of the political holiday
August has given me time to think about how politicians holiday. Most of them do it badly
Northern Ireland ‘crucial’ as British chancellor looks to ‘all parts’ of UK for growth
Rachel Reeves rejects idea North is ‘economic basket case’, highlighting film, TV and games pedigree
Reeves pledges to extend purge of City red tape to rest of UK economy
Chancellor uses Mansion House speech to unveil what she claims is a big reduction in financial services regulation
Rachel Reeves to put on a brave face in Mansion House address
British chancellor of the exchequer keen to move on from controversies with pledge to slash financial industry regulation
Breaking down in tears at the scene was mortifying. It was also the only sane response
Rachel Reeves has been castigated for crying, but sometimes tears are the only way to react rationally
UK desperate to stay inside fiscal rules, Ireland couldn’t care less
After big U-turns, Starmer and Reeves have boxed themselves into a corner
Do we like it when our political and business leaders appear human or cry in public?
Admissions of overwhelm show humanity, if people in charge are strategic with their weaknesses
‘Worst of any prime minister’: Ten moments that defined Labour’s first year in power in the UK
From a ‘loveless landslide’ to excessive gloom and a climbdown forced by his own MPs, the UK prime minister has endured a torrid first 12 months in office
Welsh first minister Eluned Morgan sympathises with Rachel Reeves
Prime minister says tears were as a result of a ‘purely personal’ matter
Nigel Farage sets Britain’s political weather but Reform UK has clouds in its own sky
Despite success with voters, recent upheaval was a reminder that Farage’s party can still self-harm
Reeves vows to ‘renew Britain’ with big rises for NHS, housing and defence in spending review
Chancellor says years of Tory austerity budgets created a ‘lost decade for growth, wages and living standards’
Will markets see a July surprise? Four key warning signs investors and pension-holders need to watch
Tariffs and debt burdens are making large-scale investors increasingly nervous about future market direction
US tariffs: Donald Trump announces ‘breakthrough’ trade deal with UK
Irish farmers raise concern over prospect of US beef being allowed into UK market
‘The worst mobile phone service in the rich world’
London's awful signal is one of the most irritating daily realities of living in what is meant to be one of the world’s most developed cities
Labour bets on growth to fund UK’s future but US tariffs could ruin it all
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is ‘walking a fiscal tightrope’ after her slasher spring statement
How UK social welfare reforms hit Northern Ireland
About a quarter of adults of working age in Northern Ireland get disability payments
Anger in Northern Ireland at welfare cuts to balance budget books
Concern in Stormont over Rachel Reeves’ spring statement as higher numbers of people rely on welfare support in NI than UK average
Britain’s fiscal watchdog warns of danger of trade war as UK government slashes spending
UK’s chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves plans £6bn reduction in spending to remain within her fiscal target
Bank of England keeps rates on hold at 4.5%
Rate-setters are grappling with combination of sluggish economy and ongoing price pressures
UK economic output contracted unexpectedly in January
Figure marks setback for chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of high-stakes Spring Statement
UK inflation rises to 10-month high of 3% in January
Figure surpasses expectations and highlights challenge for Bank of England
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