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Business

UK vehicle production falls to lowest level since 1952

A total of 764,715 vehicles were built in 2025, down 15.5 per cent from 2024. Most of these were cars, with 717,371 produced, around 60,000 fewer than the previous year.

UK-China
UK

Starmer and Xi discuss trade, security and migration in Beijing meeting

Starmer is on a four-day visit to China, the first by a British prime minister since 2018. On Thursday, he spent around three hours with Xi during a formal summit and a lunch in Beijing.

UK jobs
UK

Fake job sponsorships fuel immigration black market: Report

On paper, applicants are shown as working for licensed companies in skilled roles, supported by CVs, payroll records and bank statements indicating high salaries. In reality, the work never takes place.

UK pubs
Business

UK announces support package for pubs and live music venues

Under Tuesday’s package, pubs will receive a 15 per cent discount on their business rate bills, with those bills frozen for a further two years.

UK pubs
Business

Reeves plans £300 million relief for pubs amid rates rise

The Treasury has been preparing relief on business rates bills for pubs from April, although Reeves is said to have resisted wider changes to the system.

residential tower
UK

UK to cap ground rents at 250 pounds a year

Starmer said the policy followed a promise made by his Labour Party in its 2024 election manifesto to address unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges for people living in leasehold properties.

Hadiya Masieh
UK

Hadiya Masieh, former extremist turned Prevent practitioner, dies aged 48

Masieh was born into a Hindu family in West Yorkshire and later joined the extremist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir while studying at Brunel University. She left the group after the 7/7 London bombings.

Suella Braverman
UK

Suella Braverman defects from Conservatives to Reform UK

Opinion polls currently place Reform UK ahead of both the Labour Party and the Conservatives, although the next general election is not due until 2029.