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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.