The UK will charge housebuilders as much as 4% of the sale price on properties bought under the new Your First Home program.

European Union nationals are expected to pay the same university fees as British students as part of a broader deal to tighten links between the two sides.

Britons gave Andy Burnham the benefit of the doubt in his first three months as prime minister. After an uninspiring budget, the next six weeks will test whether he can maintain the early momentum.

The UK proposed a package of measures to cushion households from another sharp rise in energy bills, while cutting £1 billion ($1.3 billion) from programs aimed at making homes cleaner and cheaper to heat.

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey unveiled a modest budget designed to ride out international headwinds. The question is whether his plans will sustain the optimism that his boss, Andy Burnham, has unleashed.

The UK proposed a package of measures to cushion households from another sharp rise in energy bills, while cutting £1 billion ($1.3 billion) from its flagship program to make homes more energy efficient.

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey is poised to raise the UK’s national living wage by about 4%, but will not close the pay gap with younger workers, amid growing concern that hiring costs are driving youth unemployment.

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey is poised to raise the UK’s national living wage by about 4%, but will not close the pay gap with younger workers, amid growing concern that hiring costs are driving youth unemployment.

Labour MPs warned Andy Burnham his pledge to re-industrialize Britain risks falling short as current policies fail to match his rhetoric and continue to favor services over manufacturing.

Next week, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey must deliver what his predecessor, Rachel Reeves, couldn’t: A budget that keeps both the bond market and the governing Labour Party happy.

President Donald Trump spoke with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Friday as tensions build between the two governments over Russia’s war in Ukraine and the possibility of renewed US escalation against Iran.

The UK government is looking to remove standing charges on gas bills, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said, as part of the Labour government’s efforts to blunt the impact of surging energy costs.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds signaled he’s open to hitting Chinese electric vehicles with tariffs to win enhanced access to European markets, but would make the call based on UK needs not demands from the EU.

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey won’t increase the UK’s tax on capital gains in his budget next week, as he relies instead on a levy on bank revenues to fund the Labour government’s plans.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s bid to break from Keir Starmer’s premiership by focusing more on UK domestic policy and less on global events is proving near impossible in Donald Trump’s world.

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham ruled out any future partnership with the left-wing Green Party after it adopted a motion stating “Zionism is racism.”

British business leaders have warned Chancellor John Healey that their ability to hire more young workers is contingent on the scale of tax hikes planned for the upcoming budget, according to people familiar with the matter.

The UK government sought to play down Andy Burnham’s claim of Russian interference in the Brexit vote of 10 years ago, ahead of what is likely to be a fraught debate over the prime minister’s plan for closer ties with the European Union.

Ahead of laying out a platform of tax cuts aimed at affluent Britons at her party’s annual convention, opposition leader Kemi Badenoch told journalists: “We are going back to the authentic Conservative Party that people knew and loved.”

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch pledged to more than halve the number of people paying the UK’s inheritance tax, as she seeks to re-establish the opposition party’s tax-cutting credentials and draw clearer lines with Labour and Reform UK.