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The OBR’s public forecasts for 2024–25 show borrowing remained elevated—around £150bn or roughly 5% of GDP in 2024–25—and receipts for 2024–25 were revised down versus prior forecasts (an in‑year shor...
Staffing shortages in digital forensics and fraud investigation are measurably suppressing clearance rates for online crime in UK city police forces by creating long analysis backlogs, delaying eviden...
Staffing and budget pressures are strongly associated with police performance in England and Wales, but the relationship is complex: long-term cuts through the 2010s coincided with reduced officer num...
Labour’s government has added large capital and targeted programme commitments since the 2024 manifesto: a headline £113bn boost to capital infrastructure over the spending review period and multi‑bil...
Labour’s 2024 manifesto pledged limited new net spending (about £1.8bn a year by 2028–29 for named items) and vowed not to raise income tax, employee National Insurance or VAT, while saying some green...
You can only claim asylum in the UK if you are physically in the UK; the Home Office conducts an initial screening and then a substantive interview before deciding if your claim will be considered and...
Conservative politicians, notably Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, and the Liberal Democrats have publicly criticised Labour’s recent fiscal management, framing the government’s Budget and related speeches ...