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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/445a/live/ee159a80-bb5a-11f1-b3b3-91d0b491a464.jpg”] EPA Chancellor John Healey The UK is in talks with US authorities over a potential stoppage of diesel exports and has started preparing for a ban, Chancellor John Healey has told BBC News. Diesel prices in the UK reached a new high on Monday due to supply pressures springing from the US-Israel…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0e2e/live/b81a2280-b8e8-11f1-ba42-19e1456ae537.jpg”] Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Chancellor John Healey will set out Labour’s tax and spending plans when he delivers his first Budget on 28 October. He has refused to rule out tax increases after acknowledging government borrowing costs are at “historic highs”. But the government’s room for manoeuvre on tax is limited. Before the…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3638/live/21935300-bb35-11f1-bd21-bdf910f2cec6.jpg”] PA Media John Healey and cabinet ministers from the other great offices of state gave speeches at Labour Party conference on Monday The chancellor has warned against allowing Britain’s benefits bill to balloon while not offering young people opportunities. John Healey told Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool that cutting welfare spending was…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/98d1/live/6ebb7c90-ae9f-11f1-8972-d5c52a82c3b8.jpg”] PA Media Hull Maritime Museum is a Grade II*-listed landmark A museum celebrating a city’s seafaring history has won an award following a major renovation. Hull Maritime Museum was named Refurbishment/Renovation Of The Year at the Insider Yorkshire Property Awards 2026. The site reopened in August following £20m of work. Mike Ross,…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5c7b/live/e8d5cf70-bb20-11f1-bd21-bdf910f2cec6.jpg”] Getty Images Diesel prices have hit an all-time high of 199.18p per litre, according to the motoring organisation RAC, as the war in the Middle East continues to push up the cost of fuel. Petrol prices are also still rising, with a litre currently costing 174.13p. Over the past seven months, the…