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Brazil Markets Plunge With Bolsonaro Backing Son for Presidency

Brazilian markets slumped, with stocks seeing their worst day since 2021 and the currency tumbling about 2.5% after former President Jair Bolsonaro endorsed one of his sons as the right-wing’s name in presidential elections next October.

2025-12-05 16:40 | Bloomberg

Labour MP suspended after rebelling on farm tax plan

Dozens of the party's backbenchers are said to have abstained, amid concerns from rural MPs at the move.

2025-12-03 17:30 | BBC

Trump’s New Security Strategy Rages at Allies Instead of US Foes

The fracture between the US and Europe in a relationship that has defined global politics since the second World War was crystallized in a White House national security release, which also lambasted Europe along economic and cultural lines.

2025-12-05 13:03 | Bloomberg

Chinese mega embassy could bring security advantages, says No 10

Some believe China's mega-embassy could be a hub for espionage in the heart of London.

2025-12-03 14:33 | BBC

PMQs: PM defends Rachel Reeves as Tories call for her to go

2025-12-03 13:24 | BBC

The controversy over the collapsed China spy case explained

The government is facing questions about why the case collapsed just weeks before a trial was due to go ahead.

2025-12-03 01:43 | BBC

Government plans to scrap some jury trials

The BBC's Henry Zeffman breaks down government plans to scrap Jury trials in England and Wales, for crimes that carry a likely sentence of less than three years.

2025-12-02 17:59 | BBC

What scrapping the two-child benefit cap means

Politics South reporter Emily Hudson explains the two-child benefit cap and why it was scrapped.

2025-12-02 05:53 | BBC

Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point

The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.

2025-12-01 17:56 | BBC

Feuds, boycotts and the birth of Your Party

The path to this weekend's founding conference has been overshadowed by splits in the party.

2025-12-01 00:39 | BBC

Chris Mason: Starmer could have scrapped child benefit cap last year - why did he wait?

Keir Starmer has always said he wanted to end the benefit cap but the money was not available - until now.

2025-11-27 16:05 | BBC

Simon Jack: Businesses left asking - what happened to growth?

Significant pro-business measures were thin on the ground in this year's Budget.

2025-11-27 15:27 | BBC

Nine ways the Budget could affect you if you're under 25

The chancellor's Budget contained a slew of measures which will impact young people specifically.

2025-11-27 12:10 | BBC

Chris Mason: Reeves chooses to tax big and spend big

In a Budget dogged by months of leaks, Labour hopes its big tax and spend plans pay off.

2025-11-27 05:52 | BBC

Budget 2025: Key points at a glance

Changes to tax, pensions and welfare - here’s what you need to know from Rachel Reevesher second Budget.

2025-11-26 19:35 | BBC

Faisal Islam: The real reason Reeves is making you pay more tax

This is about buying breathing space, politically and economically. The two factors are now inseparable.

2025-11-26 18:42 | BBC

How the chancellor just took a chunk out of your future pay

The point at which you start to pay tax, and the point where you tip into paying a higher rate of tax have been frozen for three more years.

2025-11-26 17:21 | BBC

Isas, cars and pensions: How the Budget affects you

The Budget delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves will affect you and your finances. Here's how.

2025-11-26 13:57 | BBC

'We are still struggling after last year's Budget'

People in Thurrock say how Budget 2024 affected them - and their hopes for this year's announcement.

2025-11-26 06:20 | BBC

Rachel Reeves will be hoping this Budget buys her some time

Deep unpopularity in the country and jittery Labour MPs is the prism through which both the countdown to this Budget and its aftermath should be seen.

2025-11-25 17:58 | BBC

Who is Rachel Reeves?

It has been a turbulent year for Rachel Reeves, who before winning power had promised to be an "iron" chancellor.

2025-11-25 12:01 | BBC

What can nervous businesses expect from the Budget?

It is going to be a nail-biting final few days for business leaders, says the BBC's Business Editor, Simon Jack.

2025-11-24 12:35 | BBC

Fear and scepticism as Reeves prepares for her big Budget moment

The chancellor faces her toughest challenge yet in a Budget that will define the government's future, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

2025-11-22 12:54 | BBC

Lockdown could have been avoided - key findings from Covid inquiry

The long-awaited report is published into how well or badly the government handled the Covid pandemic.

2025-11-20 18:01 | BBC

MP's aide reported suspected China LinkedIn approach

Despite the government's efforts to thaw tensions with Beijing, MPs were warned this week of spying threats from China.

2025-11-19 05:01 | BBC

Key takeaways: What are the proposed asylum system reforms?

What we know so far about Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood's proposed reforms.

2025-11-17 18:33 | BBC

'Head in hands': Ministers fume at No 10's self-inflicted chaos

Misshaps of their own making overshadow important things the government has to do, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

2025-11-15 13:09 | BBC

Where does mudslinging over leadership leave Starmer's government?

The Prime Minister is "incandescent" at way all of this has played out, writes BBC's political editor.

2025-11-13 08:45 | BBC

The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy

Problems in the prisons and the courts are not new but they are growing and the government doesn't have a grip on them.

2025-11-05 20:49 | BBC

What a UK government led by Reform would really look like

What the party's first six months at the helm at local level shows about how they govern - and whether they can keep their promises

2025-11-05 00:02 | BBC