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Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m
By Lauren Almeida

Australia’s Corporate Travel Management is ‘negotiating commercial arrangements’ to refund the money

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/23/bibby-stockholm-asylum-barge-corporate-travel-management-uk-government

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Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m

Australia’s Corporate Travel Management is ‘negotiating commercial arrangements’ to refund the money

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Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/23/bibby-stockholm-asylum-barge-corporate-travel-management-uk-government #BibbyStockholm #UkNews #ImmigrationAndAsylum #TaxAndSpending #Politics #TravelLeisure #Business #Business #HomeOffice
Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m

Australia’s Corporate Travel Management is ‘negotiating commercial arrangements’ to refund the money

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The Guardian Feeds12h ago

UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m
By Tom Knowles

But Iran war likely to blow hole in Rachel Reeves’s carefully crafted fiscal ‘headroom’ in coming months

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/23/uk-undershoots-annual-borrowing-target

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UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m

But Iran war likely to blow hole in Rachel Reeves’s carefully crafted fiscal ‘headroom’ in coming months

The Guardian
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UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m
By Tom Knowles

But Iran war likely to blow hole in Rachel Reeves’s carefully crafted fiscal ‘headroom’ in coming months

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/23/uk-undershoots-annual-borrowing-target

#Governmentborrowing #RachelReeves #Business #Economics #OfficeforNationalStatistics #Taxandspending #Economicpolicy #Politics #UKnews #TomKnowles

UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m

But Iran war likely to blow hole in Rachel Reeves’s carefully crafted fiscal ‘headroom’ in coming months

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UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/23/uk-undershoots-annual-borrowing-target #GovernmentBorrowing #RachelReeves #Business #Economics #OfficeForNationalStatistics #TaxAndSpending #EconomicPolicy #Politics #UkNews
UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m

But Iran war likely to blow hole in Rachel Reeves’s carefully crafted fiscal ‘headroom’ in coming months

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Taxes on UK workers have risen at fastest rate in rich world, says OECD https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/taxes-uk-workers-risen-fastest-rate-rich-world-oecd #TaxAndSpending #Business #Oecd #KeirStarmer #EconomicPolicy #RachelReeves #Labour #Politics #UkNews
Taxes on UK workers have risen at fastest rate in rich world, says OECD

Survey by global economic forum shows ‘tax wedge’ in Britain increased to 32.4% of income in 2025

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Tax day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it

There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us

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US news | The GuardianApr 14
Trump’s ‘DoorDash grandma’ had previously lobbied for the president, setting off controversy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/trump-doordash-delivery-grandma-mcdonalds #DonaldTrump #TaxAndSpending #TrumpAdministration #Mcdonalds #FastFood #UsPolitics #UsNews
Trump’s ‘DoorDash grandma’ had previously lobbied for the president, setting off controversy

Sharon Simmons, photographed delivering McDonald’s to Trump on Monday, lobbied for the ‘no tax on tips’ policy in 2025

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianApr 14
How war in Gulf reveals the ‘cut corners’ on British defence https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/14/war-gulf-british-defence #DefencePolicy #Military #RoyalNavy #BritishArmy #TaxAndSpending #Politics #UkNews
How war in Gulf reveals the ‘cut corners’ on British defence

With the army’s size halved since the cold war, UK ambitions to be globally deployable do not match the reality, experts say

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World news | The GuardianApr 10
Starbucks’s retail arm gets £13.7m tax credit even as sales increase https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/10/starbucks-retail-tax-credit-despite-sales-rise #Starbucks #UkNews #Business #FoodDrinkIndustry #TaxAndSpending #RetailIndustry
Starbucks’s retail arm gets £13.7m tax credit even as sales increase

Credit can be used to offset future bills as full-year losses at UK division widen to £41.3m and it adds 92 stores

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