UK business & economy

• Sunak to commit to fiscal discipline in Budget 26th October 2021
  Upgraded growth forecasts due to give chancellor the chance to unveil extra public spending
• UK to shut out China with revamped nuclear funding model 26th October 2021
  Tory MPs believe planned new legislation will help oust CGN from future energy projects
• Minimum wages are not a panacea 26th October 2021
  Pay floors are powerful tools but workers need decent conditions too
• ‘Levelling up’ requires making the UK a science superpower 26th October 2021
  British politicians have a strained relationship with the discipline, but funding it is the path to better, more highly-skilled jobs
• Construction stalls as UK shortage of skilled workers bites 26th October 2021
  ‘Build back better’ in jeopardy as projects are hit by delays with supply chains squeezed
• Ikea buys former Topshop Oxford Circus flagship store 26th October 2021
  Furniture group hails £378m purchase as long-term vote of confidence in UK retail
• UK Budget: crippling shortages and rising prices hit the economy 26th October 2021
  From hospitality to logistics, industry chiefs are warning Rishi Sunak that recovery pains will not be shortlived
• Britishvolt closes in on £200m in government funding for UK plant 26th October 2021
  Blyth gigafactory project in advanced talks to secure support for its proposed electric car battery facility
• Sunak to raise national living wage and end public sector pay freeze 25th October 2021
  Chancellor to act on Low Pay Commission recommendation though full effect of changes questioned
• Mask-wearing at the heart of the great British Covid divide 25th October 2021
  England in particular stands apart as an outlier from the rest of western Europe