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Spending decisions have been made “harder” by the government’s U-turn on welfare changes, the education secretary has said, as she did not commit to scrapping the…

Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, at the White HouseAnthony Zurcher: Passage of megabill is big win for TrumpUS President Donald Trump has signed his landmark policy bill…

US President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill has sparked intense debate. BBC Verify’s policy and analysis correspondent Ben Chu has been looking at what the…

NDIS has grown too big too fast and costs must be reined in, report saysCait KellyThe National Disability Insurance Scheme has grown too big too fast,…

Beth LindopJun 26, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.Liverpool have completed the signing…

NATO’s leaders agreed this week to invest 5 percent of their countries’ gross domestic product (GDP) on “core defence requirements as well as defence and security-related…

NATO leaders are likely to endorse a goal of spending 5% of their gross domestic product on their security, to be able to fulfil the alliance’s…

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Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary general, said it was “not a difficult thing” to get members to agree to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP because…

NATO leaders meet Tuesday in The Hague for a high-stakes summit that will cover topics such as a proposed 5% GDP target and questions about Kyiv’s…