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PM due to give statement on Middle East and India trip but opposition MPs likely to try to ask about claims of government interference in China case Britain’s employment market has shown signs of stabilising after a sharp rise in job losses earlier this year blamed on tax rises introduced by Rachel Reeves, Richard Partington reports. As the chancellor prepares for her 26 November budget, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the unemployment rate rose to 4.8% in the three months to August, up from 4.7% in July.YouGov has released its latest weekly poll in the series it does for the Times. Reform UK (27%), Labour (20%) and the Conservatives (17%) all have exactly the same level of support as they did last week. But the Greens have hit their highest level ever in a YouGov poll, at 13%. Continue reading...

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