AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoBudget: Chancellor John Healey delivers his first Budget today, balancing cost-of-living measures and public-service ambitions against tight finances. The package is expected to include £432m more for rough-sleeping support. Parliamentary Scrutiny: Committee chair Liam Byrne has urged Amazon and TikTok to attend a 3 November hearing on online-marketplace safety, warning that their absence would hamper efforts to protect shoppers. Housing: Around 30 Labour MPs are asking Healey to write off councils’ £30bn legacy housing debt, arguing repayments hold back social-home building; Shelter says cancellation could unlock 280,000 homes. National Security: Two British men have been charged under the National Security Act over the RAF Fairford incident. One is accused of assisting Iranian intelligence; the allegations are before the courts. Civil Liberties: Hampshire police’s facial-recognition vans scanned 406,001 people in a year, renewing calls for Parliament to set statutory safeguards.
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