https://www.dailyoracles.com/school-food-standards-pilot-findings-on-costs/Daily Oracles en2026-10-31T11:40:00+01:00 Schools in pilot of new lunch standards reported higher costs before England's September 2027 starthttps://www.dailyoracles.com/carers-allowance-earnings-limit-evaluation/Daily Oracles en2026-10-31T11:05:00+01:00 Caring responsibilities are the most cited barrier to work for Carer's Allowance claimants, DWP research findshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/ai-tool-for-planners-expands-to-15-councils/Daily Oracles en2026-10-31T10:30:00+01:00 PlanAssist AI tool expands to 15 councils as new rules put officers in charge of straightforward applicationshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/food-prices-top-consumer-concern-fsa-tracker/Daily Oracles en2026-10-31T09:50:00+01:00 91% of consumers report concern about food prices and 24% worry about affording food next month, FSA tracker findshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/ecb-and-fed-hold-rates-before-bank-decision/Daily Oracles en2026-10-31T09:05:00+01:00 ECB and Federal Reserve hold rates, with the Bank of England next to decide on 5 Novemberhttps://www.dailyoracles.com/natwest-third-quarter-operating-profit-2-2bn/Daily Oracles en2026-10-31T08:10:00+01:00 NatWest third-quarter operating profit rises 1.9% to £2.2bn as lending to companies growshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/ai-use-among-uk-firms-doubles-to-32-per-cent/Daily Oracles en2026-10-31T07:25:00+01:00 AI use among UK firms with five or more staff doubles to 32%, government survey findshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/sea-link-power-cable-approved/Daily Oracles en2026-10-31T06:40:00+01:00 Sea Link undersea power cable between Suffolk and Kent wins consent, with construction due in early 2027https://www.dailyoracles.com/tb-notifications-level-in-2025/Daily Oracles en2026-10-30T11:40:00+01:00 TB notifications in England level at 5,449 in 2025, with 2026 running 8.2% lower so farhttps://www.dailyoracles.com/residential-sales-september-hmrc/Daily Oracles en2026-10-30T11:00:00+01:00 UK home sales ease to 94,800 in September, 4% down on a year earlierhttps://www.dailyoracles.com/scale-uk-connect-pilot-200-firms/Daily Oracles en2026-10-30T10:15:00+01:00 £3.4m Scale UK Connect pilot opens to 200 high-growth firmshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/defence-offset-rules-from-april-2027/Daily Oracles en2026-10-30T09:20:00+01:00 Overseas winners of UK defence contracts of £50m or more to be considered for offsets from April 2027https://www.dailyoracles.com/bp-third-quarter-profit-8-46bn/Daily Oracles en2026-10-30T08:10:00+01:00 BP third-quarter underlying profit rises to $8.46bn as net debt falls to $13.9bnhttps://www.dailyoracles.com/firms-expect-higher-prices-bank-survey/Daily Oracles en2026-10-30T07:05:00+01:00 68% of firms expect to raise prices in response to the recent energy shock, Bank of England survey findshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/uk-vehicle-production-september-smmt/Daily Oracles en2026-10-30T06:30:00+01:00 UK vehicle output rises 36.3% to 74,031 in September, compared with a disrupted month last yearhttps://www.dailyoracles.com/civil-service-outside-london-grows-places-for-growth/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T11:20:00+01:00 Civil service posts outside London rose by 6,500 in the year to March, Cabinet Office figures showhttps://www.dailyoracles.com/mod-names-first-director-general-innovation/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T10:30:00+01:00 MoD names its first Director General Innovation to run a £3.7bn technology budgethttps://www.dailyoracles.com/mortgage-approvals-september-bank-of-england/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T09:45:00+01:00 Mortgage approvals for house purchases fall to 53,400 as remortgaging jumpshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/lloyds-nine-month-profit-rises-to-6-6bn/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T08:20:00+01:00 Lloyds nine-month profit rises 42% to £6.63bn, with a November rate rise in its base casehttps://www.dailyoracles.com/national-living-wage-to-rise-to-13-21/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T07:50:00+01:00 National Living Wage to rise 50p to £13.21 an hour from April 2027https://www.dailyoracles.com/business-rates-multipliers-set-for-2027-28/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T07:15:00+01:00 Business rates multipliers for 2027-28 set at 49.7p standard and 44.7p for small businesseshttps://www.dailyoracles.com/scotland-economy-shrinks-0-1-per-cent-in-august/Daily Oracles en2026-10-29T06:40:00+01:00 Scotland's economy shrank 0.1% in August after a revised fall in July