Running a national economy is never easy, but the budgetary task facing UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves this November is truly forbidding https://t.co/K2qk4cqSYW ...

Congress has just five days to pass a spending bill and avoid a government shutdown. And now the White House is raising the stakes, threatening to go beyond traditional furlows and laying the groundwork for mass firings across the government if a deal is not reached. NBC News obtained a memo from the Office of Management and Budget asking federal agencies to prepare a quote reduction in force plans if possible. Joining us now, House Minority Whip and Democratic Congresswoman from Massachusetts, Katherine Cl ...

The White House’s budget office sent a memo telling federal agencies to prepare for mass firings of workers if a government shutdown occurs next week, according to multiple reports. https://t.co/eGnKlGTrWU ...

RT Henry Curr (@currhenry)The Labour government is led by technocrats with a working majority of 157 in Parliament. It has forgiving budget rules and as long as four years until the next election. If it cannot put the budget on a sound footing, then who will?https://t.co/nEu872r2HM ...

The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown.Listen to that and the latest stories on Bloomberg News Now. https://t.co/Qc9Mq5IRzO ...

The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown https://t.co/zXdKKGrKUq ...

Sweden’s finance ministry unveiled its full budget plan for the coming election year, a bid to get the economy motoring in the traditionally frugal Nordic state https://t.co/YDkqVhHAF3 ...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will need to find a further £4 billion to put her budget back on track if the Bank of England decides to stop active gilt sales at a critical decision this week https://t.co/SzIbKgxNhX ...

Pleasing both 10 and 11 Downing Street is often difficult in UK politics. A new Budget board with people from both departments is apparently going to help. Get The Readout with @AllegraStratton https://t.co/FEQxpXH8Nh ...

President Donald Trump’s administration has pulled back about 40% of the annual budget for the Department of Commerce’s commercial space policy office, sources said https://t.co/7eIv3NIKFs ...