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Advance UK News Diary

October 28-November 3: Autumn Budget, new Tory leader, and one week to go until US elections

October 25, 2024
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A look ahead at the key events leading the news agenda next week, from the team at Foresight News. Delivered to your inbox on Fridays.


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Leading the week

October 28: Dawn Sturgess Inquiry hears evidence on Skripals poisoning; Tommy Robinson in court on contempt charges; Ballon d’Or ceremony. 

October 29: Alex Salmond funeral; Kamala Harris ‘closing argument’ speech; Results from Alphabet and BP. 

October 30: UK Budget; OBR fiscal and economic forecast; Results from Microsoft and Meta. 

October 31: Conservative Party leadership election members’ ballot closes; First day of Budget debate in the Commons; Results from Apple, Amazon and Shell. 

November 1: RMT members begin series of strikes on the London Underground. 

November 2: New Conservative Party leader announced. 

November 3: Presidential election runoff in Moldova.

Edward Massey / CCHQ

 

Also look out for...

October 28

Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen at Harris campaign event in Philadelphia 

Knesset readings of controversial UNRWA bills 

Gérard Depardieu sexual assault trial in Paris 

WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin 

October 29

COP-16 high-level segment 

One week until US presidential election 

England Lionesses v South Africa 

October 30

UK spending review launch 

OBR review of March’s departmental expenditure limits forecast 

Rishi Sunak’s final PMQs as Leader of the Opposition 

October 31

Rachel Reeves post-Budget broadcast round 

Sergey Lavrov at Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security 

Halloween 

November 1

Energy Profits Levy rate increase takes effect 

FA Cup first round 

Diwali 

November 2

England v New Zealand in Autumn Nations Series 

November 3

Brazilian Grand Prix 

New York City Marathon 

Key statistics, reports and results

October 28

Births in England and Wales in 2023 

Private rental affordability in England, Wales and Northern Ireland 

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species update 

Oxfam report on climate inequality 

Results from: Ford Motor Company 

October 29

Employee earnings in the UK 

Homicide in Scotland 2023/24 

BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index 

UNCTAD Trade and Development report 

Forbes Top-Earning Dead Celebrities 

Results from: Santander, HSBC, McDonald’s, Lufthansa, Liberty Global (Virgin Media) 

October 30

Preliminary estimate of the tax gap 

CBI Service Sector Survey and Monthly Growth Indicator 

US and EU Q3 GDP 

Results from: Standard Chartered, NEXT, Starbucks, eBay, Eli Lilly, Volkswagen 

October 31

Blue Book (national accounts) and Pink Book (balance of payments) 

Statistics on children in need 2023/24 

WWA report on weather disasters 

Hong Kong Q3 GDP 

Results from: Repsol, TotalEnergies, ABInBev, Samsung, Intel, Banco Sabadell (TSB) 

November 1

Equal Pay Day 

UK manufacturing PMI 

Nationwide House Price Index 

Results from: ExxonMobil, Chevron, Nomura

 


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