OBR Chair Resigns After Data Leak

UK pension funds are cutting back their exposure to US equities, and Swiss prosecutors have filed charges against Credit Suisse and its owner UBS over alleged organisational “deficiencies”. Plus, the chair of the UK's Office for Budget Responsibility has resigned, and the UK government will increase NHS spending on medicines to secure a carve-out from threatened US tariffs.

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UK pension funds dump US equities on fears of AI bubble

Swiss prosecutors file charges against Credit Suisse and UBS

Head of UK fiscal watchdog quits after Budget leak

NHS to increase medicines spending to avoid threatened Trump tariffs

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