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| UK & WorldThe PM survived a confidence vote 210–189 but lost two ministers overnight; regulators cleared the £24bn supermarket deal, sending the shares up 12%. |
| SportEngland sealed the Test series against Australia, and Bellingham's brace set up a World Cup quarter-final with Norway tonight. |
| MarketsThe FTSE and S&P are firmer and sterling touched a 14-month high on stronger growth — worth a glance before your 10:30 roadmap review. |
| Your dayIt's a full one: standup at 9, the roadmap review at 10:30, then lunch with Sarah at 12:30. Dry and 21°C, so keep the afternoon clear for deep work — and prep tonight for tomorrow's investor call. |
0.4% quarterly growth beat the 0.2% consensus, and with borrowing running £6bn under forecast the Chancellor has perhaps £15–20bn of headroom she lacked in spring. The Budget question flips from “where do the cuts land” to “what does she choose to fund”. — ONS, Bloomberg + 1 more
Traders cut the odds of an autumn rate cut from 70% to nearer 40% within an hour of the release. Sterling’s 14-month high is the market pricing “higher for longer” — a boon for savers, a longer wait for anyone rolling off a fixed mortgage. — Reuters, Bloomberg
Two resignations let the PM rebuild the economic team weeks before the Budget, but continuity on planning reform is what the City actually wants. A reshuffle that spooks gilt markets would erase the very room the growth figure just created. — The Guardian, FT
 | Bellingham's quickfire brace sank Mexico and Haaland dragged Norway past Brazil, setting up a Spain–Portugal pick of the round. |
| Bellingham's 90-second brace beats MexicoTwo goals in a minute and a half turned a nervy tie at the Azteca. England then survived a second-half red card to win 3–2 and set up a quarter-final with Norway tonight. |
| Haaland drags Norway past BrazilVinícius' equaliser was cancelled inside 12 minutes by Ødegaard's winner — Haaland gets the last-eight tie everyone wanted, against England. |
| Yamal runs the show; Ronaldo survives on penaltiesSpain eased past Morocco as a 38-year-old Ronaldo dragged Portugal through from the spot. Spain vs Portugal is the pick of the round. |
 | A knife-edge vote has forced an economic reshuffle, just as stronger-than-expected growth cools rate-cut bets and hands the Chancellor a little room. |
| A knife-edge vote forces an economic reshuffleTwo resignations hand the PM a chance to reset the economic team weeks before the autumn Budget. Markets want continuity on planning reform. |
| Growth beats forecasts — and shifts the rate picture0.4% quarterly growth topped expectations, and traders promptly trimmed bets on an autumn cut — good for savers, a longer wait for mortgage-holders. |
| Borrowing figures give the Chancellor a little roomLower-than-expected borrowing hands the Chancellor a sliver of headroom going into the Budget. |
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