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Isabel Schnabel will step down from the European Central Bank on 3 January 2027. According to the ECB, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva intends to appoint her to a senior leadership role from 4 January.

Councils will receive an extra €20 million a year on an ongoing basis to tackle early-stage debt. New agreements are intended to ensure that they reach twice as many households and can offer help.

ECB staff expect slightly higher inflation and economic growth in 2027 than they did in June. At the same time, a presentation by Executive Board member Philip R. Lane shows that recent energy futures prices are above the assumptions used in the September forecast.

The Netherlands and ten other EU countries are asking the European Commission to amend a rule which they say can exclude healthy startups and scale-ups from funding. They believe the latest Commission proposal does not go far enough.

The Industry Space Days at ESA’s technical centre, ESTEC, attracted a record 3,100 visitors, according to the space agency. The event focused on business contacts, technology and potential contracts within ESA programmes.

The UK's Department for Education has announced new vocational qualifications for pupils aged 14 and over. They are intended to sit alongside traditional GCSEs and eventually replace the existing Technical Awards.

On Bonaire, Sint-Eustatius and Saba, a majority of residents aged 15 and over on each island have seen online information that they considered untrue or whose truth they doubted. This is shown by new CBS figures for 2025.

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is scheduled for Saturday 26 September. Writing for RacingNews365, Stefan Kerk links the unusual schedule to earlier Saturday races, including several title deciders. Not all the historical claims stand up to scrutiny.