ruling out

Under new rules, no player who has previously played in the IPL and is not in this auction will not be able to play in 2025 or 2026, ruling out Archer, Wood, Root and England Test captain Ben Stokes, whose absence has been previously reported.

In its general election manifesto, Labour promised not to increase taxes on working people - explicitly ruling out a rise in VAT, National Insurance or income tax.

The party had promised in its manifesto that it would not increase taxes on working people - explicitly ruling out a rise in VAT, national insurance and income tax.

McDonald's is resuming sales of its Quarter Pounder burgers in all of its US restaurants after ruling out its beef patties as the source of an E. coli outbreak that left at least one person dead and dozens of others ill.

During that campaign, independent analysts such as the Institute for Fiscal Studies observed that ruling out increases in income tax, National Insurance and VAT would severely limit Reeves' room for manoeuvre in the Treasury.