Whole Tory cabinet knew Rwanda Bill wouldn’t work, Robert Jenrick claims
'Everyone in cabinet' knew the Rwanda deportation bill would not work, according to Conservative leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick.Speaking to the...
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Rachel Reeves to deliver ‘fixing the foundations and change’ budget – but it’ll be a difficult sell
The Labour manifesto never did add up.On the one hand, Keir Starmer vowed there would be "no return to austerity"...
Chancellor to vow to ‘invest, invest, invest’ in first Labour budget for 15 years
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will promise to "invest, invest, invest" in Labour's first budget for 15 years.Ms Reeves - who is...
Could Rachel Reeves’s budget ‘jiggery-pokery’ scare investors?
Budgets are all about numbers.In the coming 24 hours, we'll be engulfed with all sorts of figures - about the...
Minimum wage to go up by almost 7% – as chancellor puts final touches to tax-raising budget
The minimum wage for those aged 21 years and over will rise by 6.7% to £12.21 - with pay for...
Ex-Tory MP Aaron Bell carried out ‘brazen and drunken’ sexual misconduct in parliament bar, watchdog finds
Former Conservative MP Aaron Bell carried out "brazen and drunken" sexual misconduct in the parliament bar, a watchdog has found.Parliament's...
Budget will embrace ‘harsh light of fiscal reality’, Sir Keir Starmer to say
The Labour government's first budget will embrace the "harsh light of fiscal reality" but "better days are ahead", Sir Keir...
Budget 2024: What’s likely to be in it – and what isn’t?
Briefings and speculation are rife over what will be included in the chancellor's budget on Wednesday, particularly the scale of...
Jeremy Hunt accuses OBR of ‘political intervention’ for publishing review on budget day
Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has accused the independent fiscal watchdog of lacking "political impartiality" ahead of its review that could...
As budget nears, faith in government ‘on a knife edge’ – even in Preston, a Labour stronghold
The dramatic iron canopy over Preston Market has been sheltering shoppers for nearly 150 years.Even inside the stylish indoor market,...
Labour thinks it can beat the Tories over tax – but can it convince the public?
There is one fight Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves want to have after Wednesday's budget - one they hope if...
Video shows moments before MP Mike Amesbury punched man in Frodsham
Video has emerged showing the moments before Labour MP Mike Amesbury punched a man in the street.The footage shows them...
Kemi Badenoch suggests all six Tory leadership candidates could get jobs in her shadow cabinet
Kemi Badenoch has suggested she will offer all six candidates in the Tory leadership race a job in her shadow...
‘Get your acts together’: Speaker attacks Rachel Reeves for failing to inform MPs of key budget announcement
The Commons Speaker has hit out at Rachel Reeves for not informing MPs of a key announcement ahead of the...
Rachel Reeves promises new funding for extra two million NHS appointments per year
The budget will deliver billions of pounds of new funding for the NHS to unlock two million extra appointments a...
Starmer criticised over ‘bus tax’ as fare cap raised to £3
Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed there will be tax rises in the budget to prevent a "devastating return to austerity"...
Labour Party suspends MP Mike Amesbury after video showed him punching man in street
Mike Amesbury has been suspended by the Labour Party after CCTV footage showed him punching a man in the street.A...
Budget will embrace ‘harsh light of fiscal reality’, Sir Keir Starmer to say
The Labour government's first budget will embrace the "harsh light of fiscal reality" but "better days are ahead", Sir Keir...
Budget 2024: What’s likely to be in it – and what isn’t?
Briefings and speculation are rife over what will be included in the chancellor's budget on Wednesday, particularly the scale of...
As budget nears, faith in government ‘on a knife edge’ – even in Preston, a Labour stronghold
The dramatic iron canopy over Preston Market has been sheltering shoppers for nearly 150 years.Even inside the stylish indoor market,...