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...
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‘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,...
People will not face higher taxes on their payslips after budget, education secretary says
People will not face higher taxes on their payslips after the budget, a cabinet minister said, as she refused to...
Mayors to score wins in the budget after PM intervenes – but fears remain over councils facing bankruptcy
Mayors are set to be one of the big winners in the budget after Sir Keir Starmer personally intervened to...
Why some ‘strivers’ say they’re spooked by Rachel Reeves’ ‘Halloween budget’
On a sunny October afternoon in Derbyshire, hundreds of people are pushing their wheelbarrows around a field full of pumpkins...
This is a budget where every letter of the Labour manifesto is being re-examined
In May, Rachel Reeves said Labour had "no plans for increased taxes".On Wednesday, she will lay out what could be...
Jenrick and Badenoch in war of words ahead of final leadership vote
Robert Jenrick has claimed the Tory party will "die" under Kemi Badenoch after she launched an attack on his "integrity"...
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...
People will not face higher taxes on their payslips after budget, education secretary says
People will not face higher taxes on their payslips after the budget, a cabinet minister said, as she refused to...
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...
Why some ‘strivers’ say they’re spooked by Rachel Reeves’ ‘Halloween budget’
On a sunny October afternoon in Derbyshire, hundreds of people are pushing their wheelbarrows around a field full of pumpkins...
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 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...
Mayors to score wins in the budget after PM intervenes – but fears remain over councils facing bankruptcy
Mayors are set to be one of the big winners in the budget after Sir Keir Starmer personally intervened to...
