Chancellor Rachel Reeves to pledge £1.4bn for crumbling schools and childcare in the budget
Rachel Reeves has promised £1.4bn to rebuild crumbling schools and triple funding for free breakfast clubs, as she gears up...
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Sir Keir Starmer returns to growing storm over rumoured budget tax rises
Is the prime minister declaring war on middle Britain in his definition of a working person and did he mislead...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves to pledge £1.4bn for crumbling schools and childcare in the budget
Rachel Reeves has promised £1.4bn to rebuild crumbling schools and triple funding for free breakfast clubs, as she gears up...
Sir Keir Starmer denies waging ‘war against middle Britain’ with budget
Sir Keir Starmer has denied misleading the public in the general election after hinting at tax rises for those who...
Labour MP Mike Amesbury says he was involved in Cheshire ‘incident’ where he ‘felt threatened’
A Labour MP has said he was involved in an incident where he "felt threatened" and is cooperating with police....
Sir Keir Starmer returns to growing storm over rumoured budget tax rises
Is the prime minister declaring war on middle Britain in his definition of a working person and did he mislead...
Budget: Rachel Reeves has left herself with very few political levers to pull to get hold of large sums of cash
In a classic piece of political understatement, a government source justified the coming £20bn rise in employer national insurance as...
Budget: Employers’ national insurance hike expected as Labour ‘ask businesses to help out’
The amount employers pay in national insurance is set to rise in next week's budget to raise money for public...
More migrants have crossed Channel in small boats so far this year than in whole of 2023, figures show
More migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats so far this year than in the whole of 2023,...
Sir Keir Starmer plays down prominence of reparation talk among Commonwealth leaders
Sir Keir Starmer has downplayed the prominence of reparations for slavery being addressed at a Commonwealth summit, saying "none of...
Budget 2024: What are Labour’s fiscal rules and how is Rachel Reeves changing them to raise more money?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her first budget at the end of October, providing the first chance for her to...
Apology for slave trade ‘not on the agenda’, says No 10 as Commonwealth leaders set to defy Sir Keir Starmer
Apologising for the UK's role in the slave trade is "not on the agenda," Downing Street has said amid the...
Starmer has ‘misunderstood’ Commonwealth leaders’ call for slave trade reparations, Harriet Harman says
Sir Keir Starmer has "misunderstood" why Commonwealth leaders are asking for slave trade reparations and he needs to have some...
London ‘is a safer place’ without Chris Kaba, says Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick
Conservative leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick has said London "is a safer place" without Chris Kaba and he wants to raise...
Sale and supply of single-use vapes to be banned
The government is to ban the sale and supply of single-use vapes by next summer.Legislation to introduce the ban from...
Starmer political strategist went to US to share ‘lessons learned’ with Democrats – but Labour did not fund trip
A political strategist who worked on Sir Keir Starmer's campaign has explained how she went to the US to share...
New MPs struggle to set up offices due to security threats and high rents
Newly elected MPs are struggling to set up offices in their constituencies due to fears for their safety and spiralling...
Sir Keir Starmer says those with assets are ‘not working people’ – paving way for possible tax rises
Sir Keir Starmer has hinted at possible tax rises for those who own shares and assets, saying they do not...
Sir Keir Starmer has given us an idea of who he wants to protect in the budget – but is Rachel Reeves on the same page?
Who counts as a working person will matter a lot next week when the new Labour government unveils what is...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves to change public finance rules to borrow more for investment
Rachel Reeves will rewrite the government's fiscal rules in next week's budget to allow her to increase borrowing for public...
