Budget: Labour warned two child benefit cap to hit 900,000 more children by 2030
Labour faces fresh pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap after new figures showed the number of children affected could soar to around 2.5 million by 2030.
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Budget 2024: National Minimum Wage set for record hike and Living Wage to rise 6.7%
More than three million workers are set to receive a pay rise next year following a 6.7% hike in the National Living Wage, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced.
Budget 2024: Poll reveals NHS top priority – for both cash and reform
Voters believe the NHS is a top priority issue for the Chancellor to address in tomorrow's Budget – although the electorate is divided on whether extra funding or structural reforms are the required solution to fix the beleaguered health…
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Labour's first Budget since returning to power is fast approaching – and will make history in more ways than one.
US election 2024: Five problems Starmer will face if Trump wins the White House
US presidential elections are famously long and exhausting, but one could easily be forgiven for thinking this election has dragged on longer than most.
‘Be on the right side of history’: TUC chief calls on MPs to support workers’ rights bill
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak has called on MPs to back Labour's flagship Employment Rights Bill, which is set to be debated in parliament.
People with lived experience of social injustice should shape policy, new Labour group urges
A new campaigning group within Labour is urging the party to involve people suffering from social injustices in discussions around policy that affects their lives.
Commons select committee members: Full list of Labour MPs picked for roles
Labour MPs have begun the process of selecting their party’s representatives on parliamentary select committees.
New defence committee chair urges Labour to make Taiwan president ‘welcome’ after visit reportedly delayed
The new Labour chair of the defence select committee has urged the government to welcome the former Taiwanese president after reports suggested the Foreign Office had called for her trip to be postponed.
Budget 2024: Reeves ‘considering £40bn tax hikes and spending cuts’ – but falling inflation relieves pressure on Chancellor
Rachel Reeves is looking at making £40bn worth of tax rises and spending cuts in the upcoming budget later this month, the BBC has reported.
Keir Starmer international investment summit speech: Key points and stream
Keir Starmer is speaking at the government's major international investment summit taking place in central London today – where billions of investment across multiple sectors is set to be unveiled
Employment rights bill: What Labour New Deal policies will become law?
A ban of "exploitative" zero hour contracts, bolstered day one rights and strengthened statutory sick pay are among the measures set to feature in Labour's flagship workers' rights legislation due to be brought before parliament today.