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Carwyn Jones will today tell David Cameron to consider "public ownership" of the Port Talbot steelworks as hopes flickered that an Indian tycoon could take over the struggling plant without mass redundancies. Jones will push a reluctant…
Some 11 million confidential documents describing mass tax avoidance have been taken from a Panama law firm and leaked to more than 100 media outlets around the world. In politics, anger is often synthetic, but here's why people across the…
Labour MP Stephen Kinnock has called on under-fire Sajid Javid to quit over the Tories' shambolic handling of the steel crisis and the Business Secretary's plan to take a holiday in Australia. Kinnock, local MP for the Port Talbot plant…
In the week 4,000 Tata UK jobs hung in the balance, Stephen Kinnock flew to Mumbai to engage in some last-minute lobbying on behalf of steelworkers. Later, Jeremy Corbyn travelled to Port Talbot to meet the community affected. In contrast…
Ministers today indicated they are considering a temporary nationalisation of the Port Talbot steelworks after parent company Tata said it intends to sell the business, putting 4,000 jobs at risk. Business minister Anna Soubry said the…
Teachers have moved one step closer to a boycott of primary school tests after voting to carry out a ballot over fears classrooms are becoming "exam factories". Delegates at the National Union of Teachers (NUT) conference backed proposals…
George Osborne is giving away an average of £3,000 to some of Britain's richest people under his flagship Budget measure to slash capital gains tax (CGT), Labour said today. Some 200,000 people, or 0.3 per cent of Britons, are set to…
The Good.... The Budget has officially unravelled. For any Opposition, who in Budget week can only stand back, watch and protest as the Chancellor re-arranges the economy to suit his Government's political ambitions, this is the default…
Labour has confirmed it will hold by-elections for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, and Ogmore, on the same May date as the London mayoral and local elections, providing a further electoral test for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership. Party…
Confronted by the appalling events in Belgium, Jeremy Corbyn could only strike a sombre tone when setting out on his weekly duel with David Cameron. Amid the genuine sadness, however, do not think this was a PMQs free of politics. After…
Scottish Labour has made one of its boldest moves under Kezia Dugdale by pledging to abolish the "unfair" council tax north of the Border. The party said nearly two million households - around 80 per cent - would be better off under the…
Senior Labour figures from across the party have rounded on an unapologetic George Osborne as he finally turned up to the Commons to defend his unravelling Budget. Yvette Cooper, Chris Leslie and John McDonnell all attacked the Chancellor…
