Starmer vows ‘sweeping changes’ to tackle ‘bulging benefits bill’
Keir Starmer has vowed to implement “sweeping changes” to deal with the “bulging benefits bill blighting our society”…
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‘Why legalising assisted dying would create a “two-tier” system in our NHS’
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‘Wealth inequality threatens all of us – what can Labour do about it in the Budget?’
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Budget 2024: What are Labour MPs looking for from Rachel Reeves?
With the Budget only days away, Labour MPs are bracing themselves for what has been touted as a…
Budget 2024: ‘Reeves has the nation’s morale in her hands, not just its finances’
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Budget 2024: ‘No fiscal rule is perfect. But this one means welcome investment’
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New data bill: ‘Why the government must put marginalised communities at its heart’
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Budget 2024 fiscal rules: What is Reeves changing – and why does it matter?
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has signalled Labour’s first Budget next week will loosen the UK government’s self-imposed fiscal…
‘Trump’s Labour row is faux outrage. It won’t hurt UK-US relations if he wins’
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‘A case against cuts, from the winter fuel allowance to the £2 bus fare cap’
The new government has defined its task as needing to take the ‘difficult’ and ‘unpopular’ decisions needed in order to address the £22bn…
