Comment Budget 2024: ‘How Rachel Reeves will turn the page on the Tories’ economic illiteracy’ As Rachel Reeves delivers the first Labour Budget in nearly fifteen years today, she will demonstrate what Labour… Nathan Boroda 30th October, 2024, 6:00 am
Budget 2024 Budget 2024: National Minimum Wage set for record hike and Living Wage to rise 6.7% Union leaders have welcomed plans to boost the National Living Wage as making a “real difference to the… James Moules 29th October, 2024, 6:00 pm
Columnist Budget bus fare row: ‘The £2 cap was a rare policy that dramatically improves lives – it’s so cheap people talk about it’ Keir Starmer is missing the point of the £2 bus fare. He’s failing to recognise that investment in… Cat Hobbs 29th October, 2024, 5:09 pm
Budget 2024 Budget 2024: Bus fare cap row rumbles on as Burnham sticks to £2 cap Andy Burham has said Greater Manchester will retain its £2 cap on single bus fares for the whole… Tom Belger & Daniel Green 29th October, 2024, 4:15 pm
Budget 2024 GMB says energy workers must be ‘front and centre’ shaping net zero policy, warning over ‘homogenisation’ of MPs The national secretary of the GMB union has warned that workers in energy and manufacturing must be put… Tom Belger 29th October, 2024, 3:50 pm
News 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 –… James Moules 29th October, 2024, 9:32 am
Analysis Budget 2024: The tax rises and spending plans to expect as PM revises bus fare cap and reveals back-to-work package Labour’s first Budget since returning to power is fast approaching, with many of the policies Chancellor Rachel Reeves… Tom Belger, James Moules & Daniel Green 29th October, 2024, 8:00 am
Comment ‘How Labour councils can help Starmer and Reeves deliver their growth mission’ Economic growth is at the heart of our new government’s agenda, and rightly so. For too long we… Hazel Simmons 29th October, 2024, 6:00 am
Comment Sam White: ‘Budget 2024 leaves Reeves facing nine circles of fiscal hell’ In the ‘Divine Comedy’, Dante tells the story of the hero being led through the Nine Circles of… Sam White 28th October, 2024, 5:00 pm
Live blog Keir Starmer Budget speech: Key points and stream as PM vows tax rises to stop austerity Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned Labour must “run towards tough decisions” in the Budget, warning of tax… Daniel Green & Tom Belger 28th October, 2024, 11:15 am