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…
Rachel Reeves
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…
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 –…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
Budget 2024: ‘Tax booze, betting and tobacco to raise cash and public health’
Rachel Reeves is going to face the mother of all juggling acts when she comes to deliver her…
Mike Amesbury: Labour suspends Runcorn and Helsby MP as police probe alleged assault
Mike Amesbury has had his party membership suspended by Labour while both the party and police investigate an…
‘Why legalising assisted dying would create a “two-tier” system in our NHS’
As the Second Reading of my colleague Kim Leadbeater MP’s Private Members’ Bill on assisted dying approaches, I…
