Autumn Budget 2024: Updates and reaction as £40bn tax hikes and huge NHS boost unveiled
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is unveiling Labour’s first Budget since 2010 today, laying out new spending policies alongside long-promised…
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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…
PM: ‘Very clear’ Labour manifesto only ruled out NI hikes on working people
The Prime Minister has said Labour was “very clear” the party was only ruling out extra taxes on…
Keir Starmer speech: LabourList readers back PM warning over ‘short-term pain’
LabourList readers back Keir Starmer over his plans to ask voters to accept “short-term pain for long term…
Keir Starmer speech: Five things it tells us about Labour’s plans and its fears
Keir Starmer has made one of his biggest speeches yet as Prime Minister, addressing the nation from Downing…
IFS: ‘Sharp cuts’ likely under Labour to justice system and further education
A leading think tank is warning Labour and other major parties are “silent on the inevitability of cuts”…
Labour dubs Conservative manifesto ‘Jeremy Corbyn-style’ and rules out 2p NI cut
Labour leader Keir Starmer has dubbed the Conservatives’ general election manifesto “Jeremy Corbyn-style”, promising “anything you want” with…
‘In facing up to the country’s problems, Labour needs to draw the line with the Conservatives on tax and spend’
The Conservatives’ slide into electoral gloom has been borne out by the local elections. The Tories lack political…
Revealed: Poll shows 1 in 4 Tory voters says Rayner faces ‘smear campaign’
More than half of Labour voters and a quarter of Tory voters say the row over Angela Rayner’s…
‘Why Labour should not roll back plans to close the private equity tax loophole’
This weekend the Financial Times reported that senior Labour figures had discussed rolling back one of its remaining…
