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The Tories appear to be at risk of losing a key demographic at the next election: 70s rock stars. Rod Stewart called a phone-in segment on Sky News yesterday and told viewers that, though he has been a Tory "for a long time", he thinks the…
David Lammy will today set out Labour's plans to "reset" the UK's foreign policy, accusing the government of leaving the country "increasingly disconnected" from its allies through "poor leadership, bad choices and institutional…
Angela Rayner has denounced Nadhim Zahawi's tenure as Chancellor as "absurd" and demanded to know how a person being "actively investigated for unpaid tax" could be appointed to run the UK's tax system. Rishi Sunak is facing calls to sack…
Cast your mind back to not quite three months ago. Rishi Sunak is delivering his first speech as Prime Minister outside No 10. "This government will have integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level," the new Prime Minister…
A Labour motion calling for the creation of a Commons select committee to consider ending tax breaks for private schools has been rejected by MPs by 303 votes to 197. Labour's motion, debated in parliament this afternoon, demanded that a…
Oliver Dowden reiterated the government line on pay rises for nurses over the weekend, telling the BBC that the RCN's demand for an increase of 5% above inflation was "simply not affordable". Labour confirmed last week that this is also…
Young people have made huge sacrifices in recent years while facing cuts to youth services, stagnant wages and the tripling of tuition fees. We are also paying more for less, with income tax and student loan repayment levels at their…
Angela Rayner has described the 'VIP lane' used for government procurement during the pandemic as a "scandal of epic proportions" ahead of an attempt by Labour to force the release of documents related to the contract awarded to PPE Medpro…
Rachel Reeves has accused the Tories of "diving into working people’s pockets" rather than "fairly" taxing the profits of oil and gas companies after research revealed that changes to the government's windfall tax could raise nearly £17bn…
"Difficult decisions" was a phrase used repeatedly by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in the run-up to the autumn statement last week. During today's Prime Minister's Questions, Keir Starmer analysed the economic choices taken by Rishi Sunak's…
Jeremy Hunt delivered his long-awaited autumn statement this morning. The Chancellor set out a large number of measures including reducing the 45% income tax threshold from £150,000 to £125,140 and announcing a cut to dividend allowance to…
Some say you should never let a good crisis go to waste. For the Tory Party, that means using every crisis we face to pursue ruthless class-war policies. The global banking crisis was used as an excuse for austerity measures that…
