Labour’s jobs squeeze: Wage rises slow down again as unemployment nudges up and vacancies fall – even BEFORE the Budget heaped costs on businesses_Nhy
Nerves are mounting about the jobs market today with figures showing wage growth slowing and unemployment nudging up. Pay rises have fallen to their lowest level in more than two years, despite a string of bumper public sector deals. Meanwhile…
Tories get a Badenoch bounce! Poll shows Conservatives leapfrogging Labour to go two points ahead after new leader took charge_Nhy
The Tories have enjoyed a ‘Badenoch bounce’ after installing their new leader, according to a poll today. The party leapfrogged Labour to take a two-point advantage since Kemi Badenoch was handed the top job. Research by More in Common found the Conservatives were up three points…
Ministers ‘could bail out hospices’ after warnings that Labour’s Budget national insurance raid and minimum wage rise has left end-of-life care homes on the brink of collapse_Nhy
Ministers could be forced to pump money into hospices over fears that Budget increased to national insurance and the minimum wage could force them out of business. The Government has reportedly been examining ways of using the NHS to get more money into end-of-life…
Keir Starmer defends his ‘jet setting’ away from Britain as PM echoes Donald Trump by pushing migration and the economy as his ‘key priorities’_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer has defended the amount of time he spends away from Britain as he was quizzed about his ‘jet setting’ since becoming Prime Minister. The Labour premier today travelled to the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, after spending the day in…
More than 3,000 privately-educated pupils applied to join state schools between June and September as Labour’s VAT tax raid forces parents to pay extra £2,000 on fees_Nhy
More than 3,000 private school pupils have already applied to join the state sector amid Labour’s tax raid, new figures revealed today. Private school fees will be subject to a 20 per cent rate of VAT from January when Labour ends an…
Labour’s controversial changes to inheritance tax could impact more than 100,000 farms, Tories say_Nhy
More than 100,000 farms could be hit by Labour’s changes to inheritance tax, the Tories claimed on Sunday. Owners of an average-sized farm would effectively have to work for two years for free to meet the bill of £140,000, they say. According to…
Fury as Labour minister admits upping defence spending to hit 2.5% of GDP may NOT be delivered within five years_Nhy
Labour faced an angry backlash last night after a minister admitted a vital boost to the military may not be delivered within five years. A Treasury minister refused to confirm that the Government will raise defence funding to 2.5 per cent…
Wes Streeting must stop the exodus of nurses from the NHS else Labour’s healthcare plans will be ‘impossible to deliver’, experts say_Nhy
Labour’s healthcare plans will be ‘impossible to deliver’ unless it can stop the mass exodus of nursing from the profession, experts say. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is warning ministers they face a ‘perfect storm’ of more staff leaving…
Labour’s National Insurance tax raid ‘spells ruin’ for British pubs and restaurants, senior bosses warn – as minister admits large businesses will have to ‘suck it up’_Nhy
The bosses of major pub and restaurant chains are the latest to demand changes to Labour‘s National Insurance raid. In a furious letter to the Chancellor, Premier Inn, Slug & Lettuce and Fuller’s have demanded tweaks to Labour’s ‘regressive’ plans –…
Labour council is forced to apologise after being accused of ‘pure, old-fashioned sexism’ in plans for a children’s park with a specific area for girls to sit and chat_Nhy
A Labour-run council has been forced to apologise after its plans for a children’s park to include a specific area for girls to sit and chat was labelled as ‘pure, old-fashioned sexism’. Brighton and Hove City Council unveiled special spaces in…