DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Labour’s cynicism returns to haunt it_Nhy
The embarrassing mess Rachel Reeves finds herself in over the forthcoming Budget is a direct consequence of Labour’s dishonesty during the election campaign. She and Sir Keir Starmer insisted their commitments were fully costed and that it would be possible to boost public spending…
Foreign Secretary David Lammy will visit China tomorrow as Tories demand he takes a tough line on Taiwan, human rights abuses and spying_Nhy
David Lammy will make his first visit China tomorrow as Tories demand he takes a tough line. The Foreign Secretary is due in Beijing for two days with the government committing to challenge the regime on human rights violations and the tensions over Taiwan. Keir Starmer has outlined the…
Almost 63,000 asylum seekers whose cases were held by Tory government could be given permission to remain by Labour_Nhy
Almost 63,000 asylum seekers whose cases were placed on hold by the Tories could be granted permission to stay in Britain under Labour. A report by the Refugee Council predicts a significant increase in granted claims thanks to changes brought in by…
Tory leadership battle heats up as Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick go head to head in first TV debate TODAY on GB News… but live BBC clash ‘won’t happen after party tried to charge for tickets’_Nhy
Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will square off in the first live TV debate of the Tory leadership campaign tonight. In a face-to-face that may have party officials watching through their fingers the two challengers will appear live together on GB News this evening. Televised debates during…
Businesses, motorists and pension savers brace for Budget bombshell amid fears Rachel Reeves is plotting biggest EVER tax-raising package_Nhy
Businesses, motorists and pension savers are braced for pain today amid fears Rachel Reeves could deliver one of the biggest ever tax-raising Budgets in a fortnight. The Chancellor is preparing to unveil an eye-watering £40billion of tax hikes and spending cuts on…
Rachel Reeves could hammer Brits with biggest tax-raising Budget EVER: Chancellor’s ‘£40bn’ package hitting NICs, CGT and inheritance tax might top Rishi Sunak’s 2021 misery and Lamont’s 1993 mega-raid_Nhy
Rachel Reeves could hammer Brits with one of the biggest tax-raising Budgets ever in a fortnight. The Chancellor is preparing to unveil an eye-watering £40billion of tax hikes and spending cuts on October 30. Tax is likely to make up the…
Labour embroiled in new cronyism row over appointment of over 200 civil servants bypassing usual hiring process since election_Nhy
Accusations of cronyism were levelled at the Labour Party after it emerged that more than 200 individuals have been given civil service jobs since the election without an open appointment process. Official figures show that the Government has circumvented normal rules on…
Labour’s poll tax: Business fury at Reeves’s plan to hike national insurance- as Chancellor STILL refuses to rule out raising employers’ contributions_Nhy
Hiking national insurance will become Labour‘s ‘poll tax’, Rachel Reeves has been warned. In the most vehement criticism yet, business leaders reacted with fury as Treasury officials refused to rule out raising employers’ NI contributions. Both the Chancellor and the Prime Minister have…
Labour has let slip what we knew all along on winter fuel payments – Mel Stride_Nhy
Shadow work and pensions secretary Mel Stride (Image: Getty) The Government aren’t processing one in five pension credit claims within 50 working days, and that’s before the expected surge in applications for this winter. That means some pensioners will suffer the uncertainty of…
Labour may hike inheritance tax to 50% and tax every gift you get in brutal Budget raid_Nhy
Labour refuses to say what it will do to inheritance tax but it may have big plans (Image: Getty) Labour is yet to reveal its plans for the controversial “death tax”, but with PM Keir Starmer pledging not to raise taxes on “working…