Chancellor set to raise fuel duty by 7p a litre after a 14-year freeze – adding £3.85 to the cost of filling an average family car_Nhy
Fuel duty is set to rise by up to 7p a litre as Rachel Reeves scrambles for cash in this month’s Budget. Whitehall sources say the Chancellor will not renew a ‘temporary’ 5p cut in fuel duty, which is due to end…
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’s poll tax: Business fury at Reeves’s plan to hike national insurance- as Chancellor STILL refuses to rule out raising employers’ contributions
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…