Labour’s ‘perfect storm’ Budget TODAY: Chancellor set to drop £35bn ‘tax bomb’ raiding middle class and businesses for splurge on public sector pay and services – as jittery markets force up interest rates on government debt mountain_Nhy
Rachel Reeves will deliver a massive £35billion ‘tax bomb’ Budget that could define the Labour government today. The Chancellor is briefing the Cabinet as she prepares to mount one of the biggest raids in history in the Commons at 12.30pm. Businesses have warned…
Rachel Reeves to unveil £3bn Budget boost for defence amid questions about Britain’s ability to wage war – but Labour STILL has no timetable for upping spending to hit 2.5% of GD_Nhy
Rachel Reeves will hand Britain’s Armed Forces a £3billion spending boost in Today’s Budget – but set no timetable for meeting Labour’s pledge to up long-term spending. Amid a drastic manpower crisis and questions over the UK’s ability to fight a…
Angela Rayner insists four-day working can ‘boost council productivity’ and is ‘no threat to the economy’_Nhy
A four-day working week is ‘no threat to the economy’, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as she vowed to ‘work with’ town halls. Angela Rayner suggested four-day weeks, which the previous government described as ‘part-time work for full-time pay’, could…
Hard-up Brits are warned to brace for ‘the biggest heist in modern political history’: Rachel Reeves to unveil £35BN tax grab as Labour’s first budget in a generation targets NI, fuel duty, school fees and even bus fares_Nhy
Rachel Reeves will unveil a £35 billion tax bomb today, in what critics dubbed ‘the biggest heist in modern political history.’ In one of the most consequential Budgets for years, the Chancellor will set Britain on a course of high tax,…
It’s Red Rachel! Chancellor proudly poses for Budget prep pic in No11 alongside image of ex-Communist education minister from 1940s – after ditching photo of tax-cutting Tory Nigel Lawson_Nhy
Rachel Reeves has posed for Budget prep pictures alongside an image of a former Communist education minister from the 1940s. The Treasury released a photo of the Chancellor in her No11 study, with a portrait of Ellen Wilkinson proudly displayed on the…
British Gas boss urges older customers to take up pension credit after Labour slashed winter fuel payments for the elderly_Nhy
British Gas is urging its older customers to go on pension credit, after Labour cut winter fuel payments. The company has said it was its ‘responsibility’ to provide support to its customers on top of government help, which is estimated…
Pubs round on Labour ahead of budget amid fears they are facing timebomb and potential £24,000-a-year losses as they urge Rachel Reeves to cut duty by 5%_Nhy
The pub industry has warned Labour they face a ‘ticking timebomb’ if they are not adequately supported in the budget with bosses fearing a rise in national insurance and the minimum wage could see thousands of venue shuttered. Since Covid,…
Millions to get bumper pay rises in Budget: Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce 6% hike in National Living Wage to at least £12.12-an-hour_Nhy
Millions are in line for pay rises as Rachel Reeves gears up to announce an inflation-busting rise in the minimum wage to at least £12.12-an-hour. Government sources say the Chancellor will use tomorrow’s Budget to unveil a ‘significant’ rise in what will be rebranded…
Labour’s Sweden-style tax revolution: How Rachel Reeves’ huge £35bn Budget raid could push Brits’ burden up international league table_Nhy
Labour could push Britain towards a Scandinavian-style tax burden with Rachel Reeves‘ bumper Budget tomorrow. The Chancellor is expected to bring in a massive £35billion a year extra for the Treasury – one of the biggest ever raids at a fiscal…
Up to 400 asylum seekers who were housed on the Bibby Stockholm barge are moved by Labour into hotel and council accommodation in the Midlands_Nhy
Hundreds of asylum seekers are being moved from the Bibby Stockholm to a hotel and council accommodation in the Midlands as ministers rush to close the barge by Christmas. Around 400 people will be transferred from the vessel in Portland, Dorset,…