Keir Starmer desperately dodges at PMQs over fears of £17BILLION national insurance hit to pension contributions in Budget – as Tories accuse him of ‘fiddling’ borrowing figures
Keir Starmer desperately dodged today as he was challenged to rule out a massive national insurance raid at the Budget. Sir Keir floundered as Rishi Sunak repeatedly pressed him at PMQs on speculation that the levy could be extended to employers’ contributions. Imposing…
Rachel Reeves’ ‘£25bn tax bomb’: IFS warns Chancellor needs massive raid in Budget to balance books after public sector pay splurge – with NICs, pension pots and inheritance under threat
Rachel Reeves needs a £25billion tax bomb to meet pledges and balance the books after her public sector pay splurge, a grim report warned today. The grim assessment comes from the respected IFS think-tank as the Chancellor prepares for the October…
Rachel Reeves considers a £17BILLION national insurance hit to employer pension contributions in Budget
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering whether to introduce a national insurance on employer pension contributions in a bid to raise treasury revenue. Ahead of the upcoming budget, the Treasury is said to be discussing the levy which could raise around £17billion, according…
Labour’s plans to give workers extra rights ‘could stop firms from taking on new staff’, experts warn
Bosses may stop hiring new staff to avoid the burden of new workers’ rights to be unveiled by ministers this week, it is feared. Under major reforms to be set out on Thursday, all employees will be allowed to demand…
Businesses left furious as Labour to unveil their French-style workers rights revolution TODAY – with Brits ‘getting the right to flexible working’
Business chiefs have reacted with outrage to Labour’s landmark employment reforms. Bosses say the biggest shake-up of workers’ rights in a generation, which ministers will unveil today, will be ‘bad for jobs’ and ‘inject fear’ into the workplace. The new…
Keir Starmer has a secret plan – and it explains why everything has gone wrong for Labour
At first, it seemed obvious. Starmer was playing exactly the same role that Tony Blair did in the 1990s. His job was to crush the Corbynite left and convince voters it was safe to elect a Labour government again. And…
Labour ‘have one year to shut asylum hotels’ before Reform clobbers them, minister warns
A minister has suggested that Labour has one year to shut hotels for asylum seekers before Reform clobbers them. Reform UK could ‘clobber’ the Labour Party if immigration is not addressed (Image: Getty) One minister, whose seat Nigel Farage’s party come in…
Businesses are left paralysed by fears of tax hikes in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, damning figures show
Businesses have been left paralysed by fears of tax hikes, new figures show, amid growing worries that motorists and second homeowners will also be clobbered in Rachel Reeves’s Budget. A major new survey from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) revealed…
Frozen out! 80 percent of pensioners on the poverty line will lose winter fuel payouts, damning report reveals
Four in five pensioners living below or just above the poverty line are set to lose theirwinter fuel allowance, a damning report has revealed. Labour‘s ‘frightening’ decision to means test the subsidy previously paid to all pensioners will mean 82…
Downing Street crisis ‘won’t end with Sue Gray axe’ as Labour faces poll slump: Keir Starmer gathers Cabinet and ‘slaps down new chief of staff’s demand for a reshuffle’
Keir Starmer gathered his Cabinet today amid warnings the Downing Street crisis will not end with the exit of Sue Gray. The PM and his senior team are struggling to stabilise the government after the dramatic departure of the No10 chief of staff….