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The Latest Breaking News on UK Politics

How will the employer National Insurance rise affect you?

One expert has called the Labour measure a “straightforward breach” of its manifesto

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

Alan Milburn to be given lead role in Labour’s health ministry

Move reignites row over Labour figures with private interests having access to government

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

Labour's watered-down Lords reform plans clear first hurdle

LABOUR’S watered-down plans to reform the House of Lords have passed their first parliamentary hurdle.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 15, 2024

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Who are the key New Labour figures in Keir Starmer’s government?

The PM is surrounded by Blairites, from Pat McFadden and Liz Kendall to Jacqui Smith and Jonathan Powell

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

Liz Truss’ think tank publicly shames Kemi Badenoch for not answering questions

Liz Truss’s think tank Popcon asked the two Tory leadership finalists 12 questions - but only one of them answered

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

Universities all want higher fees and funding – but the government may prefer a more targeted approach

Like most of the UK, universities were surprised by the timing of July’s general election. They had no time to influence the incoming Labour government’s policy commitments.

The Conversation · Oct 15, 2024

Bishops’ automatic seats in House of Lords must be abolished, MPs tell Starmer

The second reading of the House of Lords Bill takes place on Tuesday

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

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British Army set to shrink to smallest size since before Napoleonic wars

Defence secretary says army personnel will drop below 70,000 next year - lowest since 1793

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

UK employer national insurance hike threatens jobs and pay rises, firms warn

Business body covering pubs, hotels and restaurants says budget tax change would increase costs

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

What are employer national insurance contributions and what would raising them do?

Rachel Reeves has hinted she plans to put up the tax in the budget but some businesses have voiced concerns

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

Hereditary nobles have sat in Britain's Parliament for centuries. Their time may be up

British lawmakers are voting on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

OPINION - Keir Starmer's prosperity plan for Britain is lacking some vital ingredients

Labour has read its John Maynard Keynes. It unleashed the “animal spirits” of a possible economic bounceback at its first investment summit yesterday, with an upbeat Keir Starmer pledging to “improve Britain’s brand” and promising a land of opportunity for global investors — and some “heritage Yookay“ experience thrown in…

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2024

Voters don’t believe Boris Johnson’s most controversial claims in new book, poll finds

Passages in the former Tory PM’s memoir ‘Unleashed’ have been disputed since it was released – including his claim he was asked to give Prince Harry a ‘manly pep talk’

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Voters may have missed the (very) small print on Labour's national insurance promise

Did Labour rule out a rise to National Insurance Contributions in its election manifesto? The document states that the party would “not increase taxes on working people”, including NICs. Yet every day, the signal grows clearer that employer National Insurance is set to rise.

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2024

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The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

Ex-Bank of England chief Mervyn King urges Rachel Reeves to raise national insurance in Budget

Exclusive: In a dramatic intervention, the former governor of the Bank of England tells the chancellor she must be ruthlessly honest with the public

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

David Cameron hits back at claim he threatened Boris Johnson over Brexit backing

Johnson claimed Cameron threatened to ‘f***’ him up forever’ if he supported Leave in the 2016 referendum

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2024

Tax row: Will Rachel Reeves break Labour manifesto by raising National Insurance on employers in the Budget?

The jury seems to be out on this key question on Labour’s economic policy

The National (Scotland) · Oct 15, 2024

SNP's treatment of Alex Salmond 'pathetic and Stalin-esque', Fergus Ewing says

THE SNP’s treatment of former first minister Alex Salmond has been described as “pathetic” and “shameful” by one of the party’s most…

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

Keir Starmer twice refuses to rule out rise in employers’ national insurance

PM says it was ‘very clear’ in Labour manifesto that government would not raise taxes on working people

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2024

Britain imposes new sanctions on Israel as Lammy condemns ‘inaction’ over West Bank settlers

It comes just hours after Lord Cameron revealed earlier Tory plans to sanction two Israeli ministers

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

Cooling labour market adds to Reeves’s tax-raising dilemma

Hints at plans to increase employers’ national insurance contributions comes as demand for labour slows

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

No 10 rejects claims PM received Taylor Swift tickets as ‘thank you’ for security measures – as it happened

Downing St says decisions over protection for the singer were up to Scotland Yard and not the government

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2024

Alex Salmond died 'while trying to open bottle of ketchup', says eyewitness

Mr Salmond was reportedly helping the Alba Party chair open a bottle of ketchup when he suffered a heart attack and died during lunch

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024

The Guardian view on Labour wooing private investors: don’t trade social protections for growth

Editorial: If Labour is committed to championing ‘working people’, the British state must mediate between workers and capital, rejecting corporate dominance

The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2024

FA Cup draw: Every first round tie after Wrexham, Birmingham and others find out their fate

The draw for the first round proper takes place on Monday night, and features teams from League One and League Two

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