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Rachel Reeves told she needs £25 billion tax increases to avoid austerity

Rachel Reeves may need to raise up to £25 billion from tax increases if she wants to keep spending rising with national income, the Institute for…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 10, 2024

‘I felt like Achilles in a hard hat’: an extract from Boris Johnson’s ‘alternative’ memoir

Unleashed, the former PM’s account of his days in office, is published today. But the comedy writer Ian Martin has offered his own version of events in Unhinged: A Parody

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024

Thursday briefing: What the shock Badenoch-Jenrick leadership battle says about the future of the Tories

In today’s newsletter: Conservative MPs have whittled down the candidates to Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. What does that say about the direction of the party?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2024

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SNP call on MPs to 'force' Labour to reduce energy bills by £300

THE SNP will challenge the Labour Government to slash energy bills by at least £300 — as pledged in the election — as the GB Energy Bill…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 10, 2024

Workers’ rights bill must ‘only be the beginning’ – Scotland's top trade unionist

SCOTLAND’S top trade unionist has welcomed the UK Government’s new bill on workers’ rights but made clear that it must be the “beginning”…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 10, 2024

Will Rachel Reeves’s rules on debt and spending survive the budget?

The chancellor desperately needs more money to finance growth and public spending so expect a bit of tweaking to supposedly strict constraints

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024

Labour’s employment rights bill: what key changes will it bring?

Improvements to workers’ rights to include day-one universal sick pay and an end to zero-hours contracts and fire and rehire

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024

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Labour needs £25bn a year in tax rises to rebuild public services, warns IFS

Thinktank says tax increases in budget will be necessary even if Rachel Reeves changes fiscal rules

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024

Starmer bids to end Tory ‘scorched earth’ industrial relations policy with workers’ rights reset

Labour’s workers’ rights reforms will include an end to zero-hour contracts and the repeal of anti-strike laws

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024

'What the hell are you doing?': Tory shock as James Cleverly exits leadership contest

THE elimination of James Cleverly from the Conservative Party leadership contest is being met with shock and dismay by party members following the…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 9, 2024

Sadiq Khan 'confident' of economic 'optimism next spring', warning 'tough Budget' must come first

‘We can't have more austerity. We've had 14 years of austerity,’ London’s mayor has said.

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024

'Shameful': Tories pit pensioners against asylum seekers in bus travel debate

THE Scottish Conservatives have been accused of “pitting pensioners and people seeking asylum against each other” during a debate in

The National (Scotland) · Oct 9, 2024

Tory civil war erupts again less than two hours after MPs pivot to the hard right

Supporters of Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch have already launched scathing attacks on each other

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024

Reeves mulling national insurance on employer pension contributions

Treasury officials examining potential levy that experts say could raise as much as £17bn for the exchequer

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024

The Guardian view on the Conservative leadership contest: normality is not on the ballot

Editorial: The Conservative membership now faces a choice between two subtly different versions of the same failed ideology

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024

The new Tory leader will be Badenoch or Jenrick. Either would be a one-way ticket to another political planet

MPs spurned the chance to renew their party. Their chosen path is further right, a blow for all who want an effective opposition, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024

Cock-up, rather than conspiracy, the likely cause of Cleverly’s surprise exit

Law of unintended consequences more likely to have played key role in Tory leadership election

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024

The Tory leadership contest continues to deliver – for Labour

James Cleverly had been the one Tory talking a small amount of sense, so of course he lost to Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick

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The National (Scotland) · Oct 9, 2024

Analysis: Anas Sarwar getting weaker by defending his UK Labour bosses

WHILE Keir Starmer will be left gleeful at the outcome of the latest Tory leadership vote, which eliminated the only candidate who could have posed…

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024

Nigel Farage has scared the Tories into abandoning the centre for the hard right

News analysis: Nigel Farage has shaped this Tory leadership contest more than any of the candidates

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024

OPINION - How did James Cleverly throw away a seemingly unassailable lead?

If it was tactical voting, then... oops

The National (Scotland) · Oct 9, 2024

First council of nations and regions meeting slammed as ‘insult’ to Scotland

KEIR Starmer’s first council of nations and regions meeting has been labelled “an insult” by the SNP, after it was revealed no Scottish…

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024

James Cleverly: Conservatism with a smile or just an empty suit?

News analysis: James Cleverly would almost certainly win a vote for which MP is best to go to the pub with but, despite huge experience in two of the great offices of state, doubts persist over whether he is the right man to lead a fractured Conservative Party

Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2024

PMQs sketch: No treats, only tricks in store as Rishi Sunak attacks Keir Starmer ahead of Halloween budget

Sue Gray and fate of Falklands also raised as MPs return after conference season

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024

What is Labour’s Employment Rights Bill – and how has it changed?

Labour has been accused of breaching a manifesto commitment over the change

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