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Rachel Reeves pursues political prize over £22bn financial hole

Carefully honed message of Commons speech is having to make tricky decisions because Tories left us a mess

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Rachel Reeves’ statement: beyond the Tory black hole

Editorial: The chancellor was right to call out her predecessors’ culpability for a disastrous inheritance. But Labour must be bolder

The Guardian - UK

Pause on hospital building ‘must be as short as possible’, says NHS body

Infrastructure spending cuts raise waiting list concerns, while end to Stonehenge road project called ‘joyous’

The Guardian - UK

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Rachel Reeves is pulling off a transparent political manoeuvre. But she’s not entirely wrong

The Tories really did leave Britain in a fiscal hole. But austerity cannot be the remedy, writes economics and public policy professor Jonathan Portes

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves goes back to the future with her public finances statement

The chancellor’s message was: this is going to hurt, but it’s not my fault. Haven’t we heard that somewhere before?

The Guardian - UK

UK Warns Of Extra GBP22bn Hole In Public Finances

Britain's Labour finance minister Rachel Reeves declared Monday that the public finances face an extra GBP22-billion hole inherited from the previous Conservative administration and warned of "difficult decisions" ahead to cut spending or hike taxes.

International Business Times

Key takeaways from Rachel Reeves speech in the Commons

Scrapping the universal winter fuel payment, axeing Rishi Sunak’s A-level reforms and pay rises for public sector workers were some of the measures announced

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Main points as Labour announce billions of spending cuts in 'new era of austerity'

Rachel Reeves has announced billions of pounds in spending cuts, after ordering the Treasury to carry out an audit of the UK’s public finances.

The National (Scotland)

Chancellor urged to apologise to Scots as Labour announce huge spending cuts

THE Chancellor has been urged to apologise to Scots after announcing huge cuts to public spending ...

The National (Scotland)

'Utterly unjustifiable': Economist reacts to Rachel Reeves speech

It looked as if Rachel Reeves had taken drama lessons to put on a show of sufficient mock anger in the Commons today. She clearly wanted to blame…

The National (Scotland)

UK Facing GBP22bn Hole In Public Finances: Minister

Britain's Labour finance minister Rachel Reeves declared Monday that public finances faced an extra hole of GBP22 billion inherited from the Conservatives, who warned she was readying tax hikes.

International Business Times

'We will have to increase taxes in the Budget,' signals Rachel Reeves

Chancellor’s admission on tax hikes comes just weeks after Labour was elected to power

Evening Standard

Reeves scraps social care cap and some winter fuel payments to plug ‘£22bn hole’

Hospital and road projects also targeted as chancellor accuses Tories of covering up scale of fiscal shortfall

The Guardian - UK

'Yellow card' warning system in place for Tory leader contest after constant blue on blue 'backbiting'

There will be a system of strict discipline in place after previous contests descended into name calling and vicious briefings

Evening Standard

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The Greens, expelling activists for uniting to oust Jeremy Hunt? So much for progressive politics

Local members collaborated to support a Lib Dem candidate. Green HQ’s response is a sad turn away from hope, says Neal Lawson, director of Compass

The Guardian - UK

Who are the Conservative leadership candidates?

Which Tory MPs will be taking part in the three-month contest to succeed Rishi Sunak?

Evening Standard

OPINION - Labour can get away with tax rises if NHS gets better and homes are built

Sir Keir Starmer has taken on the hard-Left and seen off the Tory Right. But now the Prime Minister faces his biggest battle yet: a head-on collision with the undisputed heavyweight champions of British politics — the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

The Independent UK

Labour lost almost a third of its Black and Asian support at election, polling finds

Exclusive: Ipsos data shows both Labour and Tory parties lost a significant number of Black and Asian voters, who turned to Greens and Independents in unprecedented numbers

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Kemi Badenoch wants to drag the Tories further right. That is a huge mistake

What voters want is a display of reliability and competence – but the current favourite for next leader has other ideas, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Conversation

Historians of the Labour party put Britain’s new government into context

The coming of a new Labour government is a moment to take stock. Are there things that the new administration can learn from previous Labour governments? Is it true, as David Cameron claimed in 2009, that Labour governments always run out of money?

The National (Scotland)

Revive wartime policy of regional Scottish meetings, Fergus Ewing urges Labour

THE Labour-run Scotland Office should revive the wartime policy of holding regional meetings with politicians across the country, Fergus Ewing has…

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Rachel Reeves and the blame game

Few can doubt that the Tories left office with the public finances in a dire state. But it takes two parties not to talk about the tax rises necessary to plug that gap. Indeed, no lesser authority than the Institute for Government’s Paul Johnson accused both Labour and the Conservatives…

The Independent UK

What cuts could Rachel Reeves announce to plug Labour’s £20bn ‘black hole’?

HS2, hospitals and railway lines are all rumoured for cut backs

The Independent UK

Lord Heseltine has Tory whip restored after backing Lib Dems over Brexit in 2019

He was suspended in May 2019 after saying he would vote for the Liberal Democrats at the European elections

The National (Scotland)

What time is Chancellor Rachel Reeves's speech on UK finances – and how to watch

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves is expected to announce cuts to infrastructure projects as she addresses public spending and a £20 billion “black…

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