Stealth tax on income will stay until 2028 if Conservatives are re-elected, admits Jeremy Hunt The Chancellor clashes with Labour’s Rachel Reeves over VAT Evening Standard · May 30, 2024
Scottish Greens and Alba left fuming at 'disgraceful' STV debate snub THE Scottish Greens and Alba Party have been left fuming after being snubbed from a major TV debate. The National (Scotland) · May 30, 2024
Labour and Conservatives rule out VAT hikes amid row over tax plans The chancellor accused Labour of secretly planning to raise VAT, while Labour accused the Conservatives of having a £71bn hole in their spending plans The Independent UK · May 30, 2024
Football regulator delay offers chance to discuss reparations for women’s game The election has stalled the regulator’s progress, but is perhaps a chance for women’s football to be given proper consideration The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024
Jeremy Hunt: My seat's on a 'knife edge' but the Conservatives will defend the Blue Wall brick by brick EXCLUSIVE: The Chancellor said his Surrey seat is on a ‘knife edge’ as the Liberal Democrats seek to oust him Evening Standard · May 30, 2024
Eurozone unemployment falls to record low; US GDP growth revised down – as it happened BCC calls for improved relations with the EU to cut the costs for business, while sticky inflation worries markets The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024
Faiza Shaheen blocked by Labour from running in east London amid questions over social media posts Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of ‘culling’ left wing Labour members Evening Standard · May 30, 2024
EU keen to deepen ties with a Labour PM but will not offer radical concessions UK relationship ‘isn’t taking up as much of our mental space as it was a few years ago’, says EU diplomat The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024
Labour to face fresh attack from Green party in key seats in election Party hopes to lure voters who want radical change and strong climate policies, rather than centrism The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2024
Waitrose for Tories and Lidl for lefties? What your supermarket reveals about your politics According to a new poll, Waitrose is now the only major supermarket with majority Conservative customers. Hardly surprising, given it sells celeriac remoulade in its snack range. But, Katie Rosseinsky asks, can we really tell a lot about someone’s politics from their grocery habits? The Independent UK · May 30, 2024
UK Parliament Dissolves Ahead Of Election The British parliament dissolved on Thursday ahead of a July 4 general election, which looks set to bring Labour to power after 14 years of Conservative rule. International Business Times · May 29, 2024
Angela Rayner ‘cleared by HMRC’ over council house row Deputy Labour leader had faced claims she may have dodged capital gains tax and council tax The Independent UK · May 29, 2024
Labour vows to ‘take back streets from thugs and thieves’ with 13,000 new bobbies on the beat Yvette Cooper has outlined plans for an army of neighbourhood police and PCSOs to end a ‘decade of dereliction’ on crime under the Conservatives The Independent UK · May 29, 2024
‘When I heard the news I went potty’: Diane Abbott’s Hackney constituents react to Labour ‘election ban’ People living in Diane Abbott’s Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency voiced their views as the uncertainty hangs over the future of the veteran MP The Independent UK · May 29, 2024
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 Sunak rejects Farage’s offer of electoral deal with Reform party Brexit campaigner suggested he and prime minister should ‘have a conversation’ after favours he had done Tories over the years
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 ‘I feel sick’: fury in Diane Abbott’s constituency at treatment of their MP Hackney North and Stoke Newington voters express anger and unease – and most say MP should be allowed to stand
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 Angela Rayner cleared by HMRC over tax on sale of former home Exclusive: Document seen by the Guardian says ‘no capital gains tax is due’ from Labour deputy leader and that case is now closed
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 Diane Abbott sorry saga leaves Labour colleagues with a bitter taste Even those who are not natural allies are concerned about the cack-handed treatment of the veteran MP
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 The Guardian view on Diane Abbott: an unnecessary mess of Labour’s own making Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer should be concentrating on winning power, not becoming distracted by rows over MP selections
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 Labour has ‘no plans’ to allow health worker visas to include family members Rules were changed this year in effort to cut immigration, but experts warn bar on dependents will have significant impact on health service
The Independent UK · May 29, 2024 Diane Abbott vows to stay on as MP as Labour descends into chaos over botched suspension Diane Abbott spoke to supporters at rally outside Hackney Town Hall on Wednesday evening
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 Labour needs dreamers and idealists like Jeremy Corbyn Letters: We need a centrist, electable party, writes one Labour member, but a good result for its former leader as an independent in Islington North would be welcome. Plus letters from Libby Telling, Simon Short, Susan Merli and Graeme Smith
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2024 Suspension for ex-minister who claimed £11,000 roaming bill on expenses Michael Matheson claimed the bill, incurred while on holiday in Morocco, as a parliamentary expense
The National (Scotland) · May 29, 2024 Mhairi Black: I've heard no detail on SNP's independence strategy THE SNP’s deputy leader at Westminster has said she has not ‘heard any particular detail’ on the party’s independence strategy.
The Conversation · May 29, 2024 What role England’s mayors have to play in the general election One of the least spoken about shifts in English politics over the last decade is the move towards mayors. Starting with the establishment of the Mayor of London by Tony Blair in 2000, successive Conservative governments have created 11 mayoral combined authorities, each with its own directly elected mayor, since…