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At least 10,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour, analysis finds

Campaigners say key reason for rising hardship is two-child benefit cap, which PM and chancellor have refused to axe

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024

British history is being destroyed before our eyes – and it has nothing to do with culture wars over statues

Brutal cuts to council budgets have decimated museums and forced some to close. We’re at risk of losing our shared memory, writes Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024

The crisis-hit Tories need good advice. Will they really get it from Michael Gove’s Spectator?

The Speccie was a wise voice compared to the rest of the rightwing media. But can it remain so within the stable of the man who owns GB News, asks Archie Bland, editor of the Guardian’s First Edition newsletter

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Keir Starmer says Labour can deliver change and national renewal in conference speech – as it happened

PM promises to ‘leave no stone unturned’ as his government seeks to ‘rebuild our public services’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2024

Starmer leads with compromise for new family pet – and gets ‘dog-like’ cat

Siberian kitten at No 10 may get frosty reception from chief mouser Larry, who took on George Osborne’s cat, Freya

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2024

Labour’s decision to cut winter fuel payments is mean and politically inept

Means-testing will hit up to 2 million people. Rachel Reeves would be wise to admit she was wrong, says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024

I believed Starmer and Reeves were too smart to repeat austerity. It appears I was wrong

New governments usually come into power offering hope and a break with the past. This one is squandering the opportunity for a fresh start, says David Blanchflower

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

OPINION - Rachel Reeves's impossible choice: Truss or Osborne?

Liz Truss or George Osborne? For Rachel Reeves, neither is exactly her political lodestar. From a Labour perspective, the former moved far too fast with her 'mini-Budget' and in doing so sparked a run on gilts. In contrast, the latter slowly strangled the UK economy with cuts to capital spending…

Evening Standard · Sep 3, 2024

'Austerity Anas' accused of 'hypocrisy' after voting for £30bn of Tory spending cuts

THE leader of Scottish Labour has been branded “austerity Anas” after it emerged he backed £30 billion of Tory cuts while an MP – as his…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 2, 2024

Stephen Flynn delivers speech to SNP conference – read in full

STEPHEN Flynn said the SNP must “re-root ourselves in the priorities of Scottish people” as he delivered his speech to SNP conference.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 31, 2024