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Chancellor hints at rises and calls out past ‘scaremongering’ over VAT on private schools and changes to non-doms

Chancellor Reeves fails to accept responsibility for economic woes as she blames impact of Brexit, austerity policies and ex-PM Liz Truss's mini-budget

The Independent looks at the key policies announced in Kemi Badenoch’s conference speech

The party leader will set out a ‘golden rule’ that half of money saved from cuts must be put towards driving down the deficit.

Kemi Badenoch will try to maximise Labour’s problems on the economy to win back public support

Jenrick also dismisses any speculation about his leadership ambitions, telling his audience Kemi Badenoch will lead the Tories into the next election

Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader. Pending a vote in the Diet’s lower house later this month, she is poised to become Japan’s next prime minister — and the first woman ever to hold the post.

Shadow chancellor will use his Tory conference speech to set plans to cut welfare spending, foreign aid and the Civil Service if his party wins the next election

RUSSELL Findlay has claimed the SNP’s “biggest failure is the economy” – mentioning the pro-independence party 23 times in his speech to the…