Keir Starmer vows to reinstate top tax band for earners over £150k Labour leader’s promise to keep basic rate cut at odds with Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022
Keir Starmer says Labour would bring back tax on higher earners As Labour gathered in Liverpool for its annual conference Keir Starmer said the UK faced a 'big political divide" and that the party now believed it could win the next general election. Daily Record · Sep 25, 2022
Forget trickle down, what the UK needs is middle-out economics Liz Truss is banking on a failed policy. The focus should be on the real driving force behind economic growth The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022
Liz Truss and her team are taking us for a ride From fracking happy Jacob Rees-Mogg to Nadhim Zahawi and his warm horses, the Tory top table is beyond parody The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022
Liz Truss to relax immigration rules so foreign workers boost economic growth The PM is expected to face resistance from cabinet Brexiteers including Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch. Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022
Liz Truss kissing goodbye to Red Wall with tax cuts, MPs fear The £35billion package included the abolition of the top rate of income tax, a cut in the basic rate, a reduction in stamp duty, the cancellation of the National Insurance increase and the scrapping of the rise in corporation tax from 19pc to 25pc Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2022
Moving the British embassy to Jerusalem would be an outrage Liz Truss’s pledge to Israel’s Yair Lapid to review the location has appalled the Palestinians and breaks international consensus The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022
Keir Starmer blasts 'p***take' Budget as Andy Burnham calls it 'vandalism on UK' Labour's leader said plans to save the richest £10k a year each are 'not trickle down, it's taking the p***' - as Liz Truss plots a wave of new tax cuts in the new year Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022
Keir Starmer accuses Tories of ‘taking the p**s’ with tax cut plan Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer condemned the policies laid out in Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2022
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer's promise to give hope to struggling families The Labour Leader set out his plans to reverse Tory policies in an exclusive interview Liverpool Echo · Sep 25, 2022
The Tories’ huge gamble offers a fabulous opportunity Keir Starmer’s party must seize Labour has a better plan for growth than Kwasi Kwarteng’s sugar-rush of tax cuts. Now it needs to pitch it to voters The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022
Liz Truss 'planning new assault on green laws and 48-hour week' in wake of budget The new Prime Minister is said to be poised to rip up regulations governing the 48-hour working week and abandon environmental policies, such as the ban on live exports of animals and trophy hunting Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022
Truss vows to usher in a ‘decade of dynamism’ in hint at more tax cuts The Prime Minister and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng defended their controversial raft of tax cuts amid accusations they mainly benefit the rich. Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2022
Rishi Sunak said it was fairytale economics. That was one thing he got right The markets have no faith in the mini-budget and the British people will soon feel its effects The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022 The Observer view on Liz Truss’s disastrous ‘fiscal event’ This was a brazen gamble that can only damage Britain’s future
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022 Defence spending to increase by at least £52bn in response to Russian aggression Ben Wallace praised the new PM for committing to a ‘huge’ boost to the Army after ’30 or 40 years’ of cuts.
Wales Online · Sep 25, 2022 Truss vows ‘decade of dynamism’ in hint at more tax cuts The Government's £45 billion tax-slashing package was met with some concern from leading economists
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022 What the papers say – September 25 Tax breaks going to ‘affluent Tory areas’ and the PM’s plan to increase immigration are splashed across the front pages.
Wales Online · Sep 25, 2022 Liz Truss plans to loosen immigration rules in bid for growth Ms Truss has faced industry demands for more migrant workers to be granted visas to come to the UK
The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022 Starmer sets out energy plan and hits out at ’12 years of failure’ under Tories The Labour leader said his party’s plans would see all electricity generated by renewable and nuclear power by 2030.
The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022 Voters do not know what Keir Starmer stands for, poll finds on eve of crucial Labour conference Exclusive: Despite polling leads, little more than one in three expect to see Labour leader in No 10
The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022 Labour would put climate crisis at heart of foreign policy, David Lammy vows ahead of conference speech Exclusive: Pledge is part of bid to lay down clear ‘dividing lines’ with Tories at crucial Liverpool conference
The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2022 Liz Truss ‘plans to loosen immigration rules to boost UK economy’ PM expected to expand shortage occupation list to help businesses fill jobs amid recession warnings
The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022 Keir Starmer reveals plan to ‘boost jobs and slash emissions’ amid Liz Truss tax cuts The move could create half a million jobs and make the UK the first country to have a zero-emission power system, Labour says
Daily Mirror · Sep 24, 2022 'Mini-Budget proves PM Liz Truss and her Tories have lost the plot on economy' Tories claim that helping the rich get richer is good for everyone, but their unhinged economic plan just helps the wealthy - now we're banking on Keir Starmer to prove he's a worthy PM