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Rachel Reeves’ new plan for winter fuel allowance branded tax ‘nightmare’

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The Independent UK

Housing bosses press Rachel Reeves to unlock more funds for affordable homes

Housing associations want chancellor to class social housing as critical infrastructure to allow for extra spending

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch ‘will get better’, says Stride as Tories’ polling woes continue

The shadow chancellor insisted the party has the right person in the top job.

Evening Standard

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Voices: Has Scotland fallen for English nationalist Nigel Farage?

COMMENT: If Reform performs well in the Hamilton by-election – a Scottish parliamentary seat that Labour ought to be able to take from the beleaguered SNP – the symbolism will send a message directly to the heart of Downing Street, says John Rentoul

The Independent UK

What is the spending review? Everything Rachel Reeves could announce to fix UK economy

The Independent looks at what the spending review is, why the government has launched one and what is expected to be in it

The Independent UK

Winter fuel payments: Am I eligible and how much can I get?

Around 9 million pensioners will receive the winter fuel payment this winter

The Independent UK

Who would be a Chancellor? Rachel Reeves faces some horrible decisions next week

The Spending Review won’t address the big issue - the Chancellor will need to find more money later in the year

Evening Standard

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Tony Blair think tank urges Rachel Reeves to invest billions and not just ‘balance the books’ in spending review

Britain facing cuts after chancellor doubled down on her manifesto pledge not to raise taxes to fund Labour’s spending plans

The Independent UK

Labour’s £13.2bn warm homes plan will not face cuts in spending review

Source confirms decision that will help meet net zero targets and pledge to cut energy bills by £300

The Guardian - UK

Bereaved families of dead pensioners ‘could be pursued by taxman to recoup winter fuel payments’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that millions more elderly Britons will receive the allowance this year in a major U-turn

Evening Standard

Forcing rich pensioners to pay back winter fuel allowance would be tax ‘nightmare’, Reeves warned

Chancellor expected to reinstate universal winter fuel payments - but claw grants back from some through higher taxes

The Independent UK

OPINION - Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are losing their grip as rebels sharpen the knives

The PM’s strategy feels like the posture of a man trying to stay upright on one leg on a balance ball, writes Anne McElvoy

Evening Standard

Liz Truss lashes out as Tories apologise for her disastrous mini-budget

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride vowed the Tories would ‘never again’ make offers they cannot afford as he warned his party ‘needs to shine the light of truth on what Reform is all about’

The Independent UK

‘Bold rewiring’ of economy needed as Tories seek to regain trust, Stride says

In a speech on Thursday, Mel Stride is expected to promise the Conservatives will ‘never again’ make offers they cannot afford.

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The Independent UK

Free school meals for half a million of England’s poorest children

The move, which comes after a major campaign by The Independent, said the expansion will lift 100,000 children across England out of poverty

The Independent UK

Worker’s hilarious reaction to Rachel Reeves’ transport speech caught on camera

A staff member at a bus factory had a hilarious reaction to Rachel Reeves’ speech in Greater Manchester on Wednesday morning (4 June).

The Guardian - UK

Free school meals extended but winter fuel changes could tax dead pensioners’ families

Insiders describe chaotic process of reinstating payment and ‘dire optics’ of proposal to claw it back from wealthy pensioners who might die before tax returns are processed

International Business Times UK

Labour Reinstates Winter Fuel Payments in Dramatic U-Turn as Pensioners Face Soaring Energy Bills

Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed on 4 June that Winter Fuel Payments will be reinstated in 2025, expanding beyond those on Pension Credit.

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The Independent UK

Reeves doubles down on pledge not to raise taxes as Britain faces cuts

The chancellor has insisted she can stick to manifesto spending pledges as experts question her grasp of the nation’s finances

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s investment plans: sugaring the bitter pill of austerity

Editorial: The chancellor is right to be planning for the long term, but voters won’t be patient if change isn’t felt soon

The Independent UK

Britain facing cuts after Reeves rules out tax raid

The chancellor has insisted she can stick to manifesto spending pledges as experts question her grasp of the nation’s finances

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Raising taxes is political suicide’: Readers tackle uncomfortable truth behind UK’s growth slump

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is sharply divided over how Rachel Reeves should fix the country’s finances. While some urged spending cuts over tax rises, others insisted ‘we really can’t afford to support the lifestyles of the mega wealthy’

The Guardian - UK

UK tax rises in the autumn are essential – but who will pay?

Next week’s spring statement is buying time, but the writing is on the wall: Britain is broken, and repairs cost money, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Can spending in the north allay nagging fears about price of Reeves’s prudence?

Chancellor wants to show Labour MPs she has a theory of growth that embraces areas leaking support to Reform

The Independent UK

Voices: I went to a DwP benefit cut consultation: Here’s what I found

COMMENT : Attendees were told how important their views were – but it speaks volumes that we were handed leaflets with the number of the Samaritans on it, writes James Moore

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