Rachel Reeves to try to reassure City investors after unexpected UK GDP fall Chancellor’s Mansion House speech to cite ‘opportunity’ in attempt to shrug off anaemic economic performance The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025
Macron and Starmer share Larry the cat joke during Downing Street family photo Watch as Emmanuel Macron, Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves joke about Larry the cat during a family photo at No 10. The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025
HMRC issue winter fuel payment scam warning after thousands targeted Fraudsters have been targeting vulnerable people using texts and phishing websites The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025
Winter fuel payment scam warning after HMRC receives over 15,000 reports in June Last month, HMRC acted to remove 4,600 fake websites linked to winter fuel payments. Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025
Rachel Reeves is the only one grinning wildly at Keir and Kemi’s dreary display Kemi thinks the Tories left the country in fine shape and Labour have ruined it. Keir thinks the opposite. Yawn The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025
Starmer opens the door for stealth tax extension as he tries to balance books During a fiery PMQs, Keir Starmer ruled out increases to income tax, VAT and national insurance – but could not answer questions on wealth taxes or a freeze on tax thresholds The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025
Special UK visas would carry 'national security risks', Rachel Reeves is warned The Chancellor is reportedly considering introducing a special visa for rich foreigners who could invest in Britain Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025
Meta opens Cambridge lab as part of AI glasses expansion It comes amid reports the Facebook and Instagram owner has purchased a minority stake in Oakley and Ray-Ban owner EssilorLuxottica SA. Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025
Building societies see jump in cash Isa applications amid speculation over limit Reports have suggested that plans to cut the annual tax-free cash Isa allowance could be announced next week. Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025
Rachel Reeves under pressure to save cash ISAs after building societies pen open letter to chancellor The current £20,000 annual limit is expected to be cut but experts say it won’t prompt wider investment The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025
SNP urge Rachel Reeves not to 'clobber' Scots with cuts to Isa tax-free allowance The SNP have urged the Chancellor not to cut the tax free allowance on cash savings accounts ... The National (Scotland) · Jul 9, 2025
London’s stock exchange needs a shot in the arm from the Treasury A marketing campaign is all very well but if the LSE’s fortunes are to turn, the real oomph needs to come from the chancellor The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025
SNP urge Reeves not to cut Isa tax-free allowance SNP economy spokesman Dave Doogan said the move could ‘clobber’ 1.3 million Scots who have cash Isas. The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025 Britain remains trapped in poor economic policy Letters: Readers respond to Randeep Ramesh’s article on the flaws in Labour’s approach to the economy
The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025 ‘Naive and arrogant’: Why a wealth tax in the UK would fail, according to experts The UK government needs to raise funds – but experts say trying to take more from the rich simply won’t work
The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025 Voices: It’s time football clubs paid the price of policing matches COMMENT: The head of the Met is is right that taxpayers shouldn’t be paying the £70m-a-year cost of match-day policing, says Chris Blackhurst – the filthy-rich Premier League clubs and their billionaire owners should be footing the bill
Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025 Government could help City firms fund defence industry – taskforce report Ministers have been urged to produce a 10-year outlook revealing their intentions for equipment procurement.
Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025 OBR: Vulnerable UK faces 'daunting' threats to stability of public finances after welfare climbdown Successive governments’ efforts to put the UK public finances have met with only “limited and temporary success” says watchdog
The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025 UK public finances on ‘unsustainable’ path amid growing climate, debt and pension costs Office for Budget Responsibility warns national debt on course to hit 270% of GDP by 2070 amid volatility
The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2025 Starmer’s U-turns leave UK economy ‘vulnerable’ warns OBR The Office for Budget Responsibility’s warning piles fresh pressure on Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn Budget
Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2025 Billionaire Labour backer John Caudwell says he's 'increasingly nervous' about Starmer - as he hits out at 'destructive' wealth tax John Caudwell has warned that a wealth tax would be ‘very destructive’ to growth
The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2025 To those who question what Labour stands for – look at Best Start. It will change Britain’s future Sure Start was New Labour’s finest achievement, and the Tories destroyed it. Now it’s back with a mission to put children at the heart of everything, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025 Before the government overhauls special educational needs, lessons must be learnt THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The welfare reform bill fiasco has made rethinking education, health and care plans infinitely more difficult. Any reforms must clearly be for the benefit of the recipients – not driven by the Treasury’s need to make savings
The Guardian - UK · Jul 7, 2025 Flight of the non-doms: how worried should Labour be about the super-rich leaving the UK? Reports say wealthy elite are leaving over tax changes – prompting a possible rethink by Rachel Reeves – but hard data is tricky to find