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More than half of Britons would support a farmers strike, poll shows

Voters back workers in the under-fire farming sector walking out on strike, viewing them as among the groups worst treated by Sir Keir Starmer’s government

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves's sister to attend Cabinet in Labour's latest nepo move

RACHEL Reeves’s sister Ellie will now attend Cabinet in a coup for the dynastic wing of the Labour Party ...

The National (Scotland)

Eurozone manufacturers see ‘no sign of recovery’ as UK orders slow

France, Germany and Austria are especially hard hit, as British factory owners cut jobs and investment

The Guardian - UK

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Confusion grows over Labour’s economic plan as minister refuses to rule out sidelining growth pledge

Alex Norris was repeatedly pressed on whether the government planned to sideline the PM’s pledge to make the UK the fastest growing economy in the G7

The Independent UK

NHS bosses reportedly worried about Starmer’s pledge to cut waiting lists

PM expected to set target to carry out 92% of routine operations and appointments within 18 weeks

The Guardian - UK

Growth expectations among UK firms take ‘decisive turn for worse’, says CBI

Expectations negative for first time in 2024 as business confidence plummets since Rachel Reeves’s budget

The Guardian - UK

Britain sets aside £10bn for future payments to EU more than eight years after Brexit vote

Exclusive: To cover the continuing costs of Britain’s divorce from Europe, the government has accounted for £20.6bn in future payments for Brussels staff and diplomats’ pensions, as well as the UK’s pre-existing financial obligations

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Labour’s big relaunch won’t solve its biggest problem: this government doesn’t speak human

Farage and Trump are winning because they understand the politics of emotion, while Labour is lost in numbers and statistics, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Starmer warned a UK-US trade deal would ‘destroy Britain’s family farms and food standards’

Warning comes as farmers prepare to descend on Westminster for a second time to protest planned changed to inheritance tax rules

The Independent UK

UK business confidence at lowest level since pandemic after tax-raising budget

Institute of Directors says hit to private sector will undermine growth and public finances

The Guardian - UK

Another election? Mr Caine is taking the Michael

Yes Labour have been taxier and spendier than their manifesto implied, but actors signing an Elon Musk-supported petition is a sinister step

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to pledge cuts to NHS waiting lists and crime in major reset for Labour

Ambitious targets to improve voters’ lives come amid plunging approval ratings for government and loss of transport secretary

The Guardian - UK

We need to talk about capitalism. Why won’t Labour do it?

The government has its five missions. But the deeper cause of Britain’s malaise is the unhealthy and unhappy nature of the modern eceonomy

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Blairites are in despair over Keir Starmer’s flailing leadership

COMMENT: A person close to the former PM said the current government is like a bunch of unimaginative ‘librarians and academics’ but, writes John Rentoul, for some Starmer is not just a librarian or an academic but a funeral director

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Rachel Reeves is wrong to say there was no alternative to her tax-raising budget

Letters: Wealth taxes would be more worker-friendly than raising employers’ NI contributions, write Anne Gray and Clive Needle, while John Digney advocates taxing land values

The Independent UK

EasyJet to cut UK flights following air tax rise

Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed in October that passengers could expect to pay £2 more for economy seats

The Independent UK

Pharmacies could cut hours or close as a result of Budget measures, leaders warn

A number of organisations representing pharmacists have joined forces to urge Health Secretary Wes Streeting to intervene.

The Independent UK

All Scottish pensioners to receive winter fuel payment next year

‘We will not abandon older people this winter, or indeed any winter,’ says Holyrood minister

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The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves may wait until June to announce Whitehall budget details

Exclusive: insiders say drawn-out and complex negotiations will require a delay to spending review announcement

The National (Scotland)

Wee Ginger Dug: Labour won't listen – except when their ambition's on the line

THE Scottish Government has announced that it will introduce a scheme to support pensioners who have lost their Winter Fuel Payment ...

The Guardian - UK

Scottish ministers pledge universal winter fuel payments for pensioners

SNP says heating payment will go to ‘every single Scottish pensioner’ from next year

The Independent UK

Winter fuel payment claims skyrocket after Labour changes – but 50% of pensioners rejected

There are now 53,400 pensioners waiting for their claim to be processed

The Independent UK

Pension credit applications soar but approvals remain low

Just 42,500 applications have been approved since July, when the Government said almost 900,000 households were missing out on the benefit.

The Independent UK

Furious farmers cause chaos at Holyhead after blockading port with tractors

Farmers took their protest over inheritance tax law changes to the North Wales port last night after holding one in Dover earlier in the day

The Independent UK

Starmer and Reeves row back from ‘no more borrowing or taxes’ pledge

The Chancellor and the Prime Minister said it was not possible to write five years of budgets in advance.

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