Starmer pledges to ‘reverse a decade of decline’ amid cronyism row The prime minister will promise to do the hard work to ‘root out 14 years of rot’ The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2024
Reeves could raise £10bn a year by reducing pension tax relief, report says Exclusive: Fabian Society says tax breaks cost £66bn and are skewed towards better-off The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2024
'Nonsense': Anas Sarwar panned for 'UK cuts not related to Scottish cuts' claim ANAS Sarwar has been panned after he claimed that UK Government cuts are “not related” to cuts in Scotland ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 26, 2024
Labour's 'austerity 2.0' will hit harder than Tories', Health Secretary says LABOUR’s “austerity 2.0” is set to go deeper than the Tories did, the Health Secretary has said ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 26, 2024
Cuts in Scotland 'not related' to UK Government cuts, Anas Sarwar claims CUTS in Scotland are “not related” to cuts made by the UK Government, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has claimed ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 26, 2024
Expect more economic pain to come, warns senior UK cabinet minister Starmer and Reeves unlikely to reverse winter fuel and two-child benefit cap decisions, says Pat McFadden The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
Renewed calls for UK industrial strategy to bring in investment and fix Brexit damage Billions risk being lost without joined-up policy on tech, robotics, renewables and training, says manufacturing body The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
In this new austerity moment, a fight is on: for the rights of children with special educational needs Cuts ruin lives and raise costs. This scandal is already playing out in the system, and it should be a warning to Labour, says Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
Reeves warned she faces £8.6bn annual bill to save ‘broken’ social care sector Campaign groups have demanded a multibillion-pound funding settlement to begin fixing social care The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2024
The five key reasons why UK commercial real estate is poised for an upswing Since late 2022 there has been a peak-to-trough decline of 25% in commercial property values Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2024
Labour hit with fresh cronyism row as donor steps down from top civil service job A LABOUR donor handed a top civil service job has quit the role amid allegations of cronyism. The National (Scotland) · Aug 25, 2024
Labour cronyism row escalates as Tories demand investigation into donor’s appointment to Treasury Laura Trott urges the prime minister’s ethics adviser to open an investigation The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2024
Labour donor quits Treasury role amid ‘cronyism’ claims Ian Corfield resigns as official to Rachel Reeves as ministers deny giving preferential treatment to funders The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
Britain could be a sci-tech superpower – if the Treasury stopped holding it back The UK has the research base, the startups, the venture capitalists, but its presence in the global market is pitiful. The chancellor must step in The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
The National (Scotland) · Aug 25, 2024 Highlanders face more difficult winter under Labour than Tories, SNP MP warns PEOPLE in the Highlands face a more difficult winter this year than last, an SNP MP has warned ...
The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024 Keir Starmer warns of tough times ahead to fix ‘Tory ruins’ Labour leader tells working people rot left by Conservatives is so much worse than imagined and improvement won’t happen overnight
The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024 Unite calls for 1% wealth tax on super-rich to fund UK public sector pay rises The demand from Britain’s second biggest union will test truce with Labour at next month’s TUC conference
The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2024 Jim Callaghan’s tight fist was his undoing – as it could be for Rachel Reeves There are many parallels between the situation facing Labour’s 1960s chancellor and today’s. But will Reeves grasp the higher borrowing nettle?
The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2024 ‘A bad winter would finish me off’: The pensioners facing fuel poverty One man is required to keep his bungalow at 22 degrees due to his chronic illness
The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024 Martin Lewis urges Labour to ‘rethink’ Winter Fuel Payment changes for pensioners The MSE founder says he is due to meet with Rachel Reeves ahead of her October budget
The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024 ‘Disaster’: Labour urged to U-turn on scrapping universal winter fuel payment after energy price cap jumps The prime minister has been warned the double hit will lead to disaster for many pensioners
The National (Scotland) · Aug 23, 2024 Four times Labour promised to bring down energy bills LABOUR have come under fire for explaining away an upcoming rise in energy prices because the UK does not have control of its own power.
The Conversation · Aug 23, 2024 The problem with Rachel Reeves’ plan to boost Britain’s pension pots Britain has a pension problem. Despite having one of the biggest and most sophisticated financial centres of the world in London, the country’s pension industry does not fall into the same category.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024 Martin Lewis calls for rethink of plan to limit winter fuel payments Consumer champion urges UK government to expand criteria under which pensioners will still get support
The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2024 Metropolitan police end probe into election gambling scandal with no charges made – as it happened Force ends investigation into bets on 4 July election date and says bar to prove misconduct in public office has not been met