The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

The chancellor, on the morning-after media round, just scraped a no-score draw despite a pervasive sense of unkept promises

Labour’s first budget in 14 years appears to have avoided the Halloween nightmares that many predicted. Yes, the overall tax burden is at its highest level since 1948, but this budget’s tax and spend distribution is such that it spreads both the pain and the benefit. Most of the pain…

Critics attack the government’s decision to extend inheritance tax to family farms

Rachel Reeves was forced to accept that her decision to raise employers’ national insurance contributions will lead to workers being paid less, but asked, ‘what alternative was there?’

“The Brits are Coming!” screamed the headline of the Trump campaign’s press release. It turned out to be the most moderate part of it. An absolute masterclass in hyperbole followed. Accusations of “illegal foreign assistance” and “anti-American election interference”, a parallel to the 243rd anniversary last week of the surrender…

The Prime Minister insisted he will help the health service deal with growing pressures.

FIRST Minister John Swinney has responded after former US president Donald Trump intervened in the Scottish independence debate ...

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves deliver remarks during a visit to the West Midlands after the Budget announcement on Wednesday.

Home Office officials reportedly stressed the importance of a ‘strong UK-EU alliance’

PM says budget just ‘first step’ after watchdog said measures would make no difference to growth over five years

In today’s newsletter: They spent weeks bracing the country for ‘tough decisions’, but in Labour’s first budget in 14 years, the chancellor adopted a slightly more optimistic tone