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Budget 2024: How could Labour find £40bn in taxes and cuts?

Labour has prepared the country for a “painful” fiscal event

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024

Keir Starmer denies fiscal fiddling will trigger Truss-style mortgage hikes

KEIR Starmer has said he does “not accept” that Labour efforts to fiddle borrowing rules will result in Liz Truss-style mortgage hikes.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2024

Class identity: why fancy freebies are a bigger political problem for this Labour government than its Tory predecessors

While much of the intense media coverage of the UK government’s freebies scandal might be attributable to overzealous scrutiny by a predominantly right-of-centre printed press, there is at least one important issue at the heart of all this.

The Conversation · Oct 28, 2024

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Keir Starmer responds to video of MP appearing to punch man

Sir Keir Starmer responded to a video of suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury appearing to punch a constituent.

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024

Local services to get £240m funding boost to ‘get Britain working’

Sir Keir Starmer said the Budget would allocate £240 million to local services to get people back into work.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

Bus fare cap of £2 to increase to £3 in Budget, Starmer announces

The increase will be announced at Rachel Reeves’ first Budget on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

£2 bus fare cap to increase to £3 in Budget, Starmer announces

The increase will be announced at Rachel Reeves’ first Budget on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024

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Starmer: MP Mike Amesbury altercation footage ‘shocking’

The Prime Minister insisted Labour had acted swiftly to suspend the Runcorn and Helsby MP after footage emerged of him in a late-night altercation.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

Budget 2024: Prime Minister defends 'tough' tax rises as he vows £240m to get people back into work

Sir Keir Starmer said Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Statement will seek to get Britain out of a ‘pay more get less doom loop’

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

£240m in Budget for local services to help people back into work, Starmer says

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her first Budget on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

Labour-backing journalist makes stunning Keir Starmer admission

A LABOUR-BACKING journalist made a stunning admission saying Keir Starmer “essentially said whatever he felt he needed to get elected” ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2024

Watch: Starmer warns Britain faces ‘unprecedented challenges’ ahead of Budget

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer warned that Britain faces "unprecedented challenges" in a speech on Monday, 28 October, ahead of Labour's first Budget for 14 years.

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024

'Duped': Anas Sarwar pledges end of austerity – despite Budget of cuts and tax rises

THE Labour Government Budget “will end the era of austerity”, Anas Sarwar has claimed – on the same day as the Prime Minister warned that…

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2024

Video of Labour MP appearing to punch man is ‘shocking’, says Keir Starmer

Footage appeared to show Mike Amesbury repeatedly hitting another man in the street

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024

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Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

Budget ‘most honest’ in years, Cabinet minister claims

Pat McFadden said Rachel Reeves’ first Budget will ‘end the fiscal fiction of things being announced which had no money set aside for them’.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

Budget 2024: Keir Starmer hit with growing row over billions in tax rises 'breaking' Labour manifesto

Cabinet minister Pat McFadden denies Labour ‘misled’ voters during the election campaign

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2024

Lindsay Hoyle criticises chancellor Rachel Reeves for early disclosure of budget details – UK politics live

Speaker of the House of Commons says it is ‘evident’ Reeves made significant policy announcements in the media, rather than parliament

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

Mike Amesbury 'punching' video: Starmer says footage 'shocking' and Labour 'moved swiftly' to suspend him

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK are calling on Mike Amesbury to quit as an MP and allow a by-election

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The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024

What the papers say – October 28

Here are the stories making headlines to start off the week.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2024

Keir Starmer says media firms should have control of output used in AI

PM says content creators must be paid and vows to ensure technology ‘does not begin to chip away’ at press freedoms

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2024

Journalism is the lifeblood of British democracy. My government will protect it

Whether it is online intimidation, journalists imprisoned abroad or the cynical use of Slapp lawsuits, we will fight any threats to those who hold the powerful to account, writes the prime minister Keir Starmer

The National (Scotland) · Oct 28, 2024

George Kerevan: How a Trump win would undermine Rachel Reeves’s Budget game plan

HANG on to your economic hats. On Wednesday, Rachel Reeves will present her long-awaited Budget. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party will have to put up…

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024

Starmer: Publishers should have control over content as AI technology develops

The Prime Minister said news media and the creative sector are ‘central to this government’s driving mission on economic growth’.

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2024

Hunt accuses Budget watchdog of political bias

Jeremy Hunt accuses the Budget watchdog of failing to be impartial since the Labour Party came into office

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2024

Starmer appoints Blair and Brown aide as new No 10 political director

Claire Reynolds will be in charge of liaising with MPs across the Parliamentary Labour Party.

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