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Report suggests Rachel Reeves could be forced to spend £5.1bn if last year’s downward trend continuesThe chancellor, Rachel Reeves, could be forced to spend more than £5bn and employ 92,000 extra workers across the public sector if declines in producti…
Exclusive: Agreement could cut airport queues, caused by need to have passports stamped after BrexitBritish holidaymakers could face shorter airport queues this summer with negotiators on the verge of striking an agreement for UK passport holders to us…
Keir Starmer did not deny a rethink of benefit cut to 10 million pensioners blamed for Labour’s electoral lossesDowning Street is actively investigating changes to the controversial winter fuel payment cut over growing concerns about the policy’s deep …
Labour members from Leeds West and Pudsey to write letter to chancellor over plans to reduce Pip paymentsRachel Reeves’ local Labour party will call for the chancellor to abandon her plans to cut disability benefits as rebellion among MPs over the poli…
NAO reports £1.9bn tax gap for wealthy individuals and urges ministers to redouble efforts to secure more revenueWealthy individuals in Britain could be avoiding more tax than thought, the government’s spending watchdog has said, after a dramatic fall …
Report says proposals ‘threaten to affect most vulnerable’, who would be helped by more time to seek adviceA group of influential MPs has urged the government to delay controversial planned changes to inheritance tax for farmers to “allow for better fo…
PM on trip to announce increased cooperation against people smugglers alongside Albania’s prime minister, Edi Rama. This live blog is closedAll Commons Speakers, at least for the past 30 years, have complained about the government making major announce…
After two sickly quarters, upbeat growth data and UK trade deal with US paint brighter pictureUK economy grows 0.7% in first quarter of yearBusiness live – latest updatesThe faster-than-expected UK growth in the first three months of the year is welcom…
Expansion came despite looming tax rises and tariffs but economists predict growth will weaken in coming monthsThe UK economy grew by 0.7% in the first three months of the year, according to official figures, defying business warnings of a collapse in …
Under pressure from Reform and from the former PM, Keir Starmer is facing a series of tests of his resolve on green policyPopulist politicians are striking a chord with the public in their attack on “the green agenda” because they are right – climate p…