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Matthew Pennycook makes apparent dig at chancellor’s concert freebie but adds it is ‘decision for individual MPs’UK politics live – latest updatesAccepting free concert tickets is “not appropriate”, the housing minister has said, in an apparent critici…
This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereDowning Street has rejected suggestions that Britain is a “freeloading” country that expects the US to meet its defence needs.At the lobby briefing this morning, the PM’s …
Most feel financial secure but think UK’s economy is worsening, as chancellor plans welfare cuts in spring statementConsumers are cutting back spending on everyday items amid falling confidence in the UK economy before Rachel Reeves’s spring statement,…
Chancellor will announce plans to fund 18,000 social homes before fraught spring statement on WednesdayRachel Reeves will plough £2bn into affordable housing in a bid to “sweeten the pill” of the spending cuts being announced at this week’s spring stat…
Services companies say order books increased for first time this year as they hope to avoid Trump tariffsBusiness live – latest updatesUK private sector output growth climbed to a six-month high in March, powered by services companies that expect to av…
Exclusive: RSPB and National Trust among groups saying rhetoric from Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer at odds with public sentimentNature charities with a combined membership of about 8 million people are pressing the prime minister and chancellor to sto…
Downing Street says PM focusing on ‘bringing durable peace in Ukraine’ after Steve Witkoff’s commentsThere have been a lot of claims recently, in the rightwing papers and on social media, that the government is wasting a fortune on expensive cars for d…
Landlords are left with no choice to offset looming tax rises introduced by the chancellor, says trade bodyLondoners might not bat an eyelid at paying £5 for a pint but the national average is poised to rise above that watermark for the first time, wit…
‘You can’t cut your way to growth,’ says PCS head as Reeves confirms move to cut administrative costs by 15% by 2030Rachel Reeves’s planned cuts of £2bn to government departments will hit frontline services from jobcentres to HMRC phone lines and effor…
Labour MP and Lib Dem leader express concern social media companies could be let off hook just as benefits are cutKeir Starmer has been warned against “appeasing” Donald Trump as he considers reducing a major tax for US tech companies while cutting dis…