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Bridget Phillipson says there will be better outcomes for all children than at present but fails to guarantee EHCPs will continue in their current formThe Conservatives will try to change the government’s welfare Bill to tighten up access to personal i…
Exclusive: Letter to government says lower prices for repaired goods would cut waste, create jobs and help households save moneyMinisters are facing fresh calls to scrap VAT on all repaired and refurbished electronics, with businesses, charities and co…
Former Labour leader says government needs a better narrative and risks being bogged down by ‘imposed limitations’ Keir Starmer’s government is suffering from a “lack of narrative” about what it is trying to achieve and should be more fiscally bold and…
Exclusive: Chancellor says she never considered resigning and warns ‘there are costs’ to welfare bill U-turnRachel Reeves has said it is impossible for her to rule out tax rises in the autumn budget and insisted she never thought about quitting despite…
Charlie Bean says slim margin of £10bn means chancellor ‘has to neurotically fine-tune taxes to control OBR forecast’Business live – latest updatesThe former Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean has urged Rachel Reeves to create much wider head…
The Republican fantasy of lower taxes and hard-to-access social safety net programs will now be a realityFor decades, Republicans have argued that the US would be better off if taxes were low, and programs to help low-income Americans were harder to ac…
Democratic leader spoke for more than eight hours to rail against Trump’s sweeping tax-and-spending billThe Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries broke the record for the longest House floor speech ever on Thursday after he spoke for more than eight hours …
Labour peer says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ his party is backing moves to ban groupStreeting says he has to go to the Commons to make a statement to MPs.But first he introduces Rachel Reeves, saying that she has put an extra £29bn into the NHS.It is thanks…
Keir Starmer says Downing Street should have engaged more with Labour MPs and repeats support for Rachel ReevesUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has admitted No 10 “didn’t get the process right” in handling the government’s controversial we…
Welfare bill climbdown fuels biggest one-day hike in government borrowing costs since Liz Truss mini-budget debacleUK government borrowing costs have risen sharply amid speculation over Rachel Reeves’s position as chancellor, as City investors warned L…