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April figure more than expected and comes despite chancellor’s increase in employment taxesThe UK government borrowed more than expected in April, underscoring the challenge for Rachel Reeves to fix public services and grow the economy while meeting he…
Government to loosen eligibility rules for pensioners in face of backlash against decision to means test benefitUK politics live – latest updates
Keir Starmer has confirmed that he wants more pensioners to be eligible for winter fuel payments after a …
Downing Street unable to say how many more pensioners would receive winter fuel payments or when changes would come inYouGov has published more details of its polling on the electorate’s relationship with Labour, as covered in the Sky News report menti…
Memo from deputy PM to chancellor proposing eight potential measures highlights unease over spending plansUK politics live – latest updatesAngela Rayner urged Rachel Reeves to consider a series of wealth tax rises, it has been revealed, in a move that …
Jenny Chapman says the government is not treating reduction in spending on overseas aid to 0.3% as temporaryThe UK’s drastically diminished aid budget is the “new normal,” the development minister, Jenny Chapman, has said, as she claimed Labour’s appro…
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…
Bill would force major polluters to pay into fund for flood defences and home insulation – but has little chance of becoming lawFossil fuel companies and their shareholders and owners of superyachts and private jets should have to pay into a fund for f…