93 minutes ago A MILLION people sign petition demanding general election amid mounting fury at Labour's Budget tax raid

The petition on the Parliament website, complaining that Keir Starmer has 'gone back on promises', has been gaining 100,000 backers an hour.

Economics

8 hours ago ‘Charity tax’ rise will hurt antisemitism fight, Rachel Reeves warned in latest Budget pushback

Labour chancellor told surprise rise in employers national insurance contributions will hit fight against antisemitism, after anti-Jewish hate incidents reached a record high in the first half of this year

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17 hours ago More than 200,000 people sign petition demanding another General Election is called after Labour 'U

The online petition has surpassed 200,000 signatures, at the time of publication, after being widely shared on social media since being created on Wednesday.

Politics

24 hours ago Starmer accused of ‘letting off’ City lawyers while stripping cash from pensioners in Budget

Calls for reform of tax paid by law, accountancy and private equity firms instead of controversial cuts to winter fuel payments

Economics

25 hours ago Labour peer condemns her own party as ‘cruel’ over inheritance tax raid on farms

Baroness Mallalieu echoes Theresa May’s description of the Conservatives as ‘the nasty party’ as she hits out at Rachel Reeves’ Budget measure to extend inheritance tax

Politics

36 hours ago WASPI campaign launches new petition demanding State Pension age compensation by March

The Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign (WASPI) has launched a new online petition that calls on the UK Government to fairly compensate women born in the 1950s

Politics

37 hours ago New WASPI petition demands State Pension age compensation scheme by March

The WASPI campaign has launched a new online petition calling on the UK Government to "fairly compensate" women born in the 1950s affected by changes to their State Pension age

Politics