23 minutes ago More than 100 tractors head for Dover as farmers launch fresh protest against Keir Starmer's inheritance tax grab

Farmers from across Kent and Sussex have joined the protest today to call on the government to reverse its plans impose a 20% inheritance tax (IHT) on farm assets worth £1 million.

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42 minutes ago Fact check: Petition data shows how many people in MP’s constituency have signed

An X user claimed both Sir Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson signed a petition calling for a general election multiple times.

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91 minutes ago Keir Starmer says SNP has 'ran out of excuses' after questions raised over payment to Spanish firm

The Prime Minister was asked how £5.4m of taxpayers' cash was handed to Tradebe after a devastating fire at its depot in North Lanarkshire.

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3 hours ago Starmer refuses to rule out further tax rises when challenged at PMQs to repeat what Reeves told CBI – UK politics live

PM said he was not going to write the next five years of budgetsWilliam Hague has achieved a rare Tory election victory; he has won the contest to be Oxford University’s next chancellor.The university has released the figures for the final round of voting, where the winner emerged after the final five candidates were ranked using the alternative vote system. The runner up was Elish Angiolini, the lawyer and academic. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Starmer hits back at Badenoch’s suggestion he resigns in light of general election petition

Sir Keir Starmer hit back at Kemi Badenoch's suggestion that he should resign in light of a petition calling for a general election during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 27 November.

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3 hours ago Starmer declines to repeat Chancellor’s pledge of no more borrowing or tax hikes

The Prime Minister was challenged in the Commons by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.

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3 hours ago Keir Starmer refuses to say taxes won't rise AGAIN during PMQs clashes despite Rachel Reeves making the vow to business

In bad-tempered clashes at PMQs, Keir Starmer insisted he was 'not going to write the next five years of Budgets right here at this despatch box'.

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3 hours ago Keir Starmer mocks Stephen Flynn over Holyrood double jobbing backlash

The Prime Minister said the SNP Westminster leader's Scottish colleagues would be "very glad to see him in his seat in this House".

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4 hours ago PMQs live: Starmer refuses to rule out further tax rises when challenged to repeat what Reeves told CBI

PM said he was not going to write the next five years of budgetsWilliam Hague has achieved a rare Tory election victory; he has won the contest to be Oxford University’s next chancellor.The university has released the figures for the final round of voting, where the winner emerged after the final five candidates were ranked using the alternative vote system. The runner up was Elish Angiolini, the lawyer and academic. Continue reading...

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