15 h. ago Reform UK's new mayors take centre stage: Nigel Farage's troops join other regional leaders for talks with Angela Rayner... as Deputy PM warns 'you have to deliver'

Dame Andrea Jenkyns, the Greater Lincolnshire mayor, and Luke Campbell, the Hull and East Yorkshire mayor, both attended the meeting alongside 12 other mayors.

Events

20 h. ago Labour child benefits civil war as Angela Rayner 'demands middle class parents who earn £60,000 a year lose payout' while Starmer 'clashes with chief aide' over handouts for big families

Angela Rayner suggested the Chancellor should 'claw back' the handouts from families where one adult earns over £50,000 a year.

Society

29 h. ago Angela Rayner 'urges Rachel Reeves to strip child benefits for middle

The Labour Deputy Prime Minister urged the treasury to 'claw back' the benefit from families where the top earner's annual salary was somewhere between £50,000 and £80,000, The Telegraph first reported.

Politics

43 h. ago Angela Rayner wanted migrant benefits cut in latest pushback against Reeves, leaked memo suggests

The leak appears to be the latest in a briefing campaign against the deputy prime minister, who has pushed back on Labour’s economic policies

Events

45 h. ago Angela Rayner 'jockeying to take over from failing Starmer' as panicking PM 'looks to placate Labour Left by axing two

Keir Starmer signalled an extraordinary U-turn on cuts to winter fuel allowance yesterday as he bowed to a growing revolt on his benches.

Events

52 h. ago Angela Rayner 'calls for migrant benefits to be slashed' and urges Rachel Reeves to make changes

Bold proposals, outlined in a leaked memo revealed by The Telegraph, also suggested making it harder for immigrants to receive Universal credit.

Events

60 h. ago DAN HODGES: Angela Rayner is angling to be our next Prime Minister. The Labour civil war is underway and this is the truth about her extraordinary power

It's already become the Westminster 'Whodunnit?' of the year. Who was behind the leaking of the explosive 'Angegate' memo that has exposed the fracturing unity of the Cabinet?

Politics

61 h. ago DAN HODGES: Angela Rayner is set to be our next Prime Minister. The Labour civil war is underway and this is the truth about her extraordinary power

It's already become the Westminster 'Whodunnit?' of the year. Who was behind the leaking of the explosive 'Angegate' memo that has exposed the fracturing unity of the Cabinet?

Politics

65 h. ago Cabinet in ‘open warfare’ over tax and MPs can’t trust Starmer, says Badenoch

The Tory leader said deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is ‘on manoeuvres’ and asked how MPs could ever trust Sir Keir after a U-turn on fuel cuts.

Economics

65 h. ago Starmer says he wants ‘more pensioners’ to get winter fuel payments in policy U

The prime minister told PMQs that as the economy improves he would loosen the eligibility rulesYouGov has published more details of its polling on the electorate’s relationship with Labour, as covered in the Sky News report mentioned earlier. (See 10.06am.)It shows that Reform UK supporters are most likely to think that Labour is trying hard to appeal to them – but least likely to say they would respond positively. Only 4% of Reform UK supporters say they would consider voting Labour, the poll says.I ask her if there will be any changes as demanded by MPs She says while “we want to make sure we address all of people’s concerns, but stressed: “whatever the fiscal position that the government faces, I think the system as a whole needs to change.” Continue reading...

Economics

66 h. ago PMQs live: Starmer says he wants ‘more pensioners’ to get winter fuel payments in major U

The prime minister says as the economy improves he would look again at thresholds YouGov has published more details of its polling on the electorate’s relationship with Labour, as covered in the Sky News report mentioned earlier. (See 10.06am.)It shows that Reform UK supporters are most likely to think that Labour is trying hard to appeal to them – but least likely to say they would respond positively. Only 4% of Reform UK supporters say they would consider voting Labour, the poll says.I ask her if there will be any changes as demanded by MPs She says while “we want to make sure we address all of people’s concerns, but stressed: “whatever the fiscal position that the government faces, I think the system as a whole needs to change.” Continue reading...

Economics

67 h. ago The US credit rating has been downgraded. But there’s an easy fix for our debt | Robert Reich

Instead of cutting taxes on the richest Americans – who hold much of the country’s debt – simply raise themOn Friday, the credit rating of the United States was downgraded. Moody’s, the ratings firm, announced that the government’s rising debt levels would grow further if the Trump Republican package of new tax cuts were enacted. This makes lending to the US riskier.Moody’s is the third of the three major credit-rating agencies to downgrade the credit rating of the United States.They’ll pay even more interest on the growing debt – to the super-rich.They’ll pay higher interest rates on all other long-term debt. (As higher rates on treasury bonds waft through the economy, they raise borrowing costs on everything from mortgages to auto loans.)The debt crisis will give Republicans even more excuse to do what they’re always wanting to do: slash safety nets. So many Americans could lose benefits they rely on, such as Medicaid and food stamps.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, i...

Politics

69 h. ago Labour's tax hikes plot: Rayner 'secretly pushes for' fresh raids on pensions, inheritance, shares, banks and the wealthy

Leaked proposals from Deputy PM Angela Rayner reveal she has been pushing to increase the burden on Brits instead of trimming spending and benefits.

Economics

69 h. ago Angela Rayner 'suggested tax increase' on wealthier Brits in leaked memo to Rachel Reeves

The Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's department reportedly wrote to the Chancellor in March urging her to consider 'alternatives' ahead of Spring Statement

Economics

2 d. ago Angela Rayner proposed array of tax rises in 'secret memo' to Rachel Reeves

Deputy Prime Minister set out proposals to reinstate the pensions lifetime allowance and change dividend taxes in the secret memo

Politics

3 d. ago Deputy PM Angela Rayner sparks clash with chancellor Rachel Reeves by calling for EIGHT new tax hikes in raid on savers

The changes included reinstating the pensions lifetime allowance, changes to dividend taxes, a raid on a million people who pay additional rate income tax and a higher corporation tax level.

Politics

3 d. ago Rayner ‘suggested tax raid on savers’ to Reeves ahead of spring statement

Angela Rayner said to have suggested reinstating the pensions lifetime allowance and changing dividend taxes in leaked memo

Politics

3 d. ago Deputy PM Angela Rayner sparks clash with chancellor Rachel Reeves by calling for EIGHT new tax hikes in raid on savers

The changes included reinstating the pensions lifetime allowance, changes to dividend taxes, a raid on a million people who pay additional rate income tax and a higher corporation tax level.

Politics

3 d. ago Rayner ‘sent suggestions to Reeves on raising taxes ahead of spring statement’

The Chancellor has been adamant she will not turn to tax rises as part of the Government’s efforts to fund its policies.

Politics

5 d. ago Pope Leo XIV gives first major address at inauguration attended by thousands

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and the Duke of Edinburgh, who was representing the King, were among attendees.

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