85 m. ago Defiant Starmer to defend Budget after Reeves forced to deny lying about black hole to justify tax hikes

Calls for multiple investigations following accusations that the chancellor misled the public

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1 hour ago 'Black hole lies' leave Reeves fighting for her job in worst crisis so far for Starmer Government

The Prime Minister was rallying to support his Chancellor after she had to deny on live TV that she had misled the public over the nation’s finances

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1 hour ago Labour on track to meet major HIV transmission pledge says PM on World AIDS Day

Keir Starmer has said the Government's goal of ending new HIV transmissions by 2030 is within reach as Wes Streeting unveils a new action plan on World AIDS day

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10 h. ago Rachel Reeves denies lying about Budget black hole to justify £26bn tax hikes

Calls for investigation into accusation Labour chancellor misled the public

Economics

13 h. ago Rachel Reeves ‘uncomfortable’ listening to Kemi Badenoch’s Budget response

The Tory leader said her ‘job is to hold the Government to account, not to provide emotional support for the Chancellor’.

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22 h. ago Starmer's bid to rescue Budget amid claims Rachel Reeves 'lied' about financial black hole

Starmer is now promising action on the ongoing cost of living crisis as the Conservatives have reported the Chancellor to the financial watchdog over her 'misleading' statements.

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46 h. ago ANDREW NEIL: Starmer's shape shifting has left Britain with a government we didn't vote for. A reckoning is coming

To break one manifesto promise may be regarded as unfortunate. To break two in one week is not so much careless - as Oscar Wilde would have it - as par for the course.

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51 h. ago No 10 denies Reeves 'lied to public about £21bn black hole' before budget

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed the Chancellor ‘lied to the public’ and was ‘bribing Labour MPs to save her own skin’

Economics

57 h. ago Rachel Reeves 'lied to Brits about £21bn black hole to justify Benefits Street tax raid on workers'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a series of extraordinary grim warnings about the state of the government's books in the run-up to the Budget.

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3 d. ago Starmer faces backbench anger after ‘day one’ workers’ right U

MPs including a former employment minister have said the move breaches Labour’s manifesto.

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4 d. ago Budget 2025 live: Rachel Reeves says tax and spending changes based on ‘fair and necessary’ choices

Chancellor to deliver fiscal statement, billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government, at 12.30pmTax, pensions, savings: what to expect in the budgetReeves’s high-stakes budget in five key chartsCould you do better than Reeves? Play our gameYesterday the Metropolitan police said they were not allowing a planned protest in Westminster by farmers to coincide with the budget. Farmers have been protesting regularly about the decision announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget last year to extend inheritance tax to farms.The decision was criticised by the Conservative party, who said originally the Met had indicated the protest would be allowed. Last night Victoria Atkins, the shadow environment secretary, issued a statement saying:It doesn’t smell right, particularly when we think of the regular and frequent protests that are allowed in SW1 which inconvenience motorists, residents and businesses without consideration. Is this to save the chancellor embarrassment ahead of her budget o...

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5 d. ago UK budget to target cost of living crisis as Reeves battles to keep Labour MPs on side

Chancellor’s fiscal statement billed as decisive moment for fate of Starmer government as she tries to fill £20bn spending gapRachel Reeves will promise to tackle Britain’s cost of living crisis and deliver fiscal stability in Wednesday’s budget, which is billed as a decisive moment for the fate of Keir Starmer’s beleaguered government.The chancellor will say she is taking the “fair and necessary choices” to shore up the economy as she raises billions of pounds worth of taxes to help offset lower than expected growth forecasts. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago UK ‘most expensive place’ to build nuclear power, review finds

Government panel’s final report calls for ‘radical reset’ of planning and environmental rules to get reactors built faster and cheaperBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK has become the “most expensive place in the world” to build a nuclear power station because of overly complex bureaucracy and regulation, according to a government review.The nuclear regulatory taskforce was set up by Keir Starmer in February after the government promised to rip up “archaic rules” and slash regulations to “get Britain building”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Starmer confident Troubles Bill will not bring ‘vexatious prosecutions’

A commission to investigate Troubles-related killings and a separate information recovery body are due to be set up under the Government’s proposals.

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8 d. ago ANDREW PIERCE: This is why ZERO Britons think Starmer's Labour government has the ability to make us better off

Has there ever been a more terrible, damning indictment of a government than ZERO people in a poll saying they're optimistic this government can make us feel better off?

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1 week ago Keir Starmer responds to damning Covid Inquiry report as huge failings unearthed

Keir Starmer has said the Government will 'carefully consider' the findings of Baroness Heather Hallett, who said Boris Johnson's dithering cost more than 20,000 lives

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1 week ago PM says special educational needs ‘raised with me more than any other issue’

Sir Keir Starmer made his comments during a visit to a school breakfast club in Reading.

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1 week ago 500 more school breakfast clubs could save families up to £450, Government says

The Department for Education has announced schools with more pupils from lower income backgrounds will be able to apply to open breakfast clubs.

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1 week ago Starmer tells son how ‘proud’ he is of him but acknowledges pressure he faces

The Government has launched a new strategy for men’s health to tackle issues such as gambling addiction, alcohol abuse and suicide.

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1 week ago Swinney warns Starmer and Reeves of ‘risks’ if Budget fails to end austerity

Scottish First Minister John Swinney said the ending of austerity was what people are ‘desperately seeking’.

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