4 h. ago Labour warned of fresh economic hit as Brexit accelerates high

‘None’ of the Labour chancellor’s measures will ‘have a material effect’ on growth, Richard Hughes, the chair of the OBR, has said.

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26 h. ago Starmer accused of creating new welfare trap by scrapping two

Labour warned larger families now have ‘substantial’ incentive to claim sickness benefits in order to gain fully from the change

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4 d. ago 'Brain drain' warning: Why Labour's pandering to Reform on immigration is serious threat to economy

Labour’s continued drive to discourage migrants despite the latest massive fall in their numbers will dismay business leaders who view immigration as an ‘economic necessity’

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4 d. ago Starmer forced to deny breaking Labour manifesto as experts sound dire warning over Budget plans

Damning assessment came as chancellor and prime minister forced to defend plans and insist they did not breach manifesto promises

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5 d. ago Rachel Reeves' Budget verdict as huge child poverty boost but families warned on spending

The much respected Institute for Fiscal Studies has given its verdict on the Budget and warned Labour will struggle to keep to its spending plans ahead of the next general election

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5 d. ago Jeremy Corbyn slams Labour’s Budget as he issues tax warning

Jeremy Corbyn has accused Rachel Reeves of not going far enough to tax high earners in her Budget.

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6 d. ago Treasury watchdog raises new doubts over Labour's plan to tackle Channel small boats crisis, warning huge asylum hotel bill could leave Home Office with £1.4billion shortfall

According to the leaked report, it suggested that demand for asylum accommodation has grown and 'is now expected to cost £15.3 billion over the next 10 years'.

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8 d. ago Reeves must use Budget to restore public trust in party, Scottish Labour leader warns

Anas Sarwar issued a warning days before the chancellor delivers her make-or-break Budget - with crucial elections in Scotland in May threatening to decide Keir Starmer’s future as PM

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1 week ago Andy Burnham issues 'limbo' warning over Labour's asylum shake

The Greater Manchester Mayor said the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood was right to "grasp the nettle" and reform the system - but warned it could leave people in 'limbo'

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1 week ago Rachel Reeves under pressure to scale back Budget raid on expensive homes

Labour MPs warn chancellor that a possible £1.5mn threshold for new levy would be too low

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1 week ago Reeves under pressure to scale back Budget raid on expensive homes

Labour MPs warn chancellor that a possible £1.5mn threshold for the new levy would be too low

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1 week ago Oil giant accuses Labour of 'deliberately' crippling business ahead of Budget as firms warn over exodus of young talent and slate 'crazy' policies

Paul Greenwood, chairman of petrochemical giant ExxonMobil, blamed 'undermining' policies after confirming that an ethylene manufacturing plant in Fife will close next year.

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1 week ago Starmer warns his cabinet to ‘stop talking about ourselves’ after Labour briefing war

PM tells ministers that ‘distractions’ means their focus has ‘shifted’

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1 week ago Labour rebels warn Shabana Mahmood not to 'appease the electorate' on asylum

Backbench anger over plans to crack down on asylum continued to grow, despite warnings that failure to fix the 'broken' system could see public support for harbouring refugees collapse.

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1 week ago Kemi Badenoch warns Labour's addiction to welfare will 'bankrupt Britain'

In a stark pre-Budget assessment, the Conservative leader said Keir Starmer's retreats on welfare would trigger higher taxes for workers in next week's Budget.

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2 w. ago Starmer warns Cabinet must ‘stop talking about ourselves’ after Labour briefing war

PM tells ministers that ‘distractions’ means their focus has ‘shifted’

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2 w. ago Labour Traitors War: Keir Starmer warns Cabinet against 'distraction' of party infighting after coup frenzy

The Prime Minister stressed to his senior ministers that they must ‘work as one team’

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2 w. ago Labour's Budget 'circus' has crushed growth hopes, former BoE chief warns as markets get jitters over Chancellor's income tax hike U

Andy Haldane, who was chief economist at the Bank, delivered a scathing verdict on the shambolic process after the Chancellor's humiliating U-turn on hiking income tax.

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2 w. ago Lawyers and Labour MPs to torpedo Mahmood's asylum plan: Home Secretary warned Left

The Home Secretary was told that for as long as Britain remained signed up to human rights laws, those ordered to return home would be able to avoid deportation.

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2 w. ago Shabana Mahmood warns Labour MPs ‘dark forces are stirring up anger’ over migration

There is understood to be growing unease in party over home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of refugee rightsShabana Mahmood has warned Labour MPs that “dark forces are stirring up anger” over migration, amid growing alarm among senior party figures over the most sweeping overhaul of refugee rights in a generation.On Monday, Mahmood will announce controversial new laws to overhaul refugee status, which must be reassessed every two years, as well as curbing asylum appeals and toughening the approach to rights to family life.Restricting asylum seekers to one single appeal rather than different appeals on multiple grounds.Creating a new body for fast-tracking cases for dangerous criminals and those with little hope of success.Legislating to restrict last-minute modern slavery claimsJoining other countries in seeking reform of ECHR article 3 rights, to more narrowly define the risk of torture and degrading treatment.Changing the Home Office’s duty to provide support to asylum seekers to a...

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