23 h. ago DAN HODGES: Rachel Reeves has opted to spend like a drunken sailor on shore leave in the Chagos Islands. It's now a matter of 'when' not 'if' she comes back to pick our pockets with tax rises

After the statement Rachel Reeves just delivered to unveil the Government's Spending Review, it appears she is actually cosplaying at being the new Liz Truss, says DAN HODGES.

Economics

25 h. ago Keir Starmer fails to rule out further tax rises to fund his winter fuel U

The Prime Minister refused to set out in the House of Commons how Labour would stump up the estimated £1.25billion needed for his humiliating reversal.

Economics

30 h. ago Full list of people on PIP most at risk of payment cut under new DWP welfare reforms

DWP analysis breaks down 18 most-claimed PIP conditions and daily living scores below four points.

Economics

69 h. ago Winter fuel payment should be restored for NI pensioners – Lyons

Around 250,000 pensioners in NI were affected when the payment was cut last year in a cost-saving measure by the new Labour government.

Economics

3 d. ago Rachel Reeves makes statement after reversing Winter Fuel Payment cut

Reeves said there was still “work to do to ensure the sums always add up”

Politics

8 d. ago Labour admits it WON'T return fuel payments to all pensioners this winter despite promising to reverse its controversial decision to axe handouts

The Prime Minister last month pledged to partially undo his controversial decision to axe winter fuel payments - worth up to £300 - for millions of pensioners.

Economics

9 d. ago Winter fuel cuts could be reversed as Starmer hints 'which pensioners are eligible'

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a raft of cuts to the winter fuel payment and the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) as part of a plan to address the nation's £22billion 'black hole'

Politics

9 d. ago UK ‘fully prepared’ to take Roman Abramovich to court over frozen £2.5bn

Proceeds from Chelsea sale earmarked for Ukraine aidGovernment issues statement over recovery of moneyThe government says it is “fully prepared” to take Roman Abramovich to court to resolve the three-year impasse over the £2.5bn frozen from the sale of Chelsea.In a rare joint statement, the chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, and the foreign secretary, David Lammy, confirmed the UK was ready to escalate its efforts to secure the money which has been promised to support humanitarian activity in Ukraine. Continue reading...

Economics

9 d. ago Keir Starmer 'doesn't regret' Winter Fuel Payment cut as he teases U

The Prime Minister insisted it was his "duty" to bring in means-testing for pensioners while claiming the government will "look again" at who will get the benefit

Politics

1 week ago New plans to provide Winter Fuel Payments to more pensioners could be due next week

An update on Uk Government plans to issue the heating payment to ‘more pensioners’ could be given on June 11.

Economics

2 w. ago Nigel Farage vows to reverse Keir Starmer's cut to winter fuel payments as part of £85bn package

The Reform UK leader unveiled a string of policies in a major speech, including scrapping the two-child benefit cap and fully reinstating winter fuel payments.

Economics

2 w. ago The Guardian view on Farage’s cynical pitch: Labour must be bolder to see off the threat | Editorial

The Reform UK leader spies a route to power through appealing to blue collar voters. His speech is another wake-up call for Sir Keir Starmer’s governmentLast July, concluding his election victory speech after winning in Clacton, Nigel Farage announced that after inflicting grievous damage on the Conservative party that night, Reform UK would now “be coming for Labour”. Since then, on issues such as the nationalisation of Britain’s beleaguered steel industry, Mr Farage has carefully positioned his party as sympathetic to working-class concerns and fears. His heavily-trailed speech on Tuesday, in Westminster, was the most direct attempt yet to present himself as a new spokesperson for Labour’s traditional blue-collar voters.The most talented and cynical political opportunist of his generation, Mr Farage knows where the openings lie. Labour has tied itself in unedifying knots over its deeply unpopular cuts to the winter fuel allowance, and agonised over reversing the Tories’ ...

Events

2 w. ago Labour pressure to ease welfare squeeze adds to Reeves’ headaches

The Chancellor faces demands to reverse the winter fuel payment cut, axe the two-child benefit limit and limit the scope of welfare reforms.

Events

2 w. ago New update on Winter Fuel Payment reversal could be due next month

An update on Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to issue the payment to ‘more pensioners’ could be given on June 11.

Politics

2 w. ago Winter fuel reversal details could come in weeks, suggests Rayner

The Deputy Prime Minister indicated an announcement could be made in the Spending Review on June 11.

Politics

2 w. ago DWP update on major PIP cuts issued by Liz Kendal after £47 a week warning

The Labour Government has defended plans to cut around 400,000 claims from the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) by tightening the qualifying criteria of the benefit

Events

3 w. ago Reeves reeling from triple blow: On humiliating day for Chancellor, PM U

The Chancellor was out of the country at a G7 meeting in Canada as the Prime Minister announced a screeching reverse on her hated decision to axe the winter fuel payment for 10 million pensioners.

Politics

3 w. ago Winter fuel allowance: Sir Keir Starmer wants more pensioners to be eligible in payment axe U

A reversal of the UK Labour government’s position on winter fuel payment cuts has been foreshadowed by Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions.

Economics

3 w. 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 w. ago Ministers in talks over possibility of ‘reversing winter fuel payment cuts’

The government has faced mounting calls to reverse the winter fuel cuts

Politics