2 h. ago OBR: Vulnerable UK faces 'daunting' threats to stability of public finances after welfare climbdown

Successive governments’ efforts to put the UK public finances have met with only “limited and temporary success” says watchdog

Economics

2 h. ago Government could help City firms fund defence industry – taskforce report

Ministers have been urged to produce a 10-year outlook revealing their intentions for equipment procurement.

Politics

2 h. ago Farage’s support has ‘topped out’, pollster claims as Starmer told to stop obsessing about Reform

Analysis by respected pollster Lord Robert Hayward is based on Reform’s support in the polls dropping as well as its membership and the party suffering two embarrassing by-election defeats last week

Politics

3 h. ago UK public finances in ‘vulnerable position’ after Starmer’s U

The OBR’s warning piles fresh pressure on Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn Budget

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4 h. ago Labour billionaire backer John Caudwell ‘nervous’ about Starmer after winter fuel ‘fiasco’

Phones 4u founderraised concerns about Labour after switching allegiance from Conservatives last year

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5 h. ago Rachel Reeves warned 'fantasy' wealth tax would drive away investors and fail like Spain's as desperate ministers refuse to rule out left

Alarm is growing about Labour targeting entrepreneurs as the government frantically tries to balance the books.

Events

6 h. ago Billionaire Labour backer John Caudwell says he's 'increasingly nervous' about Starmer

John Caudwell has warned that a wealth tax would be ‘very destructive’ to growth

Politics

10 h. ago Labour refuses to rule out wealth tax to fill gaping hole in finances after £5billion welfare retreat

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure from unions and Labour MPs to introduce a levy on the rich after the £5billion welfare retreat.

Economics

12 h. ago Rachel Reeves' uncle reveals why she was crying at PMQs as he blasts Keir Starmer and Labour for 'joke' first year in power

Terry Smith, 72, the brother of the Chancellor's mother Sally Reeves, also advised his niece to 'stop spending money on the migrants and focus on fixing the country instead'.

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13 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: The yelps of Tory mirth could have been the canned laughter they used on The Flintstones

Rachel Reeves could - arguably should - have been at the Commons despatch box to answer questions about her fiscal rules. Instead we had Darren Jones, Treasury chief secretary.

Politics

14 h. ago Labour refuses to rule out wealth tax to fill gaping hole in finances after £5billion welfare retreat

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure from unions and Labour MPs to introduce a levy on the rich after the £5billion welfare retreat.

Economics

16 h. ago Majority of Brits want Rachel Reeves to resign as Labour's chaos continues

A poll of UK voters has revealed the public is losing faith in the Keir Starmer-led government, with a growing number of Brits demanding high-profile figures step down

Events

17 h. ago Labour billionaire donor ‘nervous’ about Starmer and ‘hits out at winter fuel payments fiasco’

Phones 4u founder John Caudwell raises concerns about Labour after switching allegiance from Conservatives last year

Economics

20 h. ago ‘Without support, my son would not be here’: Mother’s plea over feared cuts to SEND

Renata Watts says her son would have been failed without a legal support plan, as Labour faces backlash over SEND reforms

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21 h. ago ‘Without EHCP, my son would not be here’: Mother’s plea to Labour against proposed SEND cuts

Renata Watts says her son would have been failed without a legal support plan, as Labour faces backlash over SEND reforms

Politics

22 h. ago Voices: ‘Lofty ambition, very little detail’: Readers react to Labour’s 10

Readers broadly welcomed the ambition of Labour’s 10-year NHS plan but questioned whether, without proper funding, staffing and delivery detail, it could ever live up to its promises

Politics

24 h. ago Minister dodges questions on special education for children as Starmer faces new revolt threat by Labour MPs

Education minister Stephen Morgan declined to say if pupils currently getting special educational needs support would continue to get the same level under planned reforms

Politics

26 h. ago Starmer faces threat of new revolt by MPs over special needs education reform as minister dodges questions

Education minister Stephen Morgan declined to say if pupils currently getting special educational needs support would continue to get the same level under planned reforms

Politics

27 h. ago Starmer faces threat of new revolt over special needs reform as minister dodges questions

Education minister Stephen Morgan declined to say if pupils currently getting special educational needs support would continue to get the same level under planned reforms

Politics

27 h. ago A wealth tax which would hit London hard is up to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, says minister

The Government is not ruling out new tax rises after a Labour revolt over welfare reforms blew a £5 billion hole in the Treasury’s spending plans

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