5 h. ago SNP 'sitting on cash' rather than investing in Scottish hospices, warns Labour

Labour has pledged hospice-based doctors and nurses would see their wages rise to NHS levels if the party takes power at the Holyrood.

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3 d. ago Labour infighting rages as Starmer warns his troops they MUST obey orders after suspending whip from four 'kn**head' MPs in wake of welfare meltdown

Keir Starmer has moved to suspend the whip from four MPs, and fired three more from trade envoy roles, in the wake of the humiliating welfare revolt.

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3 d. ago Labour rebels warn Starmer has made things worse by suspending whip from four 'kn**head' MPs and stripping three others of jobs after welfare meltdown

Keir Starmer moved to suspend the whip from four MPs, and fired three more from trade envoy roles, in the wake of the humiliating welfare revolt.

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3 d. ago 'Act as a team,' Labour MPs warned after four suspended by Keir Starmer ahead of showdown votes

Two London MPs who rebelled lost their Government posts as trade envoys

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4 d. ago Fears mounting over free speech as Labour plans to define Islamophobia

The Tories have warned that introducing a Labour government-backed definition of Islamophobia will lead to a ;chilling effect' and clampdown on freedom of expression.

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5 d. ago The middle class shoplifters pushing up prices for honest customers: How affluent thieves who 'feel like they're owed something' are pinching luxury goods

Dame Diana Johnson, Labour's policing and crime minister, has issued a stark warning to wealthier thieves, insisting 'there will be consequences' regardless of their background.

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5 d. ago Rachel Reeves 'limping' from one event to the next, head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies warns in brutal assessment of Labour's economic record

Helen Miller said while Labour came into office on the promise of 'mission-driven government' and 'long-term thinking', reality proved different.

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6 d. ago Reform council complains Labour is being TOO TOUGH on migrant workers warning clampdown on care sector could see vital staff 'going home'

Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran has written to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper about a new law cutting the number of care worker visas.

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6 d. ago Who will be hit by Labour's new wealth tax? Minister refuses to say as BoE warns firms are cutting jobs and hints interest rates will fall to prop up stalling economy

Treasury Chief Secretary Darren Jones dodged on what counted as a 'modest income' after promises that those workers would be protected.

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8 d. ago Starmer’s migrants return deal a ‘publicity stunt’ that won’t win back voters, top pollsters warn

Exclusive: The warnings from leading pollsters come as new polling of Labour members seen by The Independent reveals concerns about Starmer’s wider migration policy

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8 d. ago Just one in three back doctor strikes, poll shows as Streeting warned he ‘cannot afford to lose’

Former Labour health secretary under Tony Blair warns Wes Streeting he ‘has to win’ war against striking junior doctors

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8 d. ago Unite could move to disaffiliate from Labour in future, union boss warns

Unite members have to see that the fee to affiliate with Labour is ‘worth something’, Sharon Graham told the BBC.

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1 week ago SNP 'dithering' on Scotland's housing emergency as crisis becomes 'intolerable'

EXCLUSIVE: Labour warned the Nationalists' response to the housing crisis will be remembered as "one of this Government’s defining failures".

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1 week ago How Labour is coming for YOUR money: Reeves is targeting wealth, pensions and Isas, warns JEFF PRESTRIDGE

Brace yourself for a summer of doom and gloom as Chancellor Rachel Reeves works out how to fill a gaping £40bn hole in the public finances.

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1 week ago Treasury watchdog sounds alarm on wealth taxes: OBR warns Labour not to rely on milking a few thousand 'mobile' rich people

The OBR highlighted the 'risks' of trying to milk too much from 'high net worth' individuals as it painted a grim picture of the government's long-term finances.

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1 week ago Brits given 'cash ISA reform warning' as Labour's plans could hike mortgage costs

The bosses of Britain's biggest building societies have warned that plans to slash the amount savers can put into cash ISAs could hike borrowing costs for homeowners

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1 week ago Disability claims 'set to soar by more than a million' before the next election after Labour's U

An official forecast published alongside the Government's benefits bill reveals that ministers believe the number of claims will soar by 40 per cent in the next four years.

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2 w. ago Tories warned Labour about Rachel Reeves' tears 17 minutes BEFORE PMQs started

Tory MPs revealed they alerted Labour whips to the fact that the Chancellor was weeping in the Commons to ensure she got help.

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2 w. ago Labour warned to fix trust as well as raising living standards to defeat Reform

The government has so far followed through on only 1 in 3 of its pledges to rebuild trust in politics, according to a new report from campaign group Unlock Democracy

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2 w. ago Brace for a Labour tax bomb, Tories warn families and businesses in wake of welfare U

On Tuesday, the Government abandoned its flagship plan to cut disability benefits following a furious backlash from MPs.

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