99 m. ago Share tips to beat Rachel Reeves's latest tax raid: MIDAS reveals how buying these brilliantly cheap stocks can help you avoid inheritance trap

It's no secret that the Chancellor has inheritance tax in her sights for November's Budget. More families than ever will end up paying the 40 per cent tax in the coming years.

Economics

22 h. ago Cabinet reshuffle live: Starmer overhauls Home Office and ousts Rachel Reeves’s sister

Keir Starmer’s is reshuffling key ministerial posts, including sweeping changes in the Home Office.

Society

24 h. ago Starmer sacks Rachel Reeves' sister as flailing PM frantically tries to relaunch his Government by axeing MORE ministers in desperate attempt to save face 

Rachel Reeves ' younger sister Ellie has become the latest casualty as Sir Keir Starmer swung the axe through his junior ministers to frantically get his Government back on track.

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24 h. ago Reshuffle of junior ministers raises fears over future of Labour’s workers’ rights bill

Some believe fight is looming over sweeping reforms after employment rights minister Justin Madders sacked and union allies sidelinedKeir Starmer has sought to tighten his grip on his government with a wave of junior ministerial changes that has sidelined allies of the unions, raising questions over the future of Labour’s workers’ rights package.The reshuffle has been used by Downing Street to signal a tougher stance on immigration in an apparent bid to take on Reform UK, with Shabana Mahmood – a self-described social conservative rising star – now in charge of the Home Office, supported by Sarah Jones who returns to her former policing brief. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Jim McMahon MP latest to be axed in government reshuffle after Angela Rayner scandal

The Labour MP said it was time for a 'fresh start'

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39 h. ago Sacking Ian Murray was a move Keir Starmer did not need to make

Record View says the former Scottish Secretary had a tough job - but did it well.

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50 h. ago Rachel Reeves among the few survivors of Keir Starmer's brutal Cabinet purge despite Britain's stalling economy and mounting threat of debt crisis

After being forced into action by Angela Rayner 's resignation as Deputy Prime Minister over her tax row, Sir Keir carried out a frantic reshuffle of his administration.

Events

50 h. ago Will Rachel Reeves be the ONLY survivor of Keir Starmer's brutal Cabinet purge despite Britain's stalling economy and mounting threat of a debt crisis?

After being forced into action by Angela Rayner 's resignation as Deputy Prime Minister over her tax row, Sir Keir carried out a frantic reshuffle of his administration.

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51 h. ago Labour resignations: Which ministers have stepped down since Keir Starmer became PM?

Angela Rayner became one of seven ministers sacked or forced to resign under Keir Starmer’s government

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52 h. ago Keir Starmer sacks Cabinet ministers as PM reshuffles frontbench in wake of Angela Rayner resignation: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest as Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner awaits the outcome of an ethics report into her tax affairs after she admitted underpaying stamp duty.

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53 h. ago Ian Murray sacked as Scottish Secretary as Keir Starmer carries out emergency Cabinet reshuffle

Murray, who was Labour's sole surviving Scottish MP after the 2015 and 2019 general elections, has lost his Cabinet position.

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53 h. ago Ian Murray sacked as Scottish Secretary amid Starmer reshuffle

Mr Murray is the longest serving Scottish Labour MP

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66 h. ago Starmer is 'prepared to sack Angela Rayner' if she broke rules after lawyers accused her of making them 'a scapegoat'

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is skating on thin ice as the ministerial ethics adviser prepares to deliver his verdict as soon as today.

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68 h. ago Head of Britain's trade union movement urges Rachel Reeves to set up new wealth tax to boost services

Paul Nowak called on the Chancellor to look at hitting those worth more than £10 million with fresh levies while hiking capital gains tax - insisting this would not lead to an exodus of the wealthy.

Economics

2 d. ago Angela Rayner’s lawyers deny giving her tax advice on flat in fresh blow to deputy PM in stamp duty storm

Firm that handled purchase of her £800,000 Hove flat say 'we did not and never have given tax or trust advice' as Sir Keir Starmer declines to rule out sacking his deputy

Events

3 d. ago Rayner firm denies giving tax advice as PM refuses to say if he would sack her

The conveyancer used by the Deputy Prime Minister to purchase her Hove flat said it did not give advice on trust and tax matters.

Economics

3 d. ago Spineless Starmer repeatedly REFUSES to say he'll sack Rayner even if ministerial tax probe rules she broke rules when buying seaside flat

Cabinet colleagues of the Deputy Prime Minister suggested she was being unfairly treated for being a successful, working-class Northerner after she admitted underpaying stamp duty by £40,000.

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3 d. ago Starmer declines to say if he will sack Rayner if she is found to have broken ministerial code – UK politics live

Keir Starmer has said that he expects to get the report from his ethics adviser on Angela Rayner quickly Reeves has ‘full confidence’ in Rayner after stamp duty errorKitty Donaldson from the i says Keir Starmer may get the report from his ethics adviser about Angela Rayner tomorrow.NEW: Senior Government sources are playing down reports ministerial watchdog Sir Laurie Magnus could send Sir Keir Starmer his report into Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner’s tax affairs as soon as today. One Whitehall source said tomorrow is more likely. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Starmer refuses to say he’ll sack Rayner if she is found to have broken ministerial code: UK politics live

Angela Rayner said she was given inaccurate legal advice that led her to underpay tax when buying a flat in Hove in May

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3 d. ago ‘Lateness’ of UK Budget ‘entirely undesirable’, says Swinney

The First Minister was speaking after Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she will outline her fiscal plans in the Commons on November 26.

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