14 h. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: Starmer and Reeves don't grasp the dangers we face. If they fail to prepare us for war, they will never be forgiven

When the former head of nuclear policy at the Ministry of Defence implies that our nuclear submarines are a national embarrassment, it is time to despair.

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26 h. ago Probation is in perpetual crisis. Can it protect the public from tens of thousands more criminals on the streets?

There is a danger the ailing Probation Service is being ‘set up to fail’, the chief inspector of probation has warned, as the nation prepares for the biggest justice system overhaul in a generation, Amy-Clare Martin reports

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4 d. ago 'The political equivalent of the living dead' ANDREW PIERCE reveals how everything is going wrong under the Starmer Reeves double act

Sitting side by side, they were all smiles. But look at the faces of Labour MPs sitting behind them. Grey, tense. They know that Reeves and Starmer are a political disaster.

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4 d. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: Rachel Reeves' fatal mix of incompetence and mendacity makes her unfit to be Chancellor. It's time for her to put country first and resign

What is to be done about Rachel Reeves? Will she be allowed to go on breaking promises and attracting endless allegations of lying? Or will Sir Keir Starmer finally act - and end our misery?

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4 d. ago DAN HODGES: Rachel Reeves is bang to rights. And in his eagerness to find a scapegoat, Starmer has now made a fatal blunder

Finally. After the days of obfuscation, deflection and flat-out lying surrounding Rachel Reeves's Budget deceit, Kemi Badenoch has cut through to the heart of the issue. 

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4 d. ago David Lammy slams colleagues gossiping about Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves

David Lammy - the deputy PM and Justice Secretary - has hit out at his Cabinet colleagues for 'having a drink and b*tching about' Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves

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5 d. ago Starmer accused of forcing out OBR head for 'telling the truth' about Reeves' Budget lies in PMQs hammering

In bitter clashes at PMQs, Kemi Badenoch repeatedly battered the PM over the chaos engulfing the fiscal package.

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5 d. ago Badenoch: Reeves could be prosecuted for market abuse over claims before Budget

The Chancellor has faced accusations she misled voters by overstating the scale of the fiscal challenge, but has denied doing so.

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5 d. ago Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past | Rafael Behr

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves claim to be dealing with the world as it is, but their choices betray yearning for a world that has disappearedHollywood has stopped betting on original ideas. Sequels and remakes dominate the box office. Among this year’s Christmas movie releases are Zootropolis 2 (the first Zootropolis came out in 2016), Avatar: Fire and Ash (third in a series that began in 2009), and Wicked: For Good (part two of the adaptation of a musical that premiered in 2003).New stories are risky. It is safer to retell old ones. British politics feels similarly afflicted by paralysis of the imagination, intimidated by change, stuck in a narrative loop.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Labour now less trusted on the economy than Liz Truss, damning new poll finds

Asked who they would trust with the economy, 10 per cent of people said Labour - fewer than those who said they would trust Liz Truss

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6 d. ago Chancellor ruling out another independence vote does not carry weight – Flynn

The SNP MP claimed Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will both be ousted if the SNP wins next year.

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6 d. ago The most misleading thing about Rachel Reeves’s budget? Who it was really for | Aditya Chakrabortty

Labour backbenchers have been cheering it as a win for the most vulnerable in socety. In fact it was aimed at the bond marketsThe charge is a grave one: that Rachel Reeves has just lied to Britons, spooking them into paying billions in extra taxes that she can splash out on higher benefits. However hyperbolic, this isn’t the usual Westminster sparring; this time, someone might get hurt. A week ago, critics of Reeves and Keir Starmer were, rightly, calling their budget “chaotic”. Today, it’s denounced as lies, and Kemi Badenoch is demanding the chancellor quit. It’s an accusation that demands straightforward answers, so let me give mine. Did the chancellor tell lies? On the available evidence, no. There were no whoppers, no falsehoods, no porkies. But despite Starmer’s comments yesterday, that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to see here and we can all move along. Reeves did mislead the public about the factors shaping her decisions. Was it all to funnel cash to “benefits street”, as the...

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6 d. ago Starmer insists there was ‘no misleading’ after claims Reeves lied in run

Keir Starmer forced to publicly defend chancellor over accusations she lied about country’s finances - as Labour MPs voice discontent

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6 d. ago Starmer insists there was ‘no misleading’ amid claims Reeves lied in run

Sir Keir Starmer forced to defend Rachel Reeves during speech as Labour MPs voice discontent

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6 d. ago Now Keir Starmer is telling porkies in vain attempt to defend Rachel Reeves

This Budget was all about keeping Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves in power, argues Brian Monteith

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6 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Rachel Reeves lied, but ultimately the buck stops with 'Surkeir' Starmer. This gruesome twosome can't postpone their day of reckoning for ever...

When Keir Starmer became Labour leader five years ago, I thought I'd better come up with a suitable nickname. The first I fastened upon was Max Headroom.

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6 d. ago OBR chairman resigns after damning report into leak of Reeves’ Budget

The report said the leak was ‘the worst failure in the 15-year history of the OBR’

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6 d. ago Nine things to know from Keir Starmer speech including Reeves defence and Brexit damage

Keir Starmer told audiences in London today that the Budget was a 'moment of personal pride' as he defended Chancellor Rachel Reeves as she comes under fire.

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7 d. ago Starmer’s priorities have changed. He needs to be honest about why

The prime minister’s claim that he always wanted to scrap the two-child benefit cap will cast doubt on his attempt to reassure voters – and his own cabinet colleagues – that he and the chancellor told the truth about tax rises, writes political editor David Maddox

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7 d. ago Starmer says there was ‘no misleading’ by Chancellor ahead of Budget

Rachel Reeves has also reportedly been accused of misleading the Cabinet.

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