UK interest rates to fall to 2.75% by next autumn, Goldman Sachs predicts_P
Economists at investment bank say markets are underestimating likely extent of action by Bank of England Financial markets think there is a 98% chance of the Bank cutting rates from 5% to 4.75% next month. Photograph: Laura Rose Whereatt/The Guardian Interest…
Labour brutally mocked over new NHS transformation plan within hours of it launching! B
Waffles for all patients, serving alcohol in hospitals and handing out free cinema tickets were among suggestions submitted to the Government’s consultation on health service reform. The Prime Minister launched the public consultation on Monday (Image: Getty) Sir Keir Starmer’s call…
Angela Rayner ‘shores up her position’ as Keir Starmer U-turns to give his deputy a seat on national security council – and she claims victory on £1bn social housing funding .H
Angela Rayner has been handed a permanent seat on the national security council after a U-turn by Keir Starmer. Allies of the Deputy PM had voiced anxiety that she was being sidelined after she was only given a temporary post on the…
Woman who threw milkshake at Nigel Farage admits assault.H
Victoria Thomas Bowen is accused of assault by beating and criminal damage after a milkshake was thrown over Nigel Farage in June. Victoria Thomas Bowen has arrived at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London (Image: PA) A woman has admitted to assaulting…
Labour brutally mocked over new NHS transformation plan within hours of it launching.H
Waffles for all patients, serving alcohol in hospitals and handing out free cinema tickets were among suggestions submitted to the Government’s consultation on health service reform. The Prime Minister launched the public consultation on Monday (Image: Getty) Sir Keir Starmer’s call…
Outrage as Keir Starmer removes Shakespeare portrait from No 10.H
PM accused of ‘consigning Bard to the dustbin’ by changing the artwork in Downing Street A William Shakespeare portrait has been removed from No 10 (Image: PA) The course of true power never did run smooth – and now Sir Keir Starmer is…
Doctor spared by Keir Starmer from assisted dying charges ‘is sure PM wants law change’_P
Exclusive: Starmer, then DPP, said it was not in public interest to prosecute Dr Michael Irwin after arrest in 2009 Dr Michael Irwin: ‘The majority of people want to change the law.’ Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian A doctor who was spared…
Labour tax hikes at Budget could damage UK competitiveness and growth, think tank warns.l
The UK comes 30th out of the 38 largest developed nations in list of how pro-growth their tax systems are. Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Image: Getty) Labour tax hikes at the upcoming Budget could damage UK competitiveness and growth, a leading think tank…
Labour brutally mocked over new NHS transformation plan within hours of it launching.l
Waffles for all patients, serving alcohol in hospitals and handing out free cinema tickets were among suggestions submitted to the Government’s consultation on health service reform. The Prime Minister launched the public consultation on Monday (Image: Getty) Sir Keir Starmer’s call…
Ministers urged to increase basic rate of UK statutory sick pay! B
Campaigners call on government to go further than current plans to prevent people off work slipping into poverty Under current plans a full-time worker on the average UK salary would still lose £419 net in the first week of illness. Photograph:…