State pension 4.1% boost ‘entirely cancelled’ for millions of pensioners! B
State pensioners are on course for another inflation-beating pay rise next April. State pensioners are set for a 4.1 percent pay rise but many will effectively get nothing extra (Image: Getty) State pensioners on track for a 4.1% boost next April…
UK inflation falls below 2% for first time since 2021 in boost to Rachel Reeves! H
Surprise annual drop to 1.7% in September raises chance of interest rate cuts, increasing budget leeway The bigger than expected fall in UK inflation was partly offset by the rising price of food and non-alcoholic drinks. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Inflation in…
Rise in rough sleeper deaths in UK prompts call for shelter funds! B
Campaign group warns of ‘emergency on our streets’ after estimated 155 people died while rough sleeping last year Rough sleepers’ tents across the river from the Houses of Parliament. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Alamy Andrew Reece was 37 and sleeping rough in Stoke-on-Trent…
UK inflation falls below 2% for first time since 2021 in boost to Rachel Reeves! B
Surprise annual drop to 1.7% in September raises chance of interest rate cuts, increasing budget leeway The bigger than expected fall in UK inflation was partly offset by the rising price of food and non-alcoholic drinks. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Inflation in…
Starmer ‘spied on by police during 1990s’! B
Undercover officers accessed confidential details of free legal advice PM gave to activists facing McDonald’s libel lawsuit, inquiry hears Sir Keir gave free legal advice to Helen Steel and Dave Morris in the McLibel case Sir Keir Starmer was spied on…
Rachel Reeves warned landlord tax raid will backfire as London rent hits crazy £2,694! B
Labour are being warned that punitive attacks on Landlords will only make the London cost of living crisis worse. Real estate giant Rightmove is calling on Rachel Reeves to give landlords new tax relief as an incentive to stay in…
Labour may hike inheritance tax to 50% and tax every gift you get in brutal Budget raid! B
If you’re thinking of making gifts to children or children then don’t hang around because chancellor Rachel Reeves could target inheritance tax in her Autumn Budget. Labour refuses to say what it will do to inheritance tax but it may…
Rachel Reeves tells cabinet UK still faces £100bn black hole over next five years.H
Chancellor’s words will be interpreted as signal she will not give in to ministers over cuts she imposes in budget Rachel Reeves said the £22bn gap she had identified for 2024 would be a recurring cost each year of this…
Who are the key New Labour figures in Keir Starmer’s government?H
The PM is surrounded by Blairites, from Pat McFadden and Liz Kendall to Jacqui Smith and Jonathan Powell Keir Starmer with Liz Kendall during a visit to Siemens Traincare in West Sussex in February. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA In the run-up to…
Starmer met Taylor Swift at concert after getting free tickets – as details of talk revealed! B
The revelation comes amid questions over government intervention in talks over the security for the concerts after the pop superstar was given a taxpayer-funded police escort. Sir Keir Starmer met Taylor Swift when he attended her concert at Wembley Stadium,…