£500m Budget cash will pay for 5,000 affordable homes, Reeves announces! B
Treasury also confirms council house Right to Buy discounts will be slashed to 25pc Chancellor Rachel Reeves (centre) and Angela Rayner, the housing minister (right) plan to spend £5bn to build 1.5m new homes Credit: Lucy North/AFP A £500 million Budget cash injection…
Chancellor pledges extra £500m for social homes in budget_P
Treasury plans £5bn total investment in housing supply and a reduction in discounts under the right-to-buy scheme The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, said the housing crisis had created a generation locked out of the property market. Photograph: Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Reuters The Treasury…
Labour MPs urge Keir Starmer to clarify stance on non-cash slavery reparations_P
No 10 says issue is off the table for Commonwealth summit but other nations are prepared to defy UK Keir Starmer attends an executive session of the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Samoa on Friday. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Reuters Labour MPs…
Rachel Reeves warned ‘don’t be stupid’ after UK borrows £120bn but pays £102bn in interest! B
EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Reeves’ plan to add billions more to Britain’s mountain of debt is a ‘stupid’ move that will only increase the amount of interest owed, an expert says. Rachel Reeves’ plan to pile more debt on UK taxpayers is…
Nightmare for Keir Starmer as Tories secure thumping double by-election victory! B
These nightmare results come as Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government is under increasing pressure ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget. Fresh nightmare for Keir Starmer as Tories secure thumping double by-election victory. (Image: Getty) Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party suffered a big…
Labour MPs fear chancellor’s tough budget will bring new set of problems_p
Concerns from party that significant cuts to key departments will set damaging tone for new government Some Labour MPs have expressed concerns over Reeves’ plans to cut welfare budget. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA When Rachel Reeves stands up in the Commons on Wednesday, her…
Consumers win UK car finance case that could lead to billions in compensation! B
Judges in test case rule it was unlawful for lenders to pay commission to car dealers without borrowers’ knowledge The cases are linked to arrangements in which lenders gave car dealerships and brokers the power to set interest rates on…
Labour to announce plans for five new UK freeports in budget_P
Starmer says new low-tax zones, a policy inherited from the Tories, will ‘have this government’s stamp on them’ One of the existing freeports in Teesside. Changes to the freeports model are expected to include better oversight from local councils. Photograph: Gary…
King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ past as calls for slavery reparations grow at Commonwealth summit_P
Some leaders had hoped Charles might use his speech at Chogm in Samoa as an opportunity to apologise for Britain’s colonial past King Charles says ‘none of us can change the past’ in Chogm speech – video King Charles acknowledged…
Starmer’s refusal to discuss enslavement reparations has only magnified the issue_P
Commonwealth leaders have been surprised at Labour’s position – and campaigners have even called the PM’s stance ‘offensive’ Keir Starmer attends a reception at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Samoa on Thursday. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Reuters It was meant to…