Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce £40bn-worth of tax rises and spending cuts in the budget at the end of this month, it has been reported. That covers the £22bn “blackhole” Reeves ...
Initially, the service was to be set up by 2026. However, in December social care minister Maree Todd revealed in a letter to the finance committee that the flagship bill had been delayed until ...
Preparing to write this column, I messaged a former Labour party strategist who had worked in No 10 post ’97 to ask what his assessment was of the first 100 days. The answer was swift – “the first 94 ...
Whatever Keir Starmer imagined the early days of his premiership would be like, it can’t have been this. The first Labour prime minister for 14 years has had a honeymoon period so bad it would drive ...
The Conservatives have had a tough time of late. Being plagued by in-fighting and law-breaking, and then getting gubbed at the election, has sparked some soul-searching. But they’re confident they’ve ...