Labour will ‘live to regret’ scrapping triple lock, shadow pension minister warns Personal Finance The shadow pensions minister has warned Andy Burnham that he will “live to regret” scrapping the triple lock on the state pension to pay for his new National Care Service. Speaking at the annual Pensions UK conference on Wednesday, Helen Whately argued Burnham has created a new financial challenge through his commitment to drop the [...]
Badenoch puts Tories on difficult path to the right destination Politics Party conference season has come to an end, having barely registered for most voters beyond an extra dose of politics on the news and in their feeds. Party leaders always have to balance two audiences: their supporters in the hall and the sceptics at home. As a new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham’s conference speech was [...]
Badenoch to offer tax cuts as Tories pitch ‘credible alternative’ to Labour Politics Expectations are growing that Kemi Badenoch will announce “multiple” tax cuts in her flagship speech at the Conservative Party conference, with announcements on national insurance and inheritance tax set to take centre stage. The Tory leader is looking to boost her support base among Britain’s middle classes as she warned that an early election would [...]
Top Tory pleads with young people to stay in Britain October 5, 2026 Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith has urged young people to stay in Britain and support the Conservatives as he highlighted the Tory pitch to young people amid a row over the party’s commitment to keeping the triple lock pension. In a speech to party members on Monday, Griffith said Tory policies to scrap stamp duty and [...]
Heathrow and housing: Griffith pledges ‘most ambitious deregulation project’ in generation October 4, 2026 The Conservatives’ pick for chancellor has pledged to roll out the “most ambitious deregulation project in a generation” as he is set to say plans could cut £50,000 off the price of a new home. Andrew Griffith, the shadow chancellor, will say on Monday he will slash red tape for businesses across construction, supermarkets and [...]
The return of VAT-free shopping will boost Britain’s towns and cities September 21, 2026 Britain has so much to offer. It is no surprise that more than forty million overseas visitors choose to visit our country every year. Walk down Bond Street in London or Princes Street in Edinburgh and you will see visitors from around the world drawn to some of our most iconic retailers. Our high streets [...]
Businesses welcome Tory pledge to restore tax-free shopping September 20, 2026 Top UK business leaders have welcomed Tory plans to bring back tax-free shopping for overseas visitors if they reenter government in a bid to end the tourism shopping slump. The Conservatives said it would restore VAT refunds for eligible visitors from outside the EU after the tax-break was stripped away in 2021 under former chancellor [...]
If Conservatives can win in Enfield then James Cleverly can be Mayor of London September 16, 2026 Conservatives have long been told that London is write-off, but victory in Enfield has proved naysayers wrong. Now we must throw ourselves behind James Cleverly for Mayor, says Alessandro Georgiou Labour had run Enfield for 16 years when voters went to the polls on 7 May. By the end of the next day’s count, we [...]
Tories say households could save £540 a year by scrapping net zero August 18, 2026 The Conservatives have said that households could save about £540 a year after 2030 if net zero regulations are scrapped with a commitment to make energy as cheap as possible. A report published by centre-right think tank Onward and backed by the Tories said the cost of net zero came to an extra £540 per [...]
Public sector makes wage growth higher than expected August 18, 2026 Wage growth was higher than expected as pay offers in the public sector far outweighed growth in the private sector, new data has revealed. Official statistics have shown that wage growth, including bonuses, reached 4.1 per cent between April and June compared to a market forecast of four per cent. This was still lower than [...]