Unions vote to condemn government’s winter fuel payments cuts September 25, 2024 Unions have voted to condemn the government’s decision to means test pensioners’ winter fuel payments, in a blow to No10 as the Labour conference came to a close. A non-binding motion brought by Unite and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) was backed by delegates in a vote on Wednesday morning in the main hall in [...]
Sick Brits to be helped back to work by ‘crack teams’ of doctors, Streeting says September 25, 2024 Sick Brits are set to be helped “back to health and back to work” by “crack teams of top clinicians”, Wes Streeting has announced in a bid to tackle rising economic inactivity. The health secretary today pledged reforms created by surgeons would be rolled out in hospitals across the UK “to treat more patients and [...]
Which taxes will Labour hike in the October Budget? September 25, 2024 Kier Starmer has said that those with the "broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden". So where will Starmer and Reeves turn to raise some extra cash?
PM vows to rebuild Britain but warns of difficult road ahead September 25, 2024 Sir Keir Starmer addressed the annual Labour conference in Liverpool vowing to use his “mandate for change” to “deliver national renewal.”
Nobody turns up to a Starmer speech expecting to have their ribs tickled September 24, 2024 Was Keir Starmer once beaten up by an actor? Was he bullied by a clown? Something must have happened in his past to explain his visceral aversion to performers and showmen. He rarely makes a speech these days without attacking those who take to a stage with a spring in their step and a quip [...]
‘Pension death tax’ on the cards as Reeves looks to raise cash September 24, 2024 Tom Selby, director of public policy at AJ Bell, said many of the possible reforms come with "significant practical and political challenges".
Has Labour overdone the doom and gloom? September 24, 2024 Many economists and City business groups have argued that this risks damaging growth. After all, why would households spend and businesses invest in a climate of fear?
Forget the bangs and flashes, the UK economy just needs some plumbing September 24, 2024 The outlook for the UK economy doesn't have to be so bleak. We just need to get back to basics, writes Sam Bidwell.
UK industrial strategy not just ‘smoking chimney stacks’, trade expert says September 23, 2024 The UK’s industrial strategy is not just “smoking chimney stacks”, trade expert Marco Forgione has said.
City analysts ask Rachel Reeves ‘where will the tax axe fall?’ September 23, 2024 City analysts have called on Rachel Reeves to clarify where the “axe will fall” ahead of a Budget widely expected to see taxes hiked. The Chancellor delivered her keynote speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Monday where she struck a more optimistic economic tone, promising that October 30 would see a “Budget [...]