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Farage says Reform UK now ahead of Tories in Wales – UK politics live
Party leader prepares to address conference and cites polling showing Reform UK has 21% support in Wales. Keir Starmer has hosted veterans and charities at Downing Street with defence secretary ...World - The Guardian - 6 hours ago -
Labour will reform benefits system to save £3bn, says minister – UK politics live
‘We will not go ahead with the Tory plan,’ Alison McGovern says, adding: ‘We will bring forward our own reforms’. Rachel Reeves is considering raising the tax on vaping products in her budget ...World - The Guardian - October 18 -
Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – UK politics live
PM says budget just ‘first step’ after watchdog said measures would make no difference to growth over five years. Rachel Reeves is now being interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.. She is being ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
Employment rights bill will cost firms £5bn per year but benefits will justify costs, government says – UK politics live
Analysis from business and trade department says bill will significantly strengthen workers’ right. In the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
No 10 rejects claims PM received Taylor Swift tickets as ‘thank you’ for security measures – as it happened
Downing St says decisions over protection for the singer were up to Scotland Yard and not the government. Keir Starmer has has welcomed private investment of £550m to make it easier for people to ...World - The Guardian - October 15 -
Reeves hints UK will urge Trump not to raise tariffs as economists fear his policies will cut growth – UK politics live
Chancellor says UK’s trading relationship with US is ‘absolutely crucial’ and promises not to be a ‘passive actor’. Another Labour politician who has criticised Donald Trump strongly in the past ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
No 10 says Starmer ‘shares public anger’ at early prisoner releases but system facing paralysis without it – UK politics live
Downing Street says government ‘shocked’ at inheriting prisons crisis as hundreds of prisoners get early release. The funeral of Alex Salmond, the former Scottish first minister who died suddenly ...World - The Guardian - October 22 -
Why the Tories stay ahead on political firsts
Rule book ability to change its leaders has driven its success — but also its dysfunctionWorld - Financial Times - 4 days ago -
UK consumers in ‘a despondent mood’ ahead of the budget; pound on track for worst month in a year – business live
People holding ‘their breath’ to see what’s in store for them in Rachel Reeves’s first budget, reports GfK. Budget will reverse huge cuts in UK’s public investment, Reeves confirms Fewer ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Starmer under pressure to accept slavery reparations, as minister claims UK will eventually agree - UK politics live
PM Starmer has been told by Commonwealth leaders he must come to the table to discuss reparations for the “ill effects” of slavery. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has said that “no one ...World - The Guardian - October 24 -
UK borrowing rises ahead of Budget
Official data shows borrowing - the difference between spending and tax take - reached £16.6bn last month.Top stories - BBC News - October 22 -
UK workers’ rights reforms to cost businesses £5bn a year
Government’s impact assessment finds companies will face bill for implementing new policiesBusiness - Financial Times - October 21 -
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Badenoch attacks Jenrick on Europe as UK Tory leadership contest heats up
Former business secretary says her rival’s plan to take Britain out of the ECHR would be divisiveBusiness - Financial Times - October 17 -
Starmer gives speech about ‘severity’ of illegal migration threat at Glasgow’s Interpol meeting – UK politics live
Kemi Badenoch works on shadow cabinet appointment. Starmer told the Interpol general assembly that that UK increasing its funding for Interpol projects by £6m this year.. He said this would ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Kemi Badenoch reveals full shadow cabinet including Chris Philp as shadow home secretary – UK politics live
Priti Patel becomes shadow foreign secretary with Mel Stride as shadow chancellor and Robert Jenrick as shadow justice secretary. In a statement commenting on her shadow cabinet appointments, Kemi ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
‘What have they done…Again?’: What the UK papers say after Trump’s momentous political comeback
Donald’s Trump extraordinary victory in divisive elections in the US dominated the UK papers on Thursday, as the world grapples with Trump 2.0. US election 2024 – latest updates US election ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Companies curb UK advertising spending ahead of the Budget
Marketing budgets fail to grow for the first time in 14 quarters, trade body findsBusiness - Financial Times - October 16
