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Autumn budget live: Rachel Reeves raises taxes by £40bn and increases spending on NHS and schools
Chancellor announces changes to employers’ national insurance contributions, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and other duties. Budget 2024: key points at a glance Full report: Reeves raises ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Chris Mason: Labour facing test from farmers who feel let down by inheritance tax plan
Starmer's farmer-alarmer in the Budget could crystalise anger over ministers’ perceived ignorance about agricultural life.Top stories - BBC News - 16 hours ago -
Trump gets the hump with Labour
And we put your questions to American voters!Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
Is ‘working people’ working for Labour?
Plus what to expect from the ‘bazooka’ BudgetTop stories - BBC News - October 27 -
What is a 'working person', according to Labour?
The government has promised not to raise taxes on "working people" in this Wednesday's Budget.Top stories - BBC News - October 28 -
Trump accuses Labour Party of 'foreign interference'
Labour activists volunteering in the US presidential election amounts to illegal "contributions", the complaint alleges.Top stories - BBC News - October 22 -
Can the private sector deliver Labour’s housebuilding boom?
Government still has to tackle how commercial incentives limit supply of new homesWorld - Financial Times - October 23 -
Labour volunteers helping Harris 'in spare time', says Starmer
The prime minister said volunteers from his party travelled to the US for "pretty much every" presidential election.Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
Trump Accuses U.K. Labour Party of Election Meddling
Donald Trump’s campaign said Britain’s governing Labour Party had engaged in “blatant foreign interference.” Other British politicians have previously acted in support of Mr. Trump.World - The New York Times - October 24 -
Rayner defends Labour after Trump campaign complaint
The row over Labour volunteers campaigning in the US election was raised at Prime Minister's Questions.Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
Labour backbenchers accuse Keir Starmer of ‘colonial mindset’
Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Diane Abbott and Clive Lewis criticise PM over reluctance to discuss reparations for slave trade. Three prominent Labour backbenchers have accused Keir Starmer of an “insulting” ...World - The Guardian - October 27 -
The Papers: Labour suspends MP and a hot Halloween ahead
An alleged altercation involving Mike Amesbury leads many papers.Top stories - BBC News - October 27 -
Reeves embarks on Budget that will define Labour government
Prime minister and chancellor aim to convey sense of joint purpose ahead of long-awaited fiscal event on WednesdayBusiness - Financial Times - October 28 -
UK Budget: What to Know Before Labour’s Announcement
The new Labour Party government said it had inherited a challenging financial position and warned of tax increases and spending cuts when it reveals its budget this week.Top stories - The New York Times - October 28 -
British Labour Lawmaker Suspended After Punches Thrown
Video that emerged over the weekend appeared to show Mike Amesbury, a Labour party lawmaker, hitting a man in the face and then repeatedly landing more body blows.World - The New York Times - October 28 -
Labour doesn’t know who ‘its people’ are
Government inability to define group at core of its tax pledges reflects lack of political direction from topBusiness - Financial Times - October 29 -
Rachel Reeves: The chess fanatic playing Labour's first big gambit
Profile of the UK's first female chancellor as she prepares to deliver first Labour Budget in 14 years.Top stories - BBC News - October 25 -
‘No shortcuts’: Labour sets Britain on risky road to recovery
Starmer and Reeves have time on their side as they take major political gambleBusiness - Financial Times - October 30 -
Britain’s Labour Budget: bold ambition, uncertain prospects
Rachel Reeves must now deliver on her investment plans, or taxes will rise even furtherWorld - Financial Times - October 30 -
Did Labour mislead UK public ahead of Budget?
Rachel Reeves’ tax-raising measures come after she pledged not to be a levy-hiking chancellorWorld - Financial Times - October 31 -
UK Labour’s Budget borrows big, taxes more
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a £40bn tax increase and a sharp rise in borrowingWorld - Financial Times - October 31 -
Labour budget sets the scene for 2026 Holyrood election
The devolved Scottish government will have had an extra £3.4bn to spend - including more money than SNP ministers anticipated for public building projects.Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
The Papers: 'Labour challenges Badenoch' and 'Lopez backs Harris'
A variety of stories appear in this Sunday's papers, featuring the Royal Family and Kemi Badenoch.Top stories - BBC News - November 2 -
Badenoch: We will have opposite approach to Labour on economy
Speaking on her first day as leader, Badenoch gave a first glimpse of her policy priorities.Top stories - BBC News - November 3 -
Labour draws dividing line on tuition fees
Party may hit political difficulties as the amount rises with inflation and system loses its original advantagesWorld - Financial Times - November 5 -
Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury charged with assault
Runcorn and Helsby MP, 55, to appear in court at later date. Mike Amesbury, the MP suspended by Labour pending an investigation, has been charged with assault after an incident following a night ...World - The Guardian - November 7 -
‘They don’t understand business’: corporate Britain cools on Labour
Chancellor Rachel Reeves attempts to win back support for her party after rocky early monthsBusiness - Financial Times - Yesterday -
Why Labour will struggle to reset the UK-China relationship
Decisions made in the Sunak and Johnson eras complicate the route forwardWorld - Financial Times - 5 hours ago -
Labour’s ‘reform or die’ mantra for the NHS misses the urgent tasks
The real challenge is how to make fast enough progress to offset increasing demands on the health serviceBusiness - Financial Times - October 20 -
Reeves banks on big Budget wheeze to reconcile Labour’s pledges
Continuing Tory ‘stealth’ freeze on thresholds pulls many middle earners into higher rate, but carries risksWorld - Financial Times - October 21 -
Dozen Labour MPs join call for 'extreme wealth' tax
The MPs want Rachel Reeves to bring in a 2% tax on assets over £10m, which they claim could raise £24bn per year.Top stories - BBC News - October 22 -
Trump accuses UK Labour party of interference in White House race
Keir Starmer seeks to defuse potential transatlantic disputeBusiness - Financial Times - October 23 -
Trump files extraordinary complaint claiming election meddling by UK Labour party
Allegation references LinkedIn post saying 100 party staffers were headed to US to campaign for Harris. First King George III. Now Sir Keir Starmer.. Citing the American revolution while ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
Trump campaign files FEC complaint over Labour staff campaigning for Harris
Former President Trump’s campaign team filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission on Monday, labeling the U.K. Labour Party’s efforts to support Vice President Harris as “election ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
Labour to end profit incentive for rail operators in run-up to nationalisation
Train bosses accuse government of being ‘ideological’ over ending post-Covid scheme letting them keep more cashWorld - Financial Times - October 23 -
FirstFT: Shares in McDonald’s plunge on links to E. coli outbreak
Also in today’s newsletter, Israel claims Nasrallah’s heir killed and Starbucks scraps financial guidanceWorld - Financial Times - October 23