Jeremy Hunt’s non-dom ploy should worry Labour
Keir Starmer’s party risks losing one of its flagship policies and key revenue raisers.
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Waste collection and library services are at risk of severe cutbacks
Ahead of the Budget next week, local authorities have warned Chancellor Jeremy Hunt of extreme cost pressures.
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Austerity on trial
At the Covid-19 inquiry, David Cameron and George Osborne were unrepentant over their spending cuts.
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Long austerity: councillors reveal how much they still cut services
Exclusive polling for the New Statesman reveals which local budgets are being slashed.
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How the UK gave up on policing fraud
Fraud is now endemic, accounting for 40 per cent of crime, but only a tiny minority of cases are ever…
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The list of ministerial interests is a cosy affair
The register shows Rishi Sunak is not the only one with family ties to companies close to government.
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Shoppers aren’t buying the Tories’ economic optimism
Jeremy Hunt might believe in the British economy but its consumers don’t.
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What next for businesses after the Budget?
NatWest’s SME Taskforce welcomed the government’s focus on childcare, but felt that an opportunity to back small enterprises had been…
Why market reform, not freezing bills, is the answer to energy security
New research argues the long-term solution to volatile fossil fuel prices requires public ownership of energy generators.
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Britain’s rising inflation has a hidden cause: corporate greed
Inflation has risen to 10.4 per cent, driven in part by corporate profit-seeking.
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Greying MPs and ministers hit the pension jackpot following Jeremy Hunt’s Budget
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The left can win and forge a new settlement – but only if it repairs the trust we have lost
Research reveals a strong public appetite for progressive ideas. But we cannot flourish in an environment of mutual intolerance.
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What is Jeremy Hunt doing to tackle the cost-of-living crisis?
As inflation rises once more, we summarise the measures announced in the Budget to help with rising prices.
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The Budget proves only Labour has a serious economic plan
As the Conservatives prioritise handouts for the richest few, ordinary families are left paying the price.
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Childcare gets top billing in the Budget, but will it work?
After Jeremy Hunt announced an extension of free childcare provision to children older than nine months in the Budget this…
Disabled people shouldn’t be subject to “cruel” benefit sanctions, say charities
Jeremy Hunt wants his Budget to help “remove the barriers to work” for long-term sick and disabled people.
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The Budget showed Sunak is trapped
The Prime Minister needs an economic and electoral transformation – but he doesn’t have a plan to deliver it.
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Jeremy Hunt didn’t fix anything
The Budget did nothing to address the UK’s fundamental problems: Brexit and a deeply unequal economy.
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Why do the Conservatives keep stealing Labour’s fiscal policies?
After Jeremy Hunt’s Budget was littered with Labour’s ideas, Keir Starmer needs to be more radical to stand out.
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The quiet consensus: how Labour and the Tories are converging
The Budget confirmed that the two main parties are closer on policy than at any time since 2008.
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