Controversial plans to cut personal independence payments (Pip) may be shelved after a tense cabinet meeting and backlash from Labour MPsMinisters have left the door open to a humiliating U-turn on their highly contentious plans...
Read MoreInfluential Labour figure says cuts ‘not a Labour thing to do’, while George Osborne says when chancellor he resisted move as ‘step too far’The former shadow chancellor Ed Balls has criticised plans for...
Read MoreUnion says staff will have been left reeling after surprise news that body will be scrappedStarmer is now talking about regulatation, and giving examples of where he thinks it has gone too far.l give you an example....
Read MoreThis live blog is closedBritish prime minister Keir Starmer says he is “deeply saddened” to hear that Prescott has died, and called him a “true giant of Labour”.In a statement on X, he said, “I am...
Read MoreFormer chancellor says ‘increasing borrowing means interest rates would be higher for longer’ as Reeves says it will ‘make space for investment’Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has said that “no...
Read MoreThe prime minister blamed the Tories for ‘breaking’ the NHS and said reform of the service was needed Starmer sets out some of the most negative findings in the report.Take the waiting times in A&A – more...
Read MoreFormer Labour shadow chancellor says ministers need to find a way to stop controversy over means testing destabilising governmentSteve Reed, the environment secretary, has given a speech this morning on his plans to tighten the...
Read MoreFormer shadow chancellor is one of the authors of a new academic paper on how to bridge the regional divideBritain needs a 20-year cross-party consensus to level up the economy and unleash the untapped potential of regions...
Read MoreFormer shadow chancellor says people need to hear Labour say they are commitment to ‘sound public finances’ over worries about taxation increaseAt the Covid inquiry hearing in Edinburgh Liz Lloyd, Nicola...
Read MoreEx-Labour minister tells Hay festival that the involvement of former leaders in the ‘next phase of politics’ is not sensibleEd Balls has said former prime ministers such as Tony Blair and David Cameron should not...
Read MoreFormer shadow chancellor says he has ‘no intention’ of putting himself forward to stand for the West Yorkshire seatEd Balls has ruled out a return to politics as a Labour candidate in the upcoming Wakefield...
Read MoreHe’s been shadow chancellor, and he wowed the crowds on Strictly. Now Ed Balls has written a book that’s part memoir, part cookbook. He talks about kitchen confidence, failing at diets – and why politics is...
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Andrew Griffith, shadow business secretary, says prime minister needs
Downing Street says it ‘reserves right’ to respond to
It’s shaping up to be another tricky week for
The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to
The Dollar Index edged lower during the week ended
UK PM hosting international summit on illegal migration and
Elzbieta Olszewska refused time to complete paper application but
Far-right leader found guilty of embezzlement of European funds
French far right leader and eight National Rally MEPs
UK PM hosting international summit in London in attempt