Category: Mini-budget 2022

No 10 plays down UK joining EU single market after Burnham suggests referendum would be needed – as it happened

The prime minister previously said that he wanted a debate on how Britain can establish a closer relationshipSpeaking at his rough sleeping summit in Downing Street this morning, Andy Burnham expanded on the claim he made on...

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No 10 plays down UK joining EU single market after Burnham suggests referendum would be needed – UK politics live

The prime minister previously said that he wanted a debate on how Britain can establish a closer relationshipSpeaking at his rough sleeping summit in Downing Street this morning, Andy Burnham expanded on the claim he made on...

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Starmer to say Reform’s spending plans would cause a Truss-style meltdown

Nigel Farage is ‘using your family finances as a gambling chip on his mad experiment’, prime minister will sayKeir Starmer will launch an attack on Nigel Farage by accusing the Reform UK leader of promoting tax-and-spending...

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Reeves to raise spectre of Liz Truss to persuade Labour MPs to accept cuts

Chancellor to tell party she is making steep cuts to avoid similar fallout to that which followed 2022 mini-budgetRachel Reeves will raise the spectre of Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget in the lead-up to next week’s spring...

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Starmer to keep saying Truss crashed economy despite legal letter, No 10 suggests – UK politics live

PM’s spokesperson asks whether Truss ‘will write to millions of people who felt her economic record pushed their mortgage bills up’Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, is responding to the UQ about borrowing...

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Lammy dismisses Trump’s Greenland threats but sidesteps question over whether Musk comments are incitement to violence – UK politics live

Foreign secretary says Trump’s comments reflect concerns about Arctic security and says there is ‘fine line between free speech and hate speech’ when asked about MuskDarren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, is...

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Cutting winter fuel payments ‘right decision’, says Reeves, as No 10 says no change to council tax discount for single people – Labour conference live

Chancellor says £22bn gap in current spending budget and state pension rise meant she had to make decision on means-testing fuel paymentsIn interview this morning Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, defended her own decision to...

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Rachel Reeves says cutting winter fuel payments was ‘right decision in circumstances we inherited’ – Labour conference live

Chancellor says £22m gap in current spending budget and state pension rise meant she had to make decision on means-testing fuel paymentsIn interview this morning Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, defended her own decision to accept...

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Rachel Reeves’s speech interrupted by protesters – Labour conference live

Protesters opposed to arms sales to Israel disrupt chancellor’s speech as she sets out Labour’s plans for UK economyIn interview this morning Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, defended her own decision to accept clothing donations...

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King speech’s reference to ‘disastrous’ mini-budget removed after Truss complaint

Official document updated after ex-PM writes to head of civil service Simon Case calling for investigationThe government has removed a reference to Liz Truss’s mini-budget as having been “disastrous” in an official king’s speech...

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