Category: Thinktanks

Labour fears grow as Reform eyes victories in local election battleground

Nigel Farage’s party is building on the unpopularity of the government and is set to challenge it in next year’s polls For many Labour and MPs and party officials, it was a nightmarish image that encapsulated the...

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Fix SEN funding to avoid ‘absurd’ council deficits in England, IFS says

Thinktank calls on government to set a long-term vision for radical changeCouncil deficits in England could spiral to “absurd” levels in excess of £8bn in less than three years without radical reform of special...

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Russia imposes travel ban on cabinet ministers, calling it retaliation for ‘Russophobic’ policies – as it happened

Kremlin bans UK cabinet ministers including Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Yveette Cooper from entering countryThe Federation of Small Businesses applauds the ambition in the government’s Get Britain Working, but says...

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Mel Stride appointed shadow chancellor and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary as Kemi Badenoch announces team – as it happened

New Conservative leader makes key appointments and says she wants to unite party, with Stride a senior figure on the left and Patel prominent rightwingerStarmer went on to say the government was “going to treat people...

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Mel Stride appointed shadow chancellor and Priti Patel shadow foreign secretary as Kemi Badenoch announces team – UK politics live

New Conservative leader makes key appointments and says she wants to unite party, with Stride a senior figure on the left and Patel prominent rightwingerStarmer went on to say the government was “going to treat people...

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Labour set to raise tuition fees amid deepening university financial crisis – UK politics live

Fees could rise from £9,250 to about £9,500 and the move is expected to come into force from September 2025Starmer went on to say the government was “going to treat people smugglers like terrorists”. And...

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NHS £22.6bn funding boost in England ‘not enough’, warn health experts

The chancellor’s budget spending increase will largely be absorbed by pre-existing plans, says top thinktankMedical experts have warned the boost to NHS funding in England unveiled in the budget will not be enough to...

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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 yearsRachel Reeves is now being interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.She is being interviewed by Ed...

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Reeves’s long-term spending figures almost as unrealistic as Tories’ were, IFS says – UK politics live

Institute for Fiscal Studies says budget ‘looks like the same silly games’ as seen under the ConservativesRachel Reeves is now being interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.She is being interviewed by Ed Balls,...

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