Rachel Reeves is set to unveil a black hole in the public finances of around £20bn, signalling that tax rises could be on the way. The chancellor will on Monday set out the results of the spending audit she ordered Treasury officials to produce. The findings appear to confirm concernsContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer is set to meet other European leaders after the opening ceremony of the Olympics as he continues his bid to reset Britain’s relationship with the continent after Brexit. The prime minister will be in Paris on Friday as the Games get underway in the French capital andContinue Reading
Keir Starmer has dropped Rishi Sunak’s plans to challenge the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) application for an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu. The previous Conservative government had suggested the ICC was overreaching its powers. But No 10 has now confirmed that, under Labour, no objection will be submitted. The matterContinue Reading
Rachel Reeves is set to unveil a £20 billion ‘black hole’ in public finances on Monday, sparking rumours that Labour’s first autumn statement will bring new tax raising measures. The chancellor is expected to reveal her findings when she releases a Treasury spending audit, setting out the strained state ofContinue Reading
Tom Tugendhat joins race for Tory party leadership Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has said he understands public concerns after footage of police officer emerged appearing to show a policeContinue Reading
Martin Lewis has cleared up confusion over the two-child benefit cap as Labour defeated an amendment to scrap the controversial measure. The cap prevents parents from claiming universal credit or tax credit for their third child. It came into place under a Conservative government April 2017 and applies to childrenContinue Reading
Rightwing Tory MP Suella Braverman’s bid to replace Rishi Sunak as Tory leader may come to an end before it even begins despite growing supprt among ordinary party members. The Independent understands that the former home secretary is struggling to get the 10 MPs needed to put her on theContinue Reading
A North Korea-backed cyber group has been accused by the UK, US and South Korea of carrying out an online espionage campaign to steal military and nuclear secrets. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said the Andariel group has been compromising organisations around the world to steal sensitive and classifiedContinue Reading
Watch again as Sir Keir Starmer delivered a speech as a new Great British Energy partnership was launched on Thursday (25 July). The prime minister and energy secretary Ed Miliband have announced the first major partnership between Great British Energy and The Crown Estate to unleash billions of investment inContinue Reading
The Labour government has used flights scheduled to deport migrants under the Tories’ scrapped Rwanda scheme to return failed asylum seekers to Vietnam and Timor-Leste. The Home Office has announced that a charter flight took 46 migrants to the Asian countries on Wednesday. Home secretary Yvette Cooper told MPs thisContinue Reading
