Tory leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch refused to say whether or not she wants to be prime minister. The Conservative MP, who faces Robert Jenrick in the final battle to become Tory leader, was repeatedly pressed on whether she would like to be prime minister, but refused to give a straightContinue Reading
Rachel Reeves has warned that tomorrow’s Budget will just be the beginning of painful measures to fix “14 years of Tory damage”. The chancellor joined health secretary Wes Streeting for a hospital visit to highlight NHS funding ahead of her first major financial statement since becoming chancellor in July. ButContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has issued a grim warning on a Budget later this week that is expected to feature record-breaking tax rises. The prime minister used a major speech in Birmingham on Monday to pave the way for “tough decisions” on Wednesday when Rachel Reeves delivers her first Budget. WithContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer mistakenly announced that Rachel Reeves would unveil five new freeports at Wednesday’s budget, in what officials have reportedly dubbed a “total cock-up”. The prime minister told reporters that while freeports were a scheme inherited by the new Labour government, it plans to “maximise their potential”, saying theyContinue Reading
Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer warns that Britain faces “unprecedented challenges” in a speech on Monday, 28 October, ahead of Labour’s first Budget for 14 years. The prime minister’s speech in the West Midlands — a region in which Labour swept away the Tories in the general election —Continue Reading
Keir Starmer refuses to rule out raising national insurance contributions Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rachel Reeves’ tax-hiking Budget will hit workers however Labour frame it, the former governor of the Bank ofContinue Reading
Rachel Reeves has borrowed the language of the former Tory chancellor George Osborne to say her first Budget will be for “strivers” as her party faced a deepening row over the definition of “working people”. Labour has pledged not to raise key taxes, including income tax, VAT or national insurance,Continue Reading
A Nigel Farage-inspired bid to persuade Donald Trump to veto Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial Chagos Islands deal can be revealed today. The Independent has seen legal advice on Sir Keir’s controversial deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius sent to Mr Trump that was requested after the ReformContinue Reading
The daughter of David Amess, murdered by an Islamic State supporter at his MP surgery, says she was “catastrophically” failed by the government’s Prevent programme. Katie Amess reportedly launched a High Court civil case for personal injury against the Home Office and Essex Police earlier this year following her father’sContinue Reading
Keir Starmer refuses to rule out raising national insurance contributions Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rachel Reeves’ tax-hiking Budget will hit workers however Labour frame it, the former governor of the Bank ofContinue Reading
