Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to climb down from his suggestion that he does not consider people who have an income from assets such as shares of property to be working people. It comes after Labour promised in its manifesto not to raise VAT, income tax or national insuranceContinue Reading
King Charles has acknowledged the “pains of the past” in an attempt to smooth over the ongoing row about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade. Speaking on the first full day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) in Samoa, the King called for “ways to rightContinue 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 will announce Labour’s first Budget since coming into power on 30 October, leading one of theContinue Reading
Ministers should commit to a new version of the Online Safety Bill which strengthens regulation in order to better protect children, a charity has said. The Molly Rose Foundation has warned that the current implementation of the Bill by new online safety regulator Ofcom has been risk averse and unambitious,Continue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has ruled out a free movement deal for young people with the EU in a major setback for his post-Brexit reset with the block. The prime minister’s official spokesman said the UK “will not be considering” a youth mobility scheme, which would allow under-30s to study, workContinue Reading
The mother of a jailed British-Egyptian activist has not had a meal for close to a month – a hunger strike that she hopes will lead to her son’s release before she starves to death. Laila Soueif, a 68-year-old maths professor born in London but who now lives in Cairo,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 will announce Labour’s first Budget since coming into power on 30 October, leading one of theContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to re-examine the UK’s relationship with the European Union, as a new group of MPs from across the political spectrum has formed to urge the prime minister to forge closer ties with the bloc. The group, which aims to “discover areas of mutual co-operationContinue Reading
Disposable vapes are set to be banned across Britain next year amid fears children are illegally buying the devices. New laws will reportedly give suppliers a deadline of 1 June 2025 to get rid of all stock across England, with the UK government expecting devolved nations in Scotland, Wales andContinue Reading
Rachel Reeves will turn on the spending taps to upgrade Britain’s creaking infrastructure and invest in the clean energy transition, she will tell world leaders today. The chancellor is planning to change the government’s fiscal rules to free up billions of pounds of borrowing, which she will promise to spendContinue Reading
