Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico reacted angrily on Friday after the U.K. ambassador to Bratislava criticized his interview with Russia’s Rossiya 1 state-owned television, saying, “Slovakia is not Britain’s colony.” “I don’t know what gives you a right to interfere in my media activities,” Fico said in a videoContinue Reading
Labour’s first Budget does not bear any similarity to that of Liz Truss, a minister has said adding that the country has “got PTSD” from the former PM’s catastrophic mini-Budget as the government seeks to downplay speculation about market turmoil. Asked about market jitters following the Budget, Treasury minister DarrenContinue Reading
An angry Question Time audience member delivered a powerful speech hitting out at “economically illiterate” MPs. The man addressed the panel on Thursday’s show (31 October) – the day after Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget, announcing a £40bn tax hike. He said: “Whenever there is a change fromContinue Reading
The government’s new value for money tsar will be paid a day rate of £950, the equivalent of a £247,000 annual salary. David Goldstone, who will take up the position of chairman of the new Office for Value for Money, will effectively be on a higher pro-rata salary than theContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of lying to farmers about wanting “a new relationship” with them after the Budget extended inheritance tax to family farms for the first time in history. The move means farms worth more than £1m are now subject to 20 per cent inheritance tax. AlreadyContinue Reading
The chancellor is under pressure from trade unions to offer payouts to miners involved in strikes during the 1980s. After Rachel Reeves announced £11.8 billion for the victims of the infected blood scandal and another £1.8 billion for the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, attention has been drawn to otherContinue Reading
The bookmakers and many observers have almost given up on the Tory leadership final as a contest, with Kemi Badenoch now the firm favourite to replace Rishi Sunak. But history shows that Tory leadership elections are often far from predictable – whether it is in the early rounds where MPsContinue Reading
Rachel Reeves has admitted her tax-grabbing Budget will hit the pay packets of working people as the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) accused her of undermining trust in politicians. The chancellor was forced to accept that her decision to hike employer national insurance contributions will lead to workers being paidContinue Reading
Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves deliver remarks during a visit to the West Midlands after the Budget announcement on Wednesday. The chancellor has unveiled Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, making history as the first woman to lead the fiscal event. Ms Reeves had made noContinue Reading
Robert Jenrick accused Rachel Reeves of “telling packs of lies for months” following Labour’s Budget announcement. Speaking to Sky News on Thursday (31 October), the Tory leadership candidate accused the chancellor of acting “like a compulsive liar” and “inventing a black hole” in public finances. “They’re making it up toContinue Reading
