Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email An extra 30,000 children have been pulled into poverty by the controversial ‘two-child limit’ on benefits since Labour came to power,Continue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out a fresh round of benefit cuts ahead of the autumn Budget, with Donald Trump’s tariffs threatening to blow a hole in the UK’s public finances. To meet her fiscal rules in the spring statement, Rachel Reeves unveiled a swathe of cuts toContinue Reading
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservative Party should let Reform UK win the Runcorn by-election next month as part of an “electoral pact” between theContinue Reading
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Britain could hit the US with retaliatory tariffs after Donald Trump slapped levies of 10 per cent on British goods enteringContinue Reading
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email A new poll has revealed a dramatic collapse in public satisfaction with the NHS, with almost two-thirds of people across England,Continue Reading
EU preparing countermeasures, says Ursula Von der Leyen The EU is preparing countermeasures after US president Donald Trump hit dozens of nations with “reciprocal tariffs” in what is seen as a “major blow” to the world economy. “We are already finalising the first package of countermeasures in response to tariffsContinue Reading
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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email As Donald Trump prepares to unveil the latest round of US tariffs – grandly dubbed “Liberation Day” by the WhiteContinue Reading
UK still at risk from tariffs if US trade deal secured, warns chancellor The UK would not be “out of the woods” on tariffs even if it could secure an economic deal with the United States, the Chancellor has told MPs. Rachel Reeves told the Commons Treasury Committee that theContinue Reading
The UK is entering a difficult period as the country awaits Donald Trump’s tariff announcement on “Liberation Day”, a Labour minister has warned. Bridget Phillipson issued her warning when she appeared on Times Radio on Wednesday (2 April). Speaking to host Kate McCann, the education secretary said: “This is goingContinue Reading
