Rachel Reeves is to slash the ‘right to buy’ discount given to those purchasing their council house in next week’s Budget. Ministers say the move is designed to “protect” existing stock so thousands more homes remain for rent. But the cut risks accusations that it is an attack on aspiration.Continue Reading
The prime minister is set to be among those people protected from tax rises in next week’s Budget, the chancellor has suggested. Asked whether Sir Keir Starmer was defined as a working person, Rachel Reeves said: “The prime minister gets his income from going out to work and working forContinue Reading
Domestic abuse victims who make multiple reports to the police of violence and abuse carried out by their partners are being failed, the women’s minister has admitted. Speaking to The Independent, Anneliese Dodds warned that violence against women is “stubbornly high” but charge rates for such crimes are “extremely low”.Continue Reading
The Culture secretary has hit back at French proposals plans to charge Brits and other non-EU visitors a surcharge to see the Mona Lisa. Minister Chris Bryant said entry to the UK’s national galleries and museums was “FREE to all. You’re welcome. Je vous en prie.” “Je vous en prie,”Continue Reading
Britain will rejoin the European Union within 15 years, a former European Commission chief has predicted. Speaking about the UK’s decision to leave the EU at the UCL Centre for Finance, Romano Prodi – who served as president of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 – said: “I’m bettingContinue Reading
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
