Six councils have been granted an above 4.99 per cent council tax rise - how much will council tax increase by? The government has granted an above 4.99 per cent council tax increase for six ...

Rachel Reeves got some good (and rather rare) economic news today: pay growth has risen to its highest level in eight months ...

Keir Starmer has attempted to curry favour with President Trump ahead of a trip to Washington next week by promising to ...

Rachel Reeves faces a tough choice between £12billion in tax rises or significant spending cuts to meet Sir Keir Starmer's ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir ... Starmer said the move would give people “more money in their pockets”. However, the Bank also warned that more people will be out of work, as firms swallow higher ...

Keir Starmer replies generally - and manages to ... We heard this week that around 2.5 million people in England are facing council tax rises above the normal limit after the government allowed ...

Keir Starmer was condemned ... allowed to increase the tax paid by households by 5%, double the current 2.5% rate of inflation, but a number will be allowed additional rises.

Keir Starmer and Labour have signed off on Council Tax increases of up to 10% this year, despite their election promise of a freeze: Labour have approved Council Tax rises of up to 10% effective ...

About 85,000 offenders in England and Wales will get an extra £1 a week to help them stay on the ‘straight and narrow’ Labour has handed prisoners their first pay rise in eight years at a ...

But keep reading, because it is also a very big deal, and years down the track will probably be looked back on - for good or for ill - as a definitive moment for Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government.

The Chancellor joins Sir Keir Starmer in ... to publish her tax return following a major speech on the economy on Wednesday in which she refused to rule out more tax rises in the spring.