Sir Keir Starmer left the door open to tax hikes after the next election to fund his 5% defence spending commitment.

Hard-pressed Brits have been warned to brace themselves for tax rises later this year as Keir Starmer pours money into defence and the NHS and Labour MPs vow to block welfare cuts that would help ...

Sir Keir Starmer has left the door open for tax rises in order to pay for mammoth increases to defence spending, amid growing questions over how the UK will afford the £30bn pledge.

The weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) comes ahead of UK-France talks on tackling small boat crossings.

Keir Starmer has refused to rule out tax rises after his U-turn on Personal Independence Payments (PIP). The Prime Minister ...

Sir Keir Starmer said Labour would stick to its commitment not to raise taxes to reach a new defence and security spending pledge of 5% of GDP by 2035. The Prime Minister is meeting leaders of other ...

Sir Keir Starmer has left the door open for tax rises in order to pay for mammoth increases to defence spending, amid growing questions over how the UK will afford the £30bn pledge. On Tuesday, ...

Sir Keir Starmer has denied that the three-year increase in council tax planned for by the Treasury breaks his election manifesto promises. Labour’s manifesto for last July’s general election ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s U-turns on benefit cuts and winter fuel payments have blown a £4.5bn hole in the public finances that will “very likely” be filled by tax rises in the autumn Budget ...

Keir Starmer backed down to a rebellion within his own Labour party over a planned £5 billion ($6.9 billion) cut to disability entitlements, in a costly U-Turn that dents his authority and leaves ...

Keir Starmer has handed councils the bill for paying for the black hole in UK finances amid warnings of the biggest rises in local taxation in two decades. The prime minister told journalists on a ...