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The weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) comes ahead of UK-France talks on tackling small boat crossings.
Sir Keir Starmer has sparked fears of a new stealth tax after Kemi Badenoch warned that "millions of our poorest pensioners ...
Sir Keir Starmer today failed to rule out further tax rises to fund his U-turn on axing winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. The Prime Minister refused to set out in the House of ...
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 failed to rule out more tax rises to fund the winter fuel allowance U-turn, as critics claim hikes are "inevitable" following the Government's Spending Review. The Prime Minister was ...
Challenged about this on the flight to canada, Sir Keir said: “The first thing is council tax rises are obviously for councils to decide, year on year, which is what they all do.
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 ...
If Starmer and Reeves don’t make the case, a right-dominated press will blame the inevitable tax rises on Labour economic mismanagement. There is another story to tell.
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 ...