Chancellor under fire after guests insights about forthcoming government spending cuts at cocktail party

The Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is facing calls for an official inquiry following a report that he attended a private champagne reception with hedge fund...

Greens call for re-joining the EU “as soon as political situation is favourable”

The UK should make a speedy return to the free movement of people between the UK and the European Union and re-join the customs...

Shock poll gives Labour 33 point lead as fall out from Fiscal event continues

A shock new poll tonight has put Labour 33 points ahead of the Tories which if replicated across the country would see Kier Starmer’s...

Truss refuses to u-turn as she faces BBC local radio interviews

The Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted the Government had to “take urgent action to get the economy growing” in her first public comments...

Rayner closes the Labour conference with Liz Truss wisecrack

Greater Manchester MP and Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner closed the Labour Party conference in Liverpool with a quip at The Prime Minister saying...

The Government has rejected calls to abandon its mini budget

The Government has rejected calls to abandon last week’s mini budget despite the Bank of England being forced to intervene in the financial markets...

Starmer promises a taxpayer funded energy Company that will invest in renewable energy

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has announces plan for a new taxpayer-owned company to invest in renewable energy. He hopes that it will eventually...
Greater Manchester’s Mayor Andy Burnham described Friday’s fiscal announcement as a act of vandalism on social cohesion

Burnham-Friday’s budget was a “flagrant act of vandalism on the social cohesion of this...

Greater Manchester’s Mayor Andy Burnham has described Friday’s fiscal announcement from the Government which saw £45 billion of tax cuts as a "flagrant act...

Chancellor gambles on growth by tax cuts as he delivers Fiscal event

The Chancellor has vowed to break the “vicious cycle of stagnation” and convert it into a “virtuous circle of growth,” announcing what the Government...
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is urging the Chancellor to go beyond tax cuts in Friday’s fiscal statement with more targeted support

Chancellor will leave low-income families out in the cold with tax-cutting agenda says Joseph...

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is urging the Chancellor to go beyond tax cuts in Friday’s fiscal statement with more targeted support for households...