Starmer fails to repeat commitment not to extend freeze on income tax

Starmer accused of new ‘war on countryside’ after community grant axed

There is concern that cherished local pubs will be forced to close after a government grant was cancelled, in yet another blow to rural communities

Kemi Badenoch raises alarm bell for ‘emergency budget’ after Keir Starmer defends Labour’s tax raid

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has sounded an alarm bell by repeatedly labelling Rachel Reeves's imminent spring statement an "emergency Budget".In a fiery exchange in the House of Commons, Badenoch said: “The Chancellor claimed that her Budget was a once in a Parliament reset."So why are we having an emergency Budget next week?”Responding to the Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer bluntly replied: “We have delivered record investment into thi…

Badenoch caught Starmer out at PMQs

Keir Starmer didn’t have to defend his welfare cuts until later in the session at today’s Prime Minister’s Questions, because Kemi Badenoch decided to focus on the looming increase to employers’ national insurance contributions. She was right to do so ahead of the spring statement, and her attacks were, for the second week running, much

Starmer fails to repeat commitment not to extend freeze on income tax

In the autumn budget, Rachel Reeves decided not to extend the freeze on the thresholds at which people start to pay different rates of income tax.

PMQs: Badenoch wins by hammering Starmer on tax hikes

The Tory leader landed blows against the government’s upcoming increase to national insurance contributions — leaving the PM struggling to respond with clarity.

Under Starmer, things can only get worse – we need to wake up