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Britain's new Labour government unveils its first budget on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer warning of tax rises and public spending cuts as he focuses on long-term growth.

Rachel Reeves to lay out the ‘tough decisions’ needed to restore economic stability and ‘put more pounds in people’s pockets’

Editorial: The Tory leader will step down this week after making history but failing to understand the mood of the times

THE minimum wage will rise to £12.21 an hour next year after the Chancellor confirmed a 6.7 per cent increase ahead of Wednesday’s Budget.

Wages will rise for 3.5 million workers, but the Low Pay Commission warned businesses were beginning to struggle with large increases.

Parliamentary watchdog Ipsa has proposed a series of changes, including a move away from ‘mechanistic rule following’.

Downing Street insisted the timing of the latest charging announcement was a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service.

When Praful Nargund stood against Jeremy Corbyn in Islington North at the July general election, I heard several confident predictions about why the moderate and business-savvy candidate favoured by Keir Starmer’s ruthlessly disciplined machine would promptly see off Jeremy Corbyn – the Old Testament prophet of doomful state socialism in…

Former SNP leader and first minister ‘restored pride in our nation’, says acting Alba head in eulogy