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Speech attempts to take back narrative with talk of ‘years of economic mismanagement’, Brexit and tariffs

Mansions and other high value houses in Labour chancellor’s sights as she prepares for crucial Budget later this month

Food inflation pushes consumers to the limits of what they are willing to spend, costing retailers sales

Valentine Low’s Power and the Palace is a study of how sovereigns and politicians have circled one another for two centuries. It is well-researched; flashes of brilliance sit alongside passages that feel well worn. Among the revelations in the book’s serialisation was the late Queen’s aside to George Osborne to…

Keir Starmer may need to move quickly to appoint new envoy given Donald Trump’s imminent state visit

Despite his value to Starmer, the New Labour veteran has been forced into an extraordinary third resignation

Former chancellor is now partner at Robey Warshaw but is expected to move to part-time role, report says

The claims are made in Power and the Palace, a forthcoming book by royal biographer Valentine Low

The beginning of the end came early one Saturday morning. We were sitting in the departures zone at Stansted airport, waiting to board a red-eye flight for a family birthday reunion early last year. But something was wrong with our bank account. One of our tenants had just paid his…