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Rachel Reeves goes back to the future with her public finances statement

The chancellor’s message was: this is going to hurt, but it’s not my fault. Haven’t we heard that somewhere before?

The Guardian - UK

My vote was a plea for Labour to tackle child poverty. Its response? To suspend me

Seven of us voted for a motion to end the two-child benefit cap – not as ‘gesture politics’, but to fight for a cause we believe in, says the MP John McDonnell

The Guardian - UK

By disciplining MPs for voting to pull children out of poverty, Keir Starmer has shown us who he really is

Labour will say this is just a matter of party discipline, but it is a clear demonstration of the government’s priorities, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK

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Mapped: How did my MP vote on the two-child benefit cap?

The Commons rejected an amendment by SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn to scrap the two-child benefit cap

The Independent UK

Time for a new conversation about government spending

City Comment: Chancellors should give themselves as much wiggle room as possible

Evening Standard

Labour considering scrapping two-child benefit cap

Keir Starmer warned there was ‘no silver bullet’ for child poverty, adding if there was ‘it would have been shot a very long time ago’

The Independent UK

A respectful question for Labour: do you have any real change?

The new government has promised things will be different: but when it comes to spending, we seem stuck on old Tory policies

The Guardian - UK

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‘Fatal strategic flaws’: first report of UK Covid inquiry pinpoints serious errors of state

Health secretaries failed to amend contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000 in UK, report says

The Guardian - UK

UK Covid-19 inquiry: report ‘does not go far enough’ say bereaved families – as it happened

Group says it is ‘relieved’ at many of report’s recommendations but calls for more measures to tackle inequality and improve capacity of public services

The Guardian - UK

Verdict due on impact of Brexit and austerity on Covid-19 response

David Cameron, George Osborne and Matt Hancock to face criticism about priorities in years running up to pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer aims to avoid backbench rebellion with child poverty taskforce

PM’s speech failed to specify measures to tackle issue, angering MPs calling to scrap the two-child benefit cap

The Guardian - UK

Why Labour wants to hang the Tory legacy around the Conservatives’ necks for years

The positive messages from Sir Keir Starmer’s team are being accompanied by a doleful drumbeat about the direness of the situation they’ve inherited

The Guardian - UK

Labour will rightly be judged by how it fixes our problems. But never forget who left the UK in such a rotten state

Although Cameron and Osborne have been rebranded as Tory moderates, look back to 2010 and you’ll see how much devastation they truly caused, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

UK sugar tax explained: what is it and has it worked?

New research shows levy has led to a significant drop in the amount of sugar in people’s diets

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I’ve spent a lifetime working to level up Britain. Angela Rayner, here is my advice

Labour has a historic opportunity to combat regional inequality. Empowering regional mayors is the place to start, says Michael Heseltine, a former Conservative deputy prime minister

The Guardian - UK

Great for parties, useless for governing: grace-and-favour homes are the spoils of power

The country piles of Dorneywood, Chevening and Chequers that were so fiercely squabbled over by Tory ministers are suddenly up for grabs

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron and senior Tories push back against swift leadership contest

As Tory MPs prepare bids, former PM and George Osborne say candidates should prove themselves in opposition

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon: Poor SNP result 'takes independence off immediate agenda'

NICOLA Sturgeon has said a poor result for the SNP in Scotland takes independence “off the immediate agenda”.

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The Guardian - UK

Did that really happen? 14 years of chaotic Tory government

How the occupants of No 10 brought us austerity, Brexit, Partygate and an economic crash

The Independent UK

Tories heading for armageddon as bombshell poll suggests Rishi Sunak will win just 82 seats

Exclusive: A major survey for The Independent on the eve of the general election puts Labour on course for a 272-seat majority with Keir Starmer winning 461 seats

The Guardian - UK

An (incomplete) list of every terrible policy the Conservatives have inflicted on Britain since 2010

Readers, brace yourselves, says the writer Jonn Elledge

The Guardian - UK

How the Tories pushed universities to the brink of disaster

The long read: Over the past 14 years, the Conservative dream of a free market in higher education has collided with the harsh reality of austerity and the cultural resentment of the radical right – driving some institutions close to bankruptcy

The Guardian - UK

Austerity was a disastrous political choice that we are still reeling from

Letters: Readers respond to the economist Paul Krugman’s article about the effects of the Tories’ most defining policy during the coalition years

The Conversation

If Rachel Reeves hikes capital gains tax, she’ll be more in line with Nigel Lawson than Gordon Brown

With Labour heavily predicted to win the upcoming UK election, there has been much talk about future tax plans.

The Guardian - UK

How the ‘unforced error’ of austerity wrecked Britain

The Tories’ cuts were an obvious economic blunder, but their disastrous consequences are still piling up – and there is little hope Labour will reverse the damage

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