Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Nigel Lawson

Reform to reinstate two-child benefit cap as Jenrick pledges ‘fiscal discipline’

Sir Keir Starmer criticised Robert Jenrick’s announcement as ‘shameful’, as Reform’s Treasury spokesperson claimed the policy is unaffordable.

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves’s budget has inflamed, not calmed, Britain’s febrile mood

The chancellor’s statement will be remembered for the many taxes it raised, rather than the big one – income tax – it did not, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Brian and Maggie on Channel 4 review: Thatcher as object of affection? Really?

3/5 Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter are a captivating double-act in this effective period piece, but it plays it a little cosy to the Iron Lady

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Brian and Maggie review – it’s a real worry when Margaret Thatcher seems this admirable

You can tell how corrupt our recent politicians have been by how attractive Harriet Walter’s portrayal of the ex-PM seems alongside Steve Coogan in this drama based on a scorching TV interview

The Guardian - UK

The true story behind Channel 4 drama Brian and Maggie

The story of the tempestuous clash between Thatcher and former MP Walden precipitated her downfall

Evening Standard

The interview that shook Thatcher: ‘Brian and Maggie’ revisits a turning point in Britain’s political history

The interview is now seen as the beginning of the end for Thatcher’s premiership

The Independent UK

‘She was a fiend!’: how the interview that destroyed Thatcher became an intense TV drama

In 1989, an on-camera head-to-head triggered the then PM’s demise. Harriet Walter, Steve Coogan and James Graham discuss their gripping take on the bombshell broadcast

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

What to know about ‘Red Ellen’, the radical MP whose portrait is now hanging at 11 Downing Street

Before announcing changes to Britain’s tax system in her first budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves redecorated her own digs. The headline change was swapping a portrait of Nigel Lawson, Margaret Thatcher’s chancellor, with one of Ellen Wilkinson – a trailblazing politician known as “Red Ellen”.

The Conversation

Greggs scoffs at reports of snub by its Christmas ad star Nigella Lawson

TV chef, who has signed up for bakery chain’s first ever festive advert, says she is a fan of its sausage rolls

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves swaps Nigel Lawson portrait for one of Labour MP ‘Red Ellen’

Chancellor has previously pledged to ensure all art in No 11 is either by female artists or of female figures

The Guardian - UK

From tax cuts to breaking the economy: five UK budgets that made a difference

As Rachel Reeves prepares to unveil her measures, we look at how five of her predecessors broke the mould

The Guardian - UK

How the Observer helped save Scotland’s bogs from destruction

The Flow Country is to gain Unesco world heritage status years after the area was being destroyed in a tax break scheme, and thanks to campaigners, Nigel Lawson – and this newspaper

The Guardian - UK

Even Nigel Farage opposes the two-child cap. Labour must scrap it

Letters: This is an opportunity for Keir Starmer to demonstrate to left-behind voters that he is on their side, writes Bernie Evans. Plus letters from Hazel Davies, David Lindsay, Jan Pahl and Jon Marks

The Guardian - UK

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 Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

The wisest Brexiters – such as Nigel Lawson – knew how good life is in Europe

A weekend near the former chancellor’s French residence induced a mood of wellbeing quite unlike Britain’s beleaguered mood

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s economic plans: a response too small for the challenge the UK faces

Editorial: A radical agenda is needed to deal with the crises of economic stagnation, political polarisation and the climate emergency. Rachel Reeves did not offer one

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt will try to talk a long game while scrambling to fund pre-election tax cuts

The chancellor should stress tax cuts are neither affordable nor a priority to UK voters

Evening Standard

A new 'Lawson boom'? No thanks, I remember the first one

City Comment: The reforms Jeremy Hunt wants to recreate brought a recession, soaring interest rates and boom-and-bust house prices

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown calls for overhaul of benefits system as study reveals ‘crisis’

Exclusive: Jeremy Hunt urged to act over report showing poorest families spend 63p in each £1 on food and energy bills

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt claims Nigel Lawson’s mantle as he teases tax cuts

Hunt draws comparisons with Thatcher’s tax-slashing chancellor as he claims UK is ready for economic boom

WhatToWatch

Nigella’s Amsterdam Christmas: release date, what happens, locations, recipes, interview and everything you need to know

Nigella’s Amsterdam Christmas is a one-off BBC1 special that sees the chef explore the ‘Venice of the North’ at Christmastime.

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt’s post-Brexit City shake-up is ‘damp squib’, say MPs

Treasury select committee says Edinburgh reforms launched a year ago have had little impact on UK economy

The Independent UK

Tory grandees gather to pay tribute to Lord Lawson

The former chancellor’s daughter, TV cook Nigella Lawson, was joined by senior Conservatives at the service of thanksgiving for her father.

The Guardian - UK

Cuts, war, Brexit: all fuel the battle for the centre ground, but no one really knows where that is

It is the concept dominating our politics, but unless people have a clear idea what it means, the debate will isolate them further, says author and broadcaster Steve Richards

The Guardian - UK

Earned income taxed twice as heavily as capital gains for some in UK, study finds

Thinktank says increasing capital gains tax rates to same as employment tax would raise £10bn extra

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.