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Plan to means-test benefit for pensioners criticised by opposition parties and some Labour backbenchers

THE​ Labour government has done “nothing more, and nothing less” than cut pensions, a social policy expert has said ...

Mention the £22bn hole in the public finances and the chancellor’s eyes light up. This is her time. Her chance to shine

Liz Truss or George Osborne? For Rachel Reeves, neither is exactly her political lodestar. From a Labour perspective, the former moved far too fast with her 'mini-Budget' and in doing so sparked a run on gilts. In contrast, the latter slowly strangled the UK economy with cuts to capital spending…

Exclusive: Cut would mean at least 239,000 fewer hectares of nature-friendly farmland, according to RSPB

Watch as Rachel Reeves and treasury ministers answer questions in parliament a week after Sir Keir Starmer said the upcoming October Budget “would be painful”.

Melanie Onn has written to the chancellor asking her to consider measures to ensure older people are ‘not left in the cold this winter’

KEIR Starmer’s favourability ratings have fallen to their lowest level since he became Prime Minister.

Simon Case rebukes Conservatives for suggesting Labour exaggerated state of public finances

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces Commons grilling over the controversial move as Labour unrest grows

LSE report suggests chancellor should downgrade projects such as Lower Thames Crossing in favour of services