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Labour’s £13.2bn warm homes plan will not face cuts in spending review

Source confirms decision that will help meet net zero targets and pledge to cut energy bills by £300

The Guardian - UK

Bereaved families of dead pensioners ‘could be pursued by taxman to recoup winter fuel payments’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that millions more elderly Britons will receive the allowance this year in a major U-turn

Evening Standard

Forcing rich pensioners to pay back winter fuel allowance would be tax ‘nightmare’, Reeves warned

Chancellor expected to reinstate universal winter fuel payments - but claw grants back from some through higher taxes

The Independent UK

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OPINION - Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are losing their grip as rebels sharpen the knives

The PM’s strategy feels like the posture of a man trying to stay upright on one leg on a balance ball, writes Anne McElvoy

Evening Standard

‘Bold rewiring’ of economy needed as Tories seek to regain trust, Stride says

In a speech on Thursday, Mel Stride is expected to promise the Conservatives will ‘never again’ make offers they cannot afford.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss lashes out as Tories apologise for her disastrous mini-budget

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride vowed the Tories would ‘never again’ make offers they cannot afford as he warned his party ‘needs to shine the light of truth on what Reform is all about’

The Independent UK

Free school meals for half a million of England’s poorest children

The move, which comes after a major campaign by The Independent, said the expansion will lift 100,000 children across England out of poverty

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Worker’s hilarious reaction to Rachel Reeves’ transport speech caught on camera

A staff member at a bus factory had a hilarious reaction to Rachel Reeves’ speech in Greater Manchester on Wednesday morning (4 June).

The Independent UK

Free school meals extended but winter fuel changes could tax dead pensioners’ families

Insiders describe chaotic process of reinstating payment and ‘dire optics’ of proposal to claw it back from wealthy pensioners who might die before tax returns are processed

The Guardian - UK

Labour Reinstates Winter Fuel Payments in Dramatic U-Turn as Pensioners Face Soaring Energy Bills

Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed on 4 June that Winter Fuel Payments will be reinstated in 2025, expanding beyond those on Pension Credit.

International Business Times UK

Reeves doubles down on pledge not to raise taxes as Britain faces cuts

The chancellor has insisted she can stick to manifesto spending pledges as experts question her grasp of the nation’s finances

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s investment plans: sugaring the bitter pill of austerity

Editorial: The chancellor is right to be planning for the long term, but voters won’t be patient if change isn’t felt soon

The Guardian - UK

Britain facing cuts after Reeves rules out tax raid

The chancellor has insisted she can stick to manifesto spending pledges as experts question her grasp of the nation’s finances

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Raising taxes is political suicide’: Readers tackle uncomfortable truth behind UK’s growth slump

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is sharply divided over how Rachel Reeves should fix the country’s finances. While some urged spending cuts over tax rises, others insisted ‘we really can’t afford to support the lifestyles of the mega wealthy’

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The Guardian - UK

UK tax rises in the autumn are essential – but who will pay?

Next week’s spring statement is buying time, but the writing is on the wall: Britain is broken, and repairs cost money, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

The Guardian - UK

Can spending in the north allay nagging fears about price of Reeves’s prudence?

Chancellor wants to show Labour MPs she has a theory of growth that embraces areas leaking support to Reform

The Independent UK

Voices: I went to a DwP benefit cut consultation: Here’s what I found

COMMENT : Attendees were told how important their views were – but it speaks volumes that we were handed leaflets with the number of the Samaritans on it, writes James Moore

The Independent UK

Voices: Are Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer in denial about the ‘T’ word?

COMMENT: In a key speech in Rochdale, the chancellor stuck to Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance for employees and VAT, saying she had ‘absolutely no intention’ of repeating the £40bn tax hike in her first Budget. Her words may well come back to haunt her,…

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The Guardian - UK

UK service sector confidence higher in May than since before autumn budget

Survey of business leaders shows many looking forward to improved sales and investment in next six months

The National (Scotland)

Rachel Reeves in partial U-turn on Winter Fuel Payments – but backs fiscal rules

RACHEL Reeves has pledged to stick with her fiscal rules – as she confirmed the Government would partially reverse its Winter Fuel Payment cut ...

The Independent UK

Police will not have to pick and choose which crimes to investigate, says Reeves

Senior police chiefs have written to the PM warning they will be forced to make difficult choices if spending cuts are announced next week.

The Guardian - UK

Winter fuel payments to be reinstated this year, Rachel Reeves confirms

Threshold over which pensioners are no longer eligible for payment will rise before winter, chancellor says

Evening Standard

Millions more pensioners to get winter fuel payments this year, Rachel Reeves confirms after major U-turn

The Chancellor said the changes to winter fuel payments will come into force this year

Evening Standard

Reeves to stick to fiscal rules amid budget wrangles ahead of spending review

The Chancellor said there were ‘good things’ that would not be able to happen due to the tight spending settlement.

The Independent UK

Winter fuel payments won’t be reinstated for all in a blow to millions

The chancellor confirms the changes to payments will be implemented by this winter, but the government will not provide details of how it will be paid for until October

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