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Labour’s budget can bring hope and stability

Letter: In a decisive week for the government, David Blunkett recalls how the first Labour administration was brought down by a forged letter 100 years ago

The Guardian - UK

UK Prime Minister Sets Stage For High-Stakes Budget

Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government faces economic challenges, plans tax hikes, and adopts a cautious budget approach to address Britain's financial woes.

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England’s bus fare cap will rise from £2 to £3 in 2025, says Starmer

People understand tough decisions are needed to fix public finances, PM insists in pre-budget comments

The Guardian - UK

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Keir Starmer mistakenly announces five new freeports in comms ‘cock-up’

The government actually planned to announce new customs sites at five existing freeports that were previously announced by the Conservatives

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer warns the UK budget this week will reflect 'harsh' economic reality

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says fixing Britain’s troubled economy will be a long haul in a “harsh” fiscal environment

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer confirms £2 bus fare cap will be hiked to £3 ahead of ‘tough’ Budget

Laying the groundwork for further tough choices in Wednesday’s Budget, Sir Keir Starmer said the existing cap will be replaced by the higher fare limit

The Independent UK

Starmer intervenes in ‘working people’ Budget row with grim warning

Sir Keir Starmer gave a gloomy assessment ahead of Wednesday’s Budget in a major speech in Birmingham

The Independent UK

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Budget 2024: How could Labour find £40bn in taxes and cuts?

Labour has prepared the country for a “painful” fiscal event

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer denies fiscal fiddling will trigger Truss-style mortgage hikes

KEIR Starmer has said he does “not accept” that Labour efforts to fiddle borrowing rules will result in Liz Truss-style mortgage hikes.

The National (Scotland)

Class identity: why fancy freebies are a bigger political problem for this Labour government than its Tory predecessors

While much of the intense media coverage of the UK government’s freebies scandal might be attributable to overzealous scrutiny by a predominantly right-of-centre printed press, there is at least one important issue at the heart of all this.

The Conversation

Keir Starmer responds to video of MP appearing to punch man

Sir Keir Starmer responded to a video of suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury appearing to punch a constituent.

The Independent UK

Local services to get £240m funding boost to ‘get Britain working’

Sir Keir Starmer said the Budget would allocate £240 million to local services to get people back into work.

Evening Standard

Bus fare cap of £2 to increase to £3 in Budget, Starmer announces

The increase will be announced at Rachel Reeves’ first Budget on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

£2 bus fare cap to increase to £3 in Budget, Starmer announces

The increase will be announced at Rachel Reeves’ first Budget on Wednesday.

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Evening Standard

Starmer: MP Mike Amesbury altercation footage ‘shocking’

The Prime Minister insisted Labour had acted swiftly to suspend the Runcorn and Helsby MP after footage emerged of him in a late-night altercation.

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Prime Minister defends 'tough' tax rises as he vows £240m to get people back into work

Sir Keir Starmer said Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Statement will seek to get Britain out of a ‘pay more get less doom loop’

Evening Standard

£240m in Budget for local services to help people back into work, Starmer says

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will deliver her first Budget on Wednesday.

The National (Scotland)

Labour-backing journalist makes stunning Keir Starmer admission

A LABOUR-BACKING journalist made a stunning admission saying Keir Starmer “essentially said whatever he felt he needed to get elected” ...

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The Independent UK

Watch: Starmer warns Britain faces ‘unprecedented challenges’ ahead of Budget

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer warned that Britain faces "unprecedented challenges" in a speech on Monday, 28 October, ahead of Labour's first Budget for 14 years.

The National (Scotland)

'Duped': Anas Sarwar pledges end of austerity – despite Budget of cuts and tax rises

THE Labour Government Budget “will end the era of austerity”, Anas Sarwar has claimed – on the same day as the Prime Minister warned that…

The Independent UK

Video of Labour MP appearing to punch man is ‘shocking’, says Keir Starmer

Footage appeared to show Mike Amesbury repeatedly hitting another man in the street

Evening Standard

Budget ‘most honest’ in years, Cabinet minister claims

Pat McFadden said Rachel Reeves’ first Budget will ‘end the fiscal fiction of things being announced which had no money set aside for them’.

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Keir Starmer hit with growing row over billions in tax rises 'breaking' Labour manifesto

Cabinet minister Pat McFadden denies Labour ‘misled’ voters during the election campaign

The Guardian - UK

Lindsay Hoyle criticises chancellor Rachel Reeves for early disclosure of budget details – UK politics live

Speaker of the House of Commons says it is ‘evident’ Reeves made significant policy announcements in the media, rather than parliament

Evening Standard

Mike Amesbury 'punching' video: Starmer says footage 'shocking' and Labour 'moved swiftly' to suspend him

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK are calling on Mike Amesbury to quit as an MP and allow a by-election

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