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The Latest Breaking News on OPINION - Labour can get away with tax rises if NHS gets better and homes are built

OPINION - Labour can get away with tax rises if NHS gets better and homes are built

Sir Keir Starmer has taken on the hard-Left and seen off the Tory Right. But now the Prime Minister faces his biggest battle yet: a head-on collision with the undisputed heavyweight champions of British politics — the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Rachel Reeves and the blame game

Few can doubt that the Tories left office with the public finances in a dire state. But it takes two parties not to talk about the tax rises necessary to plug that gap. Indeed, no lesser authority than the Institute for Government’s Paul Johnson accused both Labour and the Conservatives…

Evening Standard

Britain's New Treasury Chief Reveals Dire Financial State

Britain's new Treasury chief, Rachel Reeves, reveals a 20 billion-pound shortfall in public finances, highlighting challenges faced by the government in ad...

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6 UK lawmakers are running to lead the Conservative Party after its crushing election defeat

Six British lawmakers have announced they are running to lead the defeated Conservative Party

The Independent UK

Millions of public sector workers to get inflation-busting pay rises, confirms Rachel Reeves

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden left open the prospect of a string of tax rises apart from on VAT, income tax and National Insurance

Evening Standard

UK’s finance chief accuses previous gov’t of multibillion-pound ‘cover up’

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to deliver speech expected to lay the groundwork for tax rises.

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UK's new Treasury chief says previous government 'covered up' financial turmoil ahead of election

Britain’s new Treasury chief is alleging that the previous government covered up the dire state of the nation’s finances, as she prepares to deliver a major speech to Parliament that is widely expected to lay the groundwork for higher taxes

The Independent UK

The National launches PFI series: Will Labour revive controversial funding method?

THE newly elected Labour government has come to power pledging to deliver on infrastructure, but poured cold water on the idea of major government…

The National (Scotland)

Why are we talking about PFI now?

The public finance initiative was brought in under John Major’s government between 1992 and 1997 but was considerably expanded after that point…

The National (Scotland)

Rachel Reeves urged not to 'pull a George Osborne' amid reports of major cuts

RACHEL Reeves has been warned not to “pull a George Osborne” amid growing concerns the Chancellor is to announce significant cuts to make up for…

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Finance Minister To Reveal Fiscal Audit Of 'Broke' Britain

Finance minister Rachel Reeves will on Monday claim Britain is "broke and broken" when she reveals the findings of an assessment into the country's public finances ahead of a forthcoming budget.

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