The Sunday Telegraph reports, external that Chancellor John Healey has warned of more “cost-of-living pain” because of the Iran war, but says he’ll be “hands on” to protect the public. He’s written in the paper that he’ll be watching closely for any suggestion of people being “ripped off” when shopping for essential groceries, or filling…
As Keir Starmer found, it takes more than words alone to warm a tepid bath. Voters reserve the greatest punishment for the politicians they think acted too little, or too late, to prevent them getting poorer. For Andy Burnham, much will now depend on whether he has got the right ideas, and in John Healey…
A government ends and a new government begins, determined to make a splash with its early policy announcements. We can expect to see and hear plenty from the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his senior ministers in the coming days, making arguments, travelling the country and trying to make an impact. Burnham’s new cabinet…
There are few things on which this column would agree with George Osborne. Voting to remain in the European Union was one. Backing Labour’s Ed Miliband to be the next chancellor is another. Mr Osborne, whose austerity programme redistributed pain downwards while protecting privilege at the top, had only a week ago on his podcast, Political Currency,…
Andy Burnham’s government will have to find an extra £4.7bn to fund the defence investment plan announced by the outgoing prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, a defence minster has said. Luke Pollard told the BBC the next chancellor “whoever that may be” will have to “find the resources” in their autumn Budget. In one of…
Miliband is now the bookmakers’ strong favourite for the number two job in British politics, with the former Labour party leader politically closer to Burnham than other rivals. Paul Johnson, former director of think-tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies, sees this closeness as a positive. “You really don’t want people in Number 10 and Number…
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that he is “studying and reviewing the possible reduction of Troops in Germany,” in what appears to be retaliation for comments by Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, that Iran has “humiliated” the United States. Even before Mr. Merz made his comments to a group of German students, the United States…
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Shorouk Express Welfare U-turn sparks betting surge on Starmer replacement Keir Starmer’s leadership has been left on shakey ground after the abrupt U-turn on Labour’s welfare Bill. With his authority visibly weakened and dissent rumbling across the backbenches, Starmer’s chances of surviving the year are being questioned. A 2026 exit is now priced at 7/2…
Shorouk Express Chancellor under pressure to secure Trump trade deal amid tax hike fears Rachel Reeves is preparing for crucial talks with her US counterpart as she pushes to secure a trade deal amid economic uncertainty. The chancellor will have her first face-to-face meeting Scott Bessant as she spends three days in Washington DC for…
