No date for increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, says Treasury minister
Darren Jones said it will depend on the outcome of the strategic defence review, which is currently under way.
Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.75%, in second reduction this year
Chancellor Rachel Reeves welcomes the cut, but says she is "under no illusion about the scale of the challenge facing ...
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Interest rate cut to 4.75% - marking just the second reduction in almost four years
The Bank of England has cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, marking just the second reduction in almost four years.
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Who is the new shadow health secretary?
The headline pick for the NHS and wider healthcare sector is Ed Argar becoming the new shadow health secretary; a role which will see him up against Wes Streeting at the despatch box.
Atkins: ‘Crass’ move on farm inheritance tax makes UK more reliant on imports
Victoria Atkins said the move had ‘consigned family farms and businesses to being sold off and split up as families cannot afford massive ...
Streeting vows Budget will put NHS staff ‘on front line, not the picket line’
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has pledged that winter 2024 will be the first “in three years where NHS staff are on the ...
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MPs urge Government to reverse ‘devastating’ inheritance tax on farmers
In the Budget, Rachel Reeves announced that inheritance tax will be charged at 20% on farms worth more than £1 million, although the Chancellor has said that in some cases the threshold could in ...
UK politics live: Anger over Badenoch’s ‘insulting’ Partygate claim as Tory shadow cabinet unveiled
With Ms Badenoch set to unveil her shadow cabinet ahead of its first meeting on Tuesday, Sir Keir Starmer is setting his sights on small boats, announcing a move to double the funding for his new ...
Kemi Badenoch vows to tell 'hard truths' to her party: New Conservative leader declares BUSINESS and not government will lead Tory revival
In her first day after being crowned Tory leader , Mrs Badenoch said her approach to the economy would be 'completely the ...
New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says multiculturalism cannot 'become something divisive' with people in 'groups rather than all being British'… and she's 'astonished' …
The new Tory leader made the comment as she played down her own piece of history after becoming the first black leader of a ...
Rachel Reeves and Kemi Badenoch questioned about Budget National Insurance rise
Rachel Reeves questioned about the Budget, while Kemi Badenoch is asked about the future of the Conservative Party.
Badenoch slams Reeves' boasts about being the first woman Chancellor
Kemi Badenoch today slammed Rachel Reeves for boasting about being the first female Chancellor.The new Tory leader laid into ...