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UK leader Keir Starmer backs his Treasury chief over claims she misled the public about the economy

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended his Treasury chief Rachel Reeves against claims she misled the public about government finances before last week's tax-hiking budget

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Three former Tory MPs defect to Farage’s Reform

One says he believes the Conservative Party has ‘lost touch with the people it was meant to serve’

The Independent UK

Pint of beer price to rise in London pubs clobbered by Reeves on tax, business rates and staff pay hike

London MPs criticised the growing burden being placed on the hospitality sector by the Chancellor

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OBR chairman resigns after damning report into leak of Reeves’ Budget - latest

The report said the leak was ‘the worst failure in the 15-year history of the OBR’

The Independent UK

Blow for Reeves as business confidence at near record low after Budget

Labour chancellor under pressure to do more to improve the prospects for economic growth

The Independent UK

Half of young investors ‘check accounts at least once a day’

Nearly three-quarters of 25 to 34-year-olds said they are active investors, according to a survey for HSBC UK.

Evening Standard

A return to Budget purdah would be no bad thing for Labour

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Reeves is no liar, but Labour should never have made that untenable tax pledge in their manifesto

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Defiant Starmer to defend Budget after Reeves forced to deny lying about black hole to justify tax hikes

Calls for multiple investigations following accusations that the chancellor misled the public

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Starmer signals fresh push on welfare reform in bid to move on from Budget row

The Prime Minister will make the case for a welfare system shake-up after the axing of the two-child cap in the Budget was welcomed by Labour MPs.

Evening Standard

Your Party reveals new name after months of indecision and confusion

Members were told to choose between Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many

The Independent UK

Reeves fights for political survival amid claims she misled public on Budget

The Chancellor insisted she was ‘honest and frank’ about the public finances after opposition figures accused her of exaggerating the scale of the Budget’s black hole

Evening Standard

Warning Reeves’s landlord tax will push up rents and ‘dry up’ housing supply

Simon Gammon, founder of Knight Frank Finance, says tax hike on landlords’ rental income will be the ‘last straw’ for many, forcing them to sell up

The Independent UK

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana dropped as Your Party leaders

Members vote in favour of 'collective leadership' option, with a ‘lay’ chair – who cannot be an MP

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves hits back at claims she misled public on Budget headroom

Both the Conservative party and the SNP have written to the Financial Conduct Authority asking for an investigation into The Chancellor’s comments

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Rachel Reeves denies lying about Budget black hole to justify tax hikes – UK politics live

Rachel Reeves denies breaking Labour manifesto pledge not to raise taxes – but admits she is asking people to pay more

Evening Standard

Starmer stands by Reeves as claims grow she misled public on finances

Downing Street says Reeves’ remarks were ‘entirely accurate’ as pressure grows over claims she misled voters

Evening Standard

Starmer to back Budget amid row over Reeves’ deficit claims

Opposition figures have called for the City watchdog to investigate pre-Budget briefings about the fiscal shortfall.

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Voices: The revolution will not be organised: Your Party descends into farce on day one

COMMENT: A dour, droning speech from Jeremy Corbyn was the least of Your Party’s worries on day one of their Liverpool conference, writes Kat Brown. It will go down in history as a parody of car-crash politics

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Treasury accused of giving ‘deliberately false and misleading’ pre-Budget briefings

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Don’t worry, Rachel Reeves – you’re not the only one with embarrassing relatives

IN FOCUS: Rachel Reeves’ Budget week from hell has just got worse, as her own uncle Terry has publicly criticised her policies. But she’s far from the only public figure with an embarrassingly vocal family member, as Katie Rosseinsky discovers

Evening Standard

Reeves defends Budget tax and spending choices as ‘fair and necessary’

The Chancellor she had made choices to increase taxes and improve public infrastructure, and had ‘chosen to protect public spending’.

Evening Standard

No 10 denies Reeves 'lied to public about £21bn black hole' before budget

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed the Chancellor ‘lied to the public’ and was ‘bribing Labour MPs to save her own skin’

The Independent UK

Starmer’s employment rights U-turn is a sharp move few will cheer him for

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The six-month qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal is a step in the right direction, which should have been taken long ago – but this dangerous habit of breaking manifesto pledges is compounding a crisis of trust in politics

The Independent UK

Your Party or Our Party: Your Party reveals new name options after months of indecision

Members of the fledgling party will be able to vote between the four options

Evening Standard

Asda recovery ‘set back six months’ by botched IT upgrade

Disruption from the IT transition led to ‘inconsistent availability levels across stores and particularly online’, the supermarket chain said.

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