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‘It’s very personal to me’: Darren Jones on his £500m plan to fight child poverty

Treasury chief secretary says he wants to emulate New Labour support for community groups that changed his life

The Guardian - UK

Labour picks on kids as Farage reaches for his human punchbag

The government opens up another fight, while the Reform leader throws his sidekick to the wolves

The Guardian - UK

Treasury minister declines to rule out wealth tax

Darren Jones repeatedly told the Commons that any tax decisions would be set out by the Chancellor at the budget in the autumn.

Evening Standard

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Keir Starmer's first-year scorecard: Has the Prime Minister kept his promises?

Our expert examines what went well for Sir Keir in his first year... and more often, what went wrong

Evening Standard

Ministers set out plans to spend £725bn on UK infrastructure over 10 years

Government strategy includes spending £9bn a year on fixing schools, hospitals, courts and prisons

The Guardian - UK

Give thanks Priti Patel isn’t foreign sec – she’d already be at war with Iran

While Ms Vacant was living up to her moniker, the PM perhaps wisely gave his G7 summit statement to MPs a miss

The Guardian - UK

Maintenance fund to give £9bn a year to fix schools, hospitals and prisons

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said £6 billion a year would go to repairing hospitals and £3 billion to schools and colleges.

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Furious Piers Morgan Calls Out Darren Jones Over Question Time Row

Piers Morgan didn’t hold back after a fiery exchange on BBC’s Question Time left viewers baffled and politicians scrambling.

The Fashion Central

Labour minister admits he was wrong to claim most small boats migrants are 'babies, children and women'

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones faced mounting criticism after his erroneous comments on BBC Question Time

Evening Standard

Minister agrees small boats crossings mainly men after Question Time claim

Darren Jones faced criticism after suggesting on the BBC’s Question Time that the majority of small boats crossings are ‘children, babies and women’.

Evening Standard

Government ‘focused’ on tackling smuggling gangs after minister’s boats claim

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said the majority of people crossing the Channel in small boats are ‘children, babies and women’.

Evening Standard

Additional funding will avoid public services cliff-edge, says O’Dowd

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said the Northern Ireland Executive will receive the largest real-term settlement since 1998.

Evening Standard

Murray asks who Scots voters ‘trust to spend’ £9.1bn rise in funding

The Scottish Secretary was speaking after Chancellor Rachel Reeves laid out her spending plans for the next three years.

Evening Standard

UK Government’s £50m pledge for Casement Park an enormous step forward – O’Neill

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly responded by stating that sport across Northern Ireland is ‘crying out for financial support’.

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Rachel Reeves unveils £15bn for trams, trains and buses outside London

Focus on capital spending in northern cities and Midlands is recognition Labour needs better economic story for voters

Evening Standard

Millionaires should not get subsidy for energy bills, says Treasury minister

Darren Jones has said that winter fuel payments will ‘still be targeted to those that need it the most’.

The Independent UK

Fact check: The window tax was abolished in 1851

A viral online claim about a potential new window tax does not appear to have any evidence to support it.

Evening Standard

US beef could be served in London restaurants 'without diners knowing' under trade deal, warns farming boss

The trade agreement allows for 13,000 tonnes of American beef to be exported to the UK

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Labour MPs must realise welfare system ‘needs reform’, says Reeves – as it happened

Chancellor responds to growing rebellion from more than 40 MPs who have written to the prime minister

Evening Standard

Trade deal was needed urgently to save 150,000 livelihoods, says senior minister

Darren Jones was resolute about the need for the deal, as he faced suggestions the UK still remains in a worse situation than before tariffs began.

The Independent UK

UK-US trade deal was needed to save 150,000 livelihoods, Labour minister says

The business secretary says the UK is ‘better off’ but would still ‘rather be in a world where there were no tariffs’

The Independent UK

Dignity is what drives me, Starmer says in Commons grilling on welfare cuts

It comes after Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones apologised for likening benefits to ‘pocket money’

The Fashion Central

Kemi Badenoch Blasts ‘Weird’ Labour Ad Merging Her Face with Farage’s in Bizarre Election Stunt

Kemi Badenoch has hit back at a strange new Labour campaign ad that merges her face with Nigel Farage’s, calling it “weird” and “nonsensical” during a Sunday TV interview.

The Guardian - UK

Government will step in to support key industries amid tariff turmoil, says Starmer

Carmakers will be given more flexibility over targets on transitioning to electric vehicles

Evening Standard

Globalisation has come to an end, says minister

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said Britain needs to ‘build out our relationships with our allies and partners around the world’.

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