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Gordon Brown says new child poverty report shows ‘urgent need to act’

His comments come ahead of the expected publication of the Government’s child poverty strategy this autumn.

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025

Reeves names last possible date for Budget as she eyes tax hikes to plug £40bn black hole

Sources tell The Independent the chancellor favours raising capital gains tax and introducing a gambling levy

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

Voices: Rachel Reeves risks becoming the ‘Chino Chancellor’ – chancellor in name only

COMMENT: By hiring Treasury second-in-command Darren Jones to work with him in No 10, with a new high-powered team of economic aides, Keir Starmer has effectively downgraded his chancellor, says Simon Walters

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025

Club World Cup and summer tennis bring in the bets for Entain

Gambling group delivers better-than-expected half-year results, helping it to brace for looming tax rises

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2025

The stakes are high for a tax on the gambling industry

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Gordon Brown that proposes a tax on the betting sector to help alleviate child poverty

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

‘I became obsessed’: New Labour psychodrama grips TikTok teenagers

Nostalgic social media videos detailing Blair-Brown rivalry elicit cult following among young political fans

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2025

Voices: Why Starmer will be back for another stab at welfare cuts

INSIDE WESTMINSTER: Despite the humiliating U-turn on cuts to disability benefits, the prime minister has not given up on reducing ballooning social security spending. Ministers believe they have now found a way to proceed – and how to quash any rebellion, says Andrew Grice

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2025

As dark financial clouds gather, Labour has to heed its past: when it chooses austerity, it loses elections

Those who insist on spending cuts are those who are never hurt by them. Time to be brave – and take a new tack, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2025

Reeves and Starmer to prepare ground for tax rises in a difficult autumn budget

Exclusive: The Guardian has been told that discussions about increases include a near-certain gambling levy

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025

Dire economic crosswinds mean Rachel Reeves must raise income tax

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Despite interest rates being brought to their lowest level in more than two years, a combination of meagre economic growth, high government spending and U-turns over proposed welfare cuts has trapped Labour in a fiscal straitjacket. But the chancellor must remember that good policy is good…

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2025