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UNBELIEVABLE: 4 - The Untold Story

Voices: Jeremy Hunt is fighting for his place in history – and the Tories’ future may depend on it

COMMENT: The former chancellor says Rachel Reeves’s budget ‘black hole’ is fiction. John Rentoul examines whether voters will listen

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2024

UK finance watchdog softens ‘name and shame’ plans after City pressure

The Financial Conduct Authority said it is making changes, having ‘heard the strength of feedback’ about its original plans.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024

Jeremy Hunt: NHS ‘most micro-managed healthcare system in world’

The longest-serving health secretary in British history made his first contribution since returning to the backbenches during Health Questions.

Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2024

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What will Rachel Reeves’s retirement scheme changes mean for pensions?

The chancellor has announced plans to merge local government retirement schemes into eight Canada-style ‘megafunds’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2024

End of Treasury’s stake in NatWest is nigh, and no flashy sell-off required

State’s holding in former Royal Bank of Scotland down to 11.4%, without need for Jeremy Hunt’s planned £3bn sale

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024

Bitcoin breaks $83,000 for first time on Trump trades; UK government sells £1bn of NatWest shares – as it happened

Cryptocurrency more than doubles since January on hopes of lighter regulation; latest share sale takes UK Treasury’s holding in NatWest to 11.4%

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024

Rachel Reeves gives top official vote of confidence in row over Budget black hole cover-up

Exclusive: The chancellor gave officials a vote of confidence ahead of she and her Treasury permanent secretary James Bowler facing questions from MPs today

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2024

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UK politics live: Davey accuses Badenoch of ‘cheerleading’ for Trump after Starmer snubs her call for apology

Lib Dems leader Ed Davey has Kemi Badenoch ‘s support for Trump shows she doesn’t reflect British values

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2024

Kemi gaslights UK with her shadow cabinet while having a laugh

How else to explain Honest Bob Jenrick winding up as shadow justice secretary?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024

Bombshell claim Rishi Sunak's government 'didn't follow law' on revealing scale of UK public finances crisis

The allegation came from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2024

Jeremy Hunt’s Treasury may have broken the law by hiding Budget black hole, says OBR

£9.5bn spending gap wasn’t disclosed, ‘which under the law ... they should have done’, says fiscal watchdog

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2024

Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told

Head of OBR says spending commitment would have ‘materially changed’ its forecast on Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024

The Observer view: a bold budget that’s the right response to years of neglect

Rachel Reeves’s spending plans signal a welcome break with the past and underline the scale of the challenges facing Britain

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

Is austerity over? Will farmers lose out? Six big questions about Rachel Reeves’s budget

The Labour chancellor unveiled lots of plans for long-term investment. But there is plenty of lively debate about the immediate impact

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

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Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2024

Three ex-Cabinet ministers rule out joining Kemi Badenoch's Tory front bench team

Steve Barclay has become the latest prominent figure to rule himself out

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

Kemi Badenoch elected new Conservative leader – as it happened

Badenoch says Tories need ‘a clear plan to change this country by changing the way that government works’

The Conversation · Nov 1, 2024

Big, bold and risky, but Rachel Reeves has still presented a continuity budget

In the long line of UK government budgets, this first one from Labour in 14 years will be remembered as one of the more significant. Perhaps not like those of Geoffrey Howe in 1981, which controversially cut spending in the middle of a recession, or Hugh Dalton in 1946, which…

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2024

Digested week: Crap telly, power naps – oh and I think I may have saved a friend’s life

Also this week, Sunak fails to go out with a bang, while his party can just about be bothered to pick his replacement

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The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Reeves admits tax hikes will hit working people as IFS accuses chancellor of ‘undermining trust’

Rachel Reeves was forced to accept that her decision to raise employers’ national insurance contributions will lead to workers being paid less, but asked, ‘what alternative was there?’

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Budget ‘biggest-ever assault’ on competitiveness, says former chancellor Hunt

The Conservative shadow chancellor opened a Commons Budget debate on Thursday.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Jeremy Hunt to step down as shadow chancellor with end of Tory leadership race in sight

The shadow chancellor, who narrowly retained his seat in the election, says he’s unlikely to return to the frontbenches for ‘the next few years, at least’

The National (Scotland) · Oct 31, 2024

Lower pay rises likely as result of Budget tax increases, Rachel Reeves admits

Tax rises in the Budget are likely to hit workers in the pocket with lower pay rises, Rachel Reeves has admitted.

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2024

‘There will be consequences’: budget may mean smaller pay rises, says Reeves

Increase in employers’ national insurance contributions will affect businesses but is projected to raise £25bn

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Lower pay rises likely due to Budget tax rises, Rachel Reeves admits

The Chancellor acknowledged her decision to raise national insurance contributions for employers could impact wage growth for workers.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Lower pay rises likely due to Budget tax increases, Rachel Reeves admits

The Chancellor acknowledged her decision to raise national insurance contributions for employers could affect wage growth for workers.

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