Kwasi Kwarteng's tax cuts benefit top 1%, Labour says
The government is taking a dangerous gamble, Angela Rayner says, but ministers argue tax cuts will get the economy growing.
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Mini-budget: Conservatives 'not into politics of envy'
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chris Philp says taxes have been cut for everyone, to get the economy growing. Read
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Mini-budget: Labour attacks chancellor’s ‘casino economics’
Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has attacked the new chancellor’s mini-budget as ”reckless” and ”casino economics.” The top rate of
Read moreChris Mason: Tax cuts signal radical shift in No 10 policy
For something that wasn’t even technically a Budget, it was one heck of a statement of intent. Read more BBC
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Why the UK is the ‘needy one’ in the special relationship I Adam Boulton | Politics News
It turns out that President Obama was right after all. Great Britain is indeed “at the back of the queue”
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Pork markets and p45s: The highs and lows of political conference season | Politics News
The party conference season is a long-established ritual of British politics: part theatre, part drama and part soap opera. For
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Jeremy Corbyn: Tory economic plan is irresponsible
The former Labour leader says his borrowing would have been for investment not “to pay bankers’ bonuses”. Read more BBC
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Questions over Foreign Office payments of £1,850 to Norwich City club shop while Liz Truss at helm | Politics News
The Foreign Office spent more than £4,300 of public money on two trips to the hairdresser and nearly £1,900 at
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Labour to fight back against Trussonomics tax giveaways at party conference | Politics News
Labour will attempt to fight back against the chancellor’s Trussonomics tax giveaways by unveiling rival plans to boost economic growth
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Kwarteng's mini-budget: Shock-and-awe tactics from an unapologetic chancellor
The sheer daring nature of the Kwasi Kwarteng’s announcement caused shockwaves, says Newsnight’s Nicholas Watt. Read more BBC News Now
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Political Thinking: Jeremy Corbyn on Labour and Tory economic plans
Jeremy Corbyn has recalled the “condemnation” he received over his past bid to borrow when he was Labour leader, as
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Mini-budget: PM going for broke in hope of winning big – but has she misjudged the public mood? | Beth Rigby | Politics News
It may have been billed a mini-budget, but what Kwasi Kwarteng announced on Friday was massive. A package of tax
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What to expect from Labour’s annual conference as Keir Starmer’s party gathers in Liverpool | Politics News
After a quiet period for politics following the death of the Queen, it is now back in full flow, and
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Victims Commissioner Dame Vera Baird resigns in damning letter accusing ministers of downgrading victims’ interests | Politics News
The victims’ commissioner has announced her resignation in a damning letter saying the “criminal justice system is in chaos” and
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Labour pledges new ‘Hillsborough Law’ to help prevent future injustices | Politics News
A Labour government will put a new Hillsborough Law on the statute book to help prevent future injustices where there
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A not-so-mini-budget: What’s it all about?
The BBC’s Nick Eardley sets out the key headlines from the chancellor’s massive shake-up of the UK’s finances. Read more
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Unions condemn Kwarteng’s ‘anti-democratic’ crackdown on strikes – and announce further action | Politics News
Unions have condemned Kwasi Kwarteng’s plan to introduce a law that will require members to vote on pay offers before
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Changes and cuts to income tax revealed in mini-budget
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng scraps the 45% higher rate of income tax and brings forward basic rate cut. Read more BBC
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Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget is an economic experiment that will test the patience of the Tory party and the markets | Politics News
In the end, Kwasi Kwarteng’s statement indeed cost more than £2 billion a minute and turned politics on its head.
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Alcohol duty: Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng scraps planned increase
Alcohol duty had been due to increase in line with inflation, but has been frozen by successive chancellors. Read more
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