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1 day ago |
thetimes.com | Chris Smyth |Steven Swinford
Next week Rachel Reeves will unveil one of the government’s biggest U-turns so far — reinstating winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners. Scrapping them is widely seen as one of the chancellor’s biggest mistakes, and the government hopes the change of tack will help stem the pubic backlash over it.
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3 days ago |
thetimes.com | Steven Swinford |Aubrey Allegretti |Chris Smyth
At cabinet on Tuesday morning Sir Keir Starmer expressed his gratitude to ministers for their work before next week’s spending review. For several of those sitting round the table the prime minister’s words might have rung a little hollow as they grapple with deep cuts to their budgets. The next few days will have far-reaching implications for their departments and their political aspirations.
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3 days ago |
thetimes.com | Steven Swinford |Chris Smyth |Aubrey Allegretti
Britain’s most senior police chiefs have directly warned Sir Keir Starmer that they will face “stark choices” about which crimes they investigate if the Treasury pushes ahead with cuts. In a significant escalation ahead of the spending review, Sir Mark Rowley, the head of the Metropolitan Police, and other senior police officers have written to the prime minister warning him that cuts will have “far-reaching consequences”.
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1 week ago |
thetimes.com | Patrick Maguire |Oliver Wright |Chris Smyth
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1 week ago |
thetimes.com | Chris Smyth
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Pat McFadden told Labour MPs last night that unity of the PLP had been their great strength so far After local elections winter fuel row, welfare cuts will be unity's big test Ministers still hope to minimise rebellion - lots of MPs will be allowed to find ways to miss the vote
EXC: Sir Keir Starmer faces his biggest parliamentary rebellion as around 40 Labour MPs warn his welfare reforms are "impossible to support". Letter seen by The Times calls the move the "biggest attack on the welfare state" since austerity and warns against "more hardship"
RT @MaxKendix: EXC: Sir Keir Starmer faces his biggest parliamentary rebellion as around 40 Labour MPs warn his welfare reforms are "imposs…
Fantastic live blog of the events of VE day 1945 by @HackBlackburn Includes tale of AP reporter given the news of *the end of the war* under embargo And thought "Nah..." Sacked for putting it on the wire early https://t.co/4qGGJz8DLs
