Natasha Clark

Winter fuel and how the gov will pay for it won't come until the budget, Reeves confirms Commits again to tax lock election promises

Rachel Reeves warns grumblimg cabinet ministers that they will not "get everything they want" in next week's spending review. She says "I have had to say no to things that I want to do too" But says her fiscal rules are still "non negotiable" Tax rises on horizon?

RT @LBC: ‘Putin knows the cost of war.’ Former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace explains what the Kremlin will think of the UK’s new defence…

RT @HenryRiley1: BREAKING In response to KKR pulling out of plans to invest in Thames Water, Steve Reed gives his reaction on @LBC Tells…

RT @lewis_goodall: Starmer’s political dilemma on defence, in a nutshell https://t.co/psOn4D2cay

PM refuses to say when the size of the armed forces might go up Tells @LBC he wants to "build up our hollowed out forces" and stop people from leaving by improving their pay and housing "The first is obviously personnel, and here we do need to build up our hollowed out forces.

RT @HenryRiley1: NEW Reform’s Head of British DOGE is entrepreneur Nathanial Fried First meeting was today at Kent County council, he is…

Former Bank of England chief economist, Andy Haldane, tells @NickFerrariLBC we now look like "a laggard on defence spend compared to the rest of the world" and urges her to create a "clear north star" He says Reeves can have the money to spend more but that "requires her to

RT @LBC: ‘There’s been errors. More than one.’ Former Bank of England chief economist, Andy Haldane, details the 'rookie errors' the gover…