Streeting urges BMA to ‘stop sabre-rattling’ and work with him to fix NHS_P
Health secretary says damning report by Lord Darzi makes it clear ‘status quo of managed decline is not an option’ Keir Starmer (left) and Wes Streeting during a visit to a hospital in London on Wednesday. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/Reuters The health…
‘A shattering effect’: Birmingham youth services face huge cuts_p
Department may be left with just 23 employees, with its 16 youth centres at risk, raising fears for young people’s futures Birmingham’s main council building. The plans would cut the youth services headcount from 67 staff members to 23. Photograph: Mike…
Labour plot to charge both capital gains tax and inheritance tax on the SAME money! B
Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves is being urged to double down by taxing family wealth not once on death, but twice. Under Labour, you only pay tax twice when you die (Image: Getty) Left-wing think tanks are urging the Labour government to…
Coleen Rooney claims libel battle with Rebekah Vardy cost her £1.8m! B
Lawyers return to court in dispute over amount of legal costs to be paid from ‘Wagatha Christie’ case Coleen and Wayne Rooney leaving the Royal Courts of Justice in May 2022 during the libel case. Photograph: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images Coleen Rooney…
Minister denies government in disarray despite departure of Sue Gray_P
John Healey says Labour ‘getting on with job’ after chief of staff quit less than 100 days in to new government Sue Gray will be replaced by Morgan McSweeney, who masterminded Labour’s election victory. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images A senior cabinet…
Charging customers for energy based on location ‘could harm UK industry’! B
Trade groups warn against government’s idea that those further from power projects should pay more Energy generators would earn less for electricity if they are based far away from homes and businesses but more if they are sited close to…
Reeves ‘drops plans for pension tax raid’! B
Chancellor reportedly abandons move amid concerns it could disproportionately affect up to a million public sector workers Rachel Reeves will deliver her first Budget in office on Oct 30 Anthony Devlin/Bloomberg Rachel Reeves has reportedly dropped plans for a pension tax raid, amid…
UK house prices rise for third month in a row to near record high! B
Halifax says rising pay and falling interest rates help make mortgages more affordable for some homebuyers Brightly painted cottages in Kingswear in Devon. Photograph: ColsTravel/Alamy UK house prices climbed for the third month in a row in September to about £200…
Simon Case’s replacement deserves more than £200k – it’s a huge job, says Lord O’Donnell! B
Role of Cabinet secretary is ‘massively underpaid … it’s an incredibly demanding job’, claims peer who is on the lookout for candidate Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary, is stepping down from the role at the end of the year Tayfun Salci/LNP…
Starmer urges unity at home and reiterates call for ceasefire in Middle East_P
Prime minister says UK should ‘unequivocally stand with Jewish community’ and reflects on deaths in Israel A pro-Palestinian demonstrator and a member of the Orthodox Jewish community in London embrace during a march marking one year since the attack on…