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Rachel Reeves expected to raise national minimum wage by 6% in 2025

Above-inflation increase would give pay rise to more than 1 million low-paid workers

The Guardian - UK

Budget 2024: Keir Starmer suffers biggest fall in popularity for new PM

Approval rating plunges from high of plus 11 after landslide election win to -38 as Wednesday’s Budget looms

Evening Standard

John Healey ‘wrong’ to suggest UK not ready to fight war, Conservatives warn

James Cartlidge warned MPs the threat of ‘existential war’ is ‘looming larger’.

Evening Standard

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Constituent 'punched' by MP Mike Amesbury was arguing about 'winter fuel allowance and bridge closure'

Labour MP was involved in ‘heated’ discussion before alleged punching incident, witness claims

Evening Standard

Scottish community councillor accused of 'abhorrent racism'

A SCOTTISH community councillor and member of a far-right group which splintered from the “UK’s most dangerous” nationalist organisation has…

The National (Scotland)

Mike Amesbury urged to resign as MP after ‘bridge row’ altercation

Witness reportedly says Runcorn and Helsby MP and second man were arguing about temporary bridge closure

The Guardian - UK

Starmer lost in the semantic weeds as he makes case for plugging the ‘black hole’

Two days before the budget, the British prime minister promises better days lie ahead – but first, some pain

The Guardian - UK

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Four-day week ‘no threat to the economy’, says Angela Rayner

The Deputy Prime Minister said the move could improve productivity in local government.

Evening Standard

Lindsay Hoyle slams 'unacceptable' Rachel Reeves conduct in furious Commons speech

LINDSAY Hoyle has slammed Rachel Reeves for "totally unacceptable" conduct in a furious speech at Westminster ...

The National (Scotland)

England’s bus fare cap will rise from £2 to £3 in 2025, says Starmer

People understand tough decisions are needed to fix public finances, PM insists in pre-budget comments

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The great fuel duty fiscal fiction goes on

You may have come across the concept that the 20th century did not run from January 1900 to December 1999, but instead from July 1914 to September 2001, or perhaps until the beginning of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. In a similar vein, though he may be out of parliament,…

Evening Standard

Scots would be 'perfectly happy' to see end of free prescriptions, Tory leader says

SCOTS would be “perfectly happy” to see the end of universal free prescriptions from the NHS, the Scottish Tory leader has claimed ...

The National (Scotland)

Sarwar says Labour will ‘end austerity’ as he challenges SNP ministers on Budget

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar spoke out as Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver the Budget on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

OPINION - There are some things you don't do, Mr Amesbury. Hitting a man when he's down is one of them

This is the most shocking element of the footage of the Cheshire MP on Friday night

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The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer denies fiscal fiddling will trigger Truss-style mortgage hikes

KEIR Starmer has said he does “not accept” that Labour efforts to fiddle borrowing rules will result in Liz Truss-style mortgage hikes.

The Conversation

Class identity: why fancy freebies are a bigger political problem for this Labour government than its Tory predecessors

While much of the intense media coverage of the UK government’s freebies scandal might be attributable to overzealous scrutiny by a predominantly right-of-centre printed press, there is at least one important issue at the heart of all this.

The Independent UK

Voices: When Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget today, please don’t talk about what she’s wearing

COMMENT: Can we please all keep our eyes firmly on our first female chancellor’s fiscal cuts rather than her physical appearance? Not likely, says Claire Cohen

The National (Scotland)

'Duped': Anas Sarwar pledges end of austerity – despite Budget of cuts and tax rises

THE Labour Government Budget “will end the era of austerity”, Anas Sarwar has claimed – on the same day as the Prime Minister warned that…

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The National (Scotland)

Scottish council leader dies less than two months after taking office

A SCOTTISH council leader has died less than two months after taking on the role ...

Evening Standard

Amesbury footage ‘very graphic’, says Cabinet minister

Labour said on Sunday that the MP had been suspended ‘pending an investigation’ into the incident.

Evening Standard

Budget ‘most honest’ in years, Cabinet minister claims

Pat McFadden said Rachel Reeves’ first Budget will ‘end the fiscal fiction of things being announced which had no money set aside for them’.

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Keir Starmer hit with growing row over billions in tax rises 'breaking' Labour manifesto

Cabinet minister Pat McFadden denies Labour ‘misled’ voters during the election campaign

The Guardian - UK

Lindsay Hoyle criticises chancellor Rachel Reeves for early disclosure of budget details – UK politics live

Speaker of the House of Commons says it is ‘evident’ Reeves made significant policy announcements in the media, rather than parliament

Evening Standard

Mike Amesbury 'punching' video: Starmer says footage 'shocking' and Labour 'moved swiftly' to suspend him

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK are calling on Mike Amesbury to quit as an MP and allow a by-election

The Guardian - UK

Can you solve it? How to outsmart a shy voter

The perils of opinion polls

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