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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 Conversation

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 Independent UK

'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…

The National (Scotland)

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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 ...

The National (Scotland)

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

Can you solve it? How to outsmart a shy voter

The perils of opinion polls

The Guardian - UK

What the papers say – October 28

Here are the stories making headlines to start off the week.

The Independent UK

George Kerevan: How a Trump win would undermine Rachel Reeves’s Budget game plan

HANG on to your economic hats. On Wednesday, Rachel Reeves will present her long-awaited Budget. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party will have to put up…

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer gambles tens of billions more in tax and borrow Budget to invest in ‘new future’ for Britain

The Prime Minister warns the nation of the ‘harsh light of fiscal reality’

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer vows to ‘embrace harsh light of fiscal reality’ ahead of budget

PM will defend Labour plans in speech and insist working people need better public services more than lower taxes

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Labour suspends MP Mike Amesbury after video appears to show him punching man

Footage appears to show MP for Runcorn and Helsby knocking man to ground before aiming six more blows at his head

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer appoints former Blair and Brown aide as his political director

Claire Reynolds, the director of Labour Women’s Network, will take on task of liaison between No 10, party and MPs

The Guardian - UK

OBR to publish breakdown of claimed £22bn ‘black hole’ on budget day

Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt says decision to publish findings of review on Wednesday is ‘significant concern’

Evening Standard

Labour MP Mike Amesbury suspended as new CCTV shows him ‘punching man to the ground’

Amesbury, the MP for Runcorn and Helsby, has been voluntarily interviewed under caution by police

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The Independent UK

New video appears to show Labour MP punching man repeatedly

The footage has been published by the Mail Online and appears to show the MP standing facing another man before he punches him.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Greens will vote against SNP Budget if it cuts council funding

Scottish Green members have sent a stark warning to the SNP, setting out the party’s “red lines” ahead of Scottish Budget negotiations ...

The National (Scotland)

Greens will 'push SNP to end funding for firms arming Israel' in Budget negotiations

THE Greens will push for the Scottish Government to end funding for firms arming Israel in Budget negotiations ...

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Greens reveal ‘minimum needed' for party to support SNP Budget

THE Scottish Greens have set out the "very minimum" the party needs to support the forthcoming SNP Government Budget.

The Guardian - UK

The long-awaited Labour budget needs to show the party knows what to do with power

A strategy of raising taxes, spending and borrowing all at the same time to fund investment has risks, but it has a logic too

The National (Scotland)

Kemi Badenoch in row with BBC Scotland presenter over ‘voluntary union’ comments

KEMI Badenoch has fumbled over whether Scotland is in a “voluntary union” whilst appearing on BBC Scotland’s Sunday Show ...

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s tax rises will not hit workers’ payslips, minister vows

Bridget Phillipson says employees will not see higher taxes as Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver first Labour budget

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