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COMMENT: As MPs become the latest people in the public eye with not one but several poppies clustered on their lapels, is this once-powerful symbol in honour of the war dead in danger of becoming something with which to make a fashion statement – or actually a way to keep…

Wages will rise for 3.5 million workers, but the Low Pay Commission warned businesses were beginning to struggle with large increases.

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.

After the 2024 election, the British parliament looks very different, with a large Labour majority for the first time in more than a decade. While we don’t yet have a full analysis of the socioeconomic background of the new crop of MPs, the Sutton Trust calculated that 23% were privately…

Treasury plans £5bn total investment in housing supply and reduction in discounts under right-to-buy scheme

Starmer says new low-tax zones, a policy inherited from the Tories, will ‘have this government’s stamp on them’

A total of 18 councils were given an injection of money from the government in February to ensure they could meet their duty to balance the books.

Former chancellor says ‘increasing borrowing means interest rates would be higher for longer’ as Reeves says it will ‘make space for investment’

Under existing legislation, if workers vote to strike, the mandate expires after six months and another poll must be carried out.