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Keir Starmer urged to come clean over benefits and pocket money comment

Keir Starmer must reveal whether he first made the comparison between benefits and pocket money which saw one of his ministers harshly criticised, a…

The National (Scotland)

Starmer urged to reveal if he made comparison between benefits and pocket money

Treasury minister Darren Jones faced backlash when he made the comparison in the wake of the Chancellor’s spring statement.

Evening Standard

UK ‘reserves right to respond’ to US tariffs, says Starmer

The Prime Minister said the Government was involved in ongoing discussions with the White House aimed at ‘mitigating the impact’ of any levies.

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Fiona Bruce takes issue with Question Time claim about her getting richer

BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce took issue with former city trader Gary Stevenson after he suggested that she was likely richer than she was…

The National (Scotland)

UK has to take ‘different approach’ in talks on US tariffs – minister

Darren Jones said that ‘there is no easy answer’ and there are ‘complicated issues’ to be discussed.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves U-turns over 'clumsy' benefits and pocket money comparison

Rachel Reeves has disowned her deputy’s “clumsy” comments comparing benefits to children’s pocket money – just hours after backing them ...

The National (Scotland)

Darren Jones ‘clumsy’ to compare benefits to pocket money, says Chancellor

Rachel Reeves’s deputy sparked outrage on Wednesday for making the comparison as he defended the Government’s cuts to welfare.

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Rachel Reeves 'certain' benefits cuts won't push people into hardship amid growing Labour unrest

The Chancellor was also forced to defend Treasury minister Darren Jones who compared the benefits cuts to taking pocket money away from his children

Evening Standard

Labour minister apologises for comparing disability benefit cuts to children’s pocket money

A Labour minister has apologised for comparing disability benefit cuts to children’s pocket money.

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves accused of balancing books on back of UK’s poorest

Labour is braced for a backlash from its MPs over welfare cuts called ‘appalling’ by a food bank charity

The Guardian - UK

Labour MPs condemn Rachel Reeves’s ‘unacceptable’ welfare cuts

Backbenchers express anger as impact assessment shows 3.2 million households will be worse off

The Guardian - UK

What changes were made to welfare reforms in the spring statement?

Rachel Reeves announced some adjustments to key plans for benefits announced last week.

Evening Standard

Labour minister compares benefits cuts to children's pocket money

A TOP Labour minister has compared cutting benefits to giving his children pocket money.

The National (Scotland)

UK economic growth forecast to be cut in half in blow to Starmer and Reeves

Major downgrade to growth forecast will pile further pressure on the chancellor

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Evening Standard

Government not ‘blindly cutting spending’ or heading for austerity – minister

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones also said cuts to spending at next week’s spring statement would not be an admission of economic failure.

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MP Slams ‘Startling Ignorance’ After Rachel Reeves' Embarrassing Manchester Airport Blunder!

A veteran Greater Manchester MP has called for Treasury officials to be taken on a tour of English regions.

Evening Standard

Treasury team urged to bus officials around England amid fears of ‘ignorance’

Labour MP Graham Stringer asked: ‘Can the Treasury minister provide coaches to send Treasury officials round the English regions?’

The National (Scotland)

Single malt whisky is 'proud British brand and export', says Labour minister

A LABOUR minister has called single malt whisky a “proud British brand and export”.

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Evening Standard

Government says it will not ‘water down’ single malt whisky definition

Scotch whisky producers said an application by Defra for protected status for English single malt would be ‘very damaging’ for the Scottish industry.

Evening Standard

Plan to build Universal Studios resort near London ‘ongoing’, say ministers

Ministers say negotiations are ongoing over plan for Europe’s largest theme park in Bedford

The Independent UK

Plan to build Universal Studios resort near London still ‘ongoing’, says government

The proposed development is expected to bring 8,000 new jobs to the region

The Independent UK

Government has no idea how it will pay for £9bn cost of Chagos deal

Exclusive: Written parliamentary answers suggest government could raid the under-pressure defence budget to pay bill

Evening Standard

Heathrow third runway plan faces 'major obstacles', Kemi Badenoch's transport chief warns

Shadow transport secretary Gareth Bacon previously said the proposal to expand the west London airport would be ‘eye-wateringly expensive and environmentally calamitous’

The Independent UK

Treasury minister issues warning to departments which fail to make 5% savings as he paves way for further cuts

Darren Jones warned that Britain is ‘long overdue a reckoning with government spending’

The Independent UK

Departments which do not meet 5% cuts will not get new cash – Treasury minister

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones signalled that Government spending is ‘long overdue a reckoning’.

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