The Latest Breaking News from Norman Lamont

In the long line of UK government budgets, this first one from Labour in 14 years will be remembered as one of the more significant. Perhaps not like those of Geoffrey Howe in 1981, which controversially cut spending in the middle of a recession, or Hugh Dalton in 1946, which…

As Rachel Reeves prepares to unveil her measures, we look at how five of her predecessors broke the mould

Tory grandee doesn’t ‘buy’ MPs’ argument that tax on inherited wealth is widely hated

Policymakers are too quick to slow the economy and risk recession when the solution is to rejoin the EU

Revoking nationality of Shamima Begum is form of capital punishment, government told

Revoking the nationality of Shamima Begum is a form of capital punishment, leaving her as ‘the breathing dead’, the Government was told.

It was Norman Lamont who first announced a new way of paying for public buildings and infrastructure in November 1992. In a speech to the House of Commons, the then chancellor of the exchequer said he was looking to encourage more private financing for such projects.

Divisions are emerging in the Conservatives, after the Chancellor’s mini-budget prompted turmoil in the markets and talk of a financial crisis

The ex-vaccines minister appears to be the equivalent of a caretaker football manager, with Kwarteng waiting in the wings