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The Latest Breaking News on How George Osborne laid the groundwork for austerity – and Keir Starmer copied him

How George Osborne laid the groundwork for austerity – and Keir Starmer copied him

“I am not going to hide the hard choices from the British people.” “We have had to pay the bills of past irresponsibility.” “We have been…

The National (Scotland)

‘Austerity mark two is not the answer’: Trade unions hit out at Keir Starmer speech

TRADE unions have hit out at Keir Starmer’s speech in which he warned that the UK Government’s forthcoming Budget will be “painful”.

The National (Scotland)

The bedraggled Tories are useful foes, but Keir Starmer’s real enemy now is time

The public know there are no quick fixes to Britain’s problems, but without tangible change, patience will run out quickly, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Keir Starmer takes a political gamble with message of bad news

Past Labour PMs – Blair, Wilson, Attlee – have tended to arrive in power accentuating the positive

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Scottish ministers largely to blame for spending crisis, says watchdog

Scottish Fiscal Commission says emergency cuts are a result of under-budgeting for public sector pay awards

The Guardian - UK

Labour 'just slashing again which failed last time', warns top economist

LABOUR are "just slashing again which failed last time", according to a top economist.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Tory leadership candidate pitches tax cuts for millionaires

MURDO Fraser would give millionaires a tax cut of £35,000 while leaving rates for part-time workers untouched, according to one of his campaign…

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OPINION - Keir Starmer's mission-led government collides with short-term fiscal reality

The central problem with 'levelling up' was that no one in government ever quite articulated what it meant. Was it the application of a lick of paint to dilapidated northern high streets, or did it entail a fundamental rewiring of the British economy? And if it was the latter, join…

Evening Standard

Keir had his holiday ruined so he’s ruined ours – by telling us everything’s hopeless

When you’re told the country’s dying on its feet, it helps when the messenger has the demeanour of an undertaker

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer's weather comment proves fuel poverty point, warns minister

A SCOTTISH minister has taken aim at a comment Keir Starmer made about the weather during a major speech in the Downing Street rose garden ...

The National (Scotland)

John Swinney issues statement on Labour 'austerity' after Keir Starmer speech

SNP leader John Swinney has issued a statement in response to Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying that his Labour government’s first Budget will…

The National (Scotland)

Labour cuts will 'fundamentally damage' Scottish public services, SNP warn

LABOUR’S political choices will “fundamentally damage” public services in Scotland, the Finance Secretary has warned ...

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer says Labour cronies given jobs as they are the 'best people'

KEIR Starmer has defended parachuting Labour cronies into Government as “getting the best people into the best jobs”, amid a cronyism row…

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - Sir Keir Starmer can't just keep blaming the Tories — he needs to give us all a little more hope

It really isn’t 1997, is it? Back then, a confident new Labour prime minister promised that “things can only get better”. In sharp contrast, Sir Keir Starmer warns today, in his first keynote speech as PM, that “things will get worse before we get better”. Note the ominous “we”.

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Anas Sarwar: People will find Keir Starmer's doom and gloom 'refreshing'

ANAS Sarwar has said people will find Keir Starmer’s warning of a “painful” first Budget “quite refreshing”.

The Independent UK

Starmer warns of ‘really painful’ Budget to ‘fix the rot’ left by Tories

The prime minister defended taking away winter fuel payments from thousands of pensioners as he warned of ‘worse to come’

International Business Times

UK's Starmer Warns October 30 Budget Will Be 'Painful'

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned Tuesday that his new government's first budget in just over two months will be "painful", asking the country to "accept short-term pain for long-term good".

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer slams Tories amid row over Civil Service 'cronyism' under Labour

Conservatives demand PM ‘stop the rot’ after early rows for new government

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OPINION - The Standard View: Keir Starmer warns of Budget 'pain' — but there must be a plan for prosperity too

Speaking from the Downing Street Rose Garden, the Prime Minister promised no more “business as usual” and his intention to “reverse a decade of decline”. But voters will be wary of more rhetoric and rather more keen on results. Since assuming power, Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have highlighted…

The National (Scotland)

Labour's first UK Government Budget will be 'painful', Keir Starmer says

PRIME Minister Keir Starmer has warned that the Labour government’s first Budget will be “painful” ...

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer to deliver keynote speech today – how to watch

KEIR Starmer is to deliver a keynote speech on Tuesday in which he is expected to tell the UK that “things will get worse before they get…

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