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Budget 2025 income tax U-turn: What the hell just happened?

What the hell's just happened? 

Budget 2025: Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two…

Starmer now 'more likely' to face leadership challenge, says Harriet Harman

Sir Keir Starmer is now "more likely" to face a leadership challenge and the briefing war between Number 10 and Wes Streeting may have "pulled the…

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries as part of radical…

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood plans to impose Trump-style visa bans on three African countries if they fail to take back illegal migrants…

Shabana Mahmood is the new hard woman of British politics - and potential successor to Starmer

We're told that Shabana Mahmood, the still new home secretary, is "a woman in a hurry".

Labour MPs fear wipe out at next local election - as chancellor's career is 'toast'

Many Labour MPs have been left shellshocked after the chaotic political self-sabotage of the past week.

Man weeps after being found guilty of stalking Dame Penny Mordaunt

A former councillor has been found guilty of stalking Dame Penny Mordaunt but acquitted of the more serious offence of stalking involving serious alarm…

UK government looking at Danish migration model - here's how it works

The UK government is expected to take inspiration from Denmark in its latest crackdown on migration.

MoD hasn't done enough to prevent further data breaches following Afghan leak, MPs say

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has not done enough to stop further data breaches, MPs have warned, after the personal details of thousands of Afghans…

Is Wes Streeting now a shoo-in for Labour leader?

Wes Streeting had to say he's more Joe Marler than Jonathan Ross after Number 10 started briefing he was plotting to oust Sir Keir Starmer.

Home secretary to tackle UK's 'excessive generosity' with sweeping immigration reforms

The home secretary is set to unveil sweeping reforms to tackle illegal immigration, as she considers potential changes to human rights law.

Top Starmer aide will not leave No 10 - despite calls for him to be sacked

The prime minister's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney will not leave his job at Number 10, Sky News understands, despite furious calls for him to be…

NHS braced for 'toughest winter' after A&Es and ambulances faced record-breaking October

A&E departments and ambulance crews faced their busiest October on record - and now the NHS is braced for "one of the toughest winters the health service…

'In office but not in power' - Is Norman Lamont's famous quote relevant today?

A taunt famously used by a friend-turned-foe against John Major is now being deployed by senior Tories against Sir Keir Starmer.

Nurses and social workers could be exempt from loan tax linked to at least 10 suicides

Nurses and social workers could be exempt from a tax crackdown that has left tens of thousands saddled with life-ruining bills.

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