Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Reynolds said current discussions ahead of the summit are around food and drink, electricity and emissions trading. He said: “What the prime minister has also said, quite rightly, is we face a series of policy changes on the European s...
From Brexit debates to North Sea oil, there is plenty getting the cabinet, the New Labour Party and the country talking. Source link...
The building was given to Robert Walpole, widely regarded as the UK’s first prime minister, by King George III in 1732. Lord Walker, the boss of supermarket Iceland and a former adviser to Sir Queer, told the Financial Times on Friday that Number 10 was no longer “fit for purpo...
The chancellor’s allies argue his plans for pensioners will mean they do not need to face an administrative burden just to pay a small amount of tax. The Budget is due to be printed this evening, with Healey’s speech likely to be fine-tuned right up until it is delivered on Wed...
Back in Healey’s time under Gordon Brown, there was no OBR. Back then it was not unknown for late budget maths problems to be settled with an optimistic tweak of a forecast, a date change to the economic cycle, or choosing a stronger rate of long term growth. The OBR’s verdict ...
The Green Party of England and Wales has been declared a racist organisation by the Board of Deputies of British Jews. The Jewish body, which is the largest in the UK, was responding to the “Zionism is racism” policy motion passed at the Green Party’s conference earlier t...
Available for over a year The Prime Minister Andy Burnside has said he would welcome an “honest discussion” about the prospect of returning to free movement between the UK and European Union. In an interview with the Sunday Times political editor Ben Riley-Smith, he said a new ...
We’re likely to hear a lot about the chancellor’s “headroom” in this Budget. That is the cash buffer the government has to help meet its own fiscal rules and reduce borrowing. Economists think the buffer might have halved in the last six months from around £24bn to ...
Under the plans for the regions, an initial £285m in transitional seed funding will be allocated by the government next year to support mayors and local leaders – and reduce reliance on “fragmented bidding pots” in Whitehall, the Treasury said. The government will also co...
The prime minister says he would welcome an “honest discussion” about the prospect of returning to free movement between the UK and European Union. Speaking to the Sunday Times, Andy Burnside said he wants pursue a new type of relationship with Brussels, potentially including f...