Politics

Slashing inheritance tax would heighten the deepening inequality between the have-nots and have-yachts, says Kevin Maguire, adding that Tories have fleeced ordinary workers

Tenants who moved into Jeremy Hunt's ­apartment last summer were charged £300 more a month than previous ones. The 18% increase was almost twice the rate of inflation at the time

The Public Accounts Committee found 700,000 pupils are in schools that need major rebuilding or refurbishment as it warned the deterioration of classrooms is affecting learning

The Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson said the country's welfare system is 'possibly the meanest in Europe in terms of how it treats the unemployed'

Jeremy Hunt was shown a question on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg asking: 'Why change inheritance tax when you have the lower paid struggling to pay their bills?'

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is rumoured to be considering slashing the welfare bill by around £1.3 billion by not increasing benefits in the usual way

As Tory Jeremy Hunt reportedly plots slashing benefits and cutting inheritance tax, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled Labour's plan to save working families up to £3,000 a year

A wooden barrier will be erected around Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Grade II listed mansion in Kirby Sigston, North Yorkshire, against the objections of some locals

Analysis claims cash has been washed down the plughole in failed projects and incompetence - including £15bn on duff Covid PPE and £2.3bn on the parts of HS2 Rishi Sunak abandoned

An average of £25billion was wasted by the Tory Government every year since the 2019 election – almost all when Rishi Sunak was Chancellor or Prime Minister, claim campaigners

Despite describing her old boss as “tepid and timid” and slamming his “lack of moral leadership”, she’s declining to publish the papers proving he accepted her demands before making her Home Secretary

Spending was due to be cut from September with the Government promising not to renew a £40million contract which funded the flights - but we can reveal the deal has been extended

Nadine Dorries' supposedly tell-all book about the inner workings of No 10 Downing Street failed to sell as many copies as the ex-Tory minister's own romance novel

Rishi Sunak dragged the failed ex-Prime Minister out of retirement this week, making him Foreign Secretary in a move that shocked Westminster

Since 11 May 2010, a member of the Bullingdon Club has been either Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary, or Chancellor for 4122 days – over 11 years continuously

Columnist Keir Mudie says we can’t continue with these lunatics from the Tory Government falling out with each other, jostling for position while the country burns

A Chancellor with his finger on the nation’s pulse would be looking to boost school and hospital spending, ease the social care crisis and support four million children in poverty

The DWP want to scrap specific parts of the work capability assessment that are designed to help those who are too sick or disabled to work

Save the Children UK says the DWP's cost of living payments are being spent on debts and overdue energy bills as they called on the Tories to increase benefits in line with inflation

The TUC and Tax Justice UK have issued a last minute plea urging the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, not to slash inheritance tax in the Autumn Statement on Wednesday

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt cut the duty charged on draught pints by 11p in August, but at the same time increased levies on all other alcohol by an average of 10.1%

It's been another week of infighting and disasters for Rishi Sunak's party - just don't forget it all when it comes to election time

The Redfield & Wilton poll found almost a third of voters (29%) believe new Foreign Secretary David Cameron achieved nothing at all in his six years as Prime Minister

The Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is said to be looking at plans to halve the 40% rate of inheritance tax as he prepares to unveil the Autumn Statement next week.

Conservative MPs have suggested the Prime Minister could call an election if his latest attempt to salvage his Rwanda migrant plan gets blocked by the House of Lords