All news on the topic: Labour

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Labour announces £2.5m inheritance tax relief threshold for agricultural and business assets
Labour will increase the inheritance tax relief threshold for farmers in a significant concession following backlash from rural communities.
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Energy bill cut could be wiped out by nuclear costs, levies, and green charges
Rachel Reeves’ promise to reduce household energy bills by £150 might be nullified due to the costs associated with nuclear energy, concealed green levies, and new charges being introduced by the energy regulator, according to reports.
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Justice secretary David Lammy accused of "cynically" misrepresenting rape figures
David Lammy has been accused of misrepresenting rape figures by senior barristers in a bid to fast track the abolition of some jury trials.
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Reform leader Nigel Farage suggests BBC boycott amid growing teenage racism and antisemitism claims
Nigel Farage has turned on broadcasters for questioning him about his alleged teenage racism and antisemitism as the number of school contemporaries who recalled such behaviour to the Guardian reached 28.
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Labour split emerges as Lammy hints at economic gains from rejoining EU structures
David Lammy has refused to rule out the prospect of Britain rejoining the EU as he admitted the union holds the potential to ’boost UK growth’.
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Suspended peer Lord evans facing claims of receiving at least $1m from allegedly corrupt deal
A peer suspended by the House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules is now facing claims that he received at least $1m (£760,000) from an allegedly corrupt deal.
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Markus Campbell-Savours rebels on Budget vote to defend farmers from tax changes
Penrith and Solway MP Markus Campbell-Savours voted against the plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers on Tuesday night during a series of votes on the Budget.
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UK’s Angela Rayner set to challenge Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over watering down flagship employment rights bill
Angela Rayner is set to challenge Sir Keir Starmer over his decision to water down her flagship employment rights bill.
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UK Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in Bangladesh сorruption сase
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison following a corruption trial in Bangladesh.
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Lammy considers sweeping jury trial restrictions as UK courts face record backlog
Justice Secretary David Lammy is preparing major criminal-justice reforms that would reserve jury trials for only the most serious offences — including rape, murder and manslaughter — according to multiple media reports.
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Farmers defy police ban and drive tractors into Westminster to protest Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax plan
Police had banned tractors from Whitehall, but farmers angry about Rachel Reeves’s tax changes brought their budget day protest to Westminster anyway.
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Rachel Reeves to spend £3bn scrapping two-child benefit cap as Labour prepares sweeping welfare overhaul
Chancellor Rachel Reeves states the government will make a renewed attempt to revamp the welfare system as she prepares to allocate £3 billion in Wednesday’s Budget to abolish the two-child benefit cap.
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PM declines 12 times to rule out tax rises ahead of next week’s budget
The prime minister has refused to rule out manifesto-breaking tax hikes in next week’s budget while speaking to Sky News’s political editor Beth Rigby.
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Labour under pressure as Starmer won’t rule out breaking manifesto pledge on tax thresholds
Sir Keir Starmer did not rule out the possibility of freezing income tax thresholds, which would constitute a breach of a Labour manifesto promise.
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Angela Rayner failed to pay £40,000 in stamp duty as she prepares potential leadership bid
Angela Rayner, the former Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary, is reportedly preparing for a possible leadership challenge against Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
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Shona Robison attacks ‘chaotic’ UK budget as Chancellor reportedly drops tax rises
The UK’s Budget process has "descended into complete chaos," Scotland’s Finance Secretary said as she pushed for a meeting with the Chancellor.
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Rachel Reeves sparks market chaos after latest U-turn on income tax plans
Rachel Reeves has lost control. For two weeks, she dropped heavy hints that she’d hike income tax in her upcoming Budget, softening up the public for a breach of Labour’s biggest manifesto promise.
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Croydon drivers owe over £1.13m in unpaid parking fines as top offenders rack up hundreds of PCNs
Croydon Council is owed more than £1.13 million in unpaid parking fines, with some drivers accumulating hundreds of penalty charge notices (PCNs) without paying a penny.
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Reeves abandons income tax increase as Labour seeks smaller tax measures
Labour had prepared to break a manifesto pledge on taxes for working people but has now reversed its decision.
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Government in turmoil as Wes Streeting denies plotting coup against Keir Starmer
The Government descended into civil war tonight as Wes Streeting was compelled to deny planning a coup against Keir Starmer.
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‘Profiting from people’: asylum seekers face rats and hunger in UK hotels
Asylum seekers living in hotels have reported rats, overcrowding, and food so bad it leads to deficiencies, research has found.
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UK mother loses child benefit after government wrongly claims she emigrated
A woman who booked a flight from London to Oslo but never checked in or traveled has had her child benefit stopped by the UK government.
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‘Now you can f* off home’: Reform UK office targeted after election loss**
A Reform UK campaign office has been vandalized after the party lost what would have been a historic by-election victory.
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Economic cost of crime hits £478 per person in Britain
Crime costs Britain £33 billion a year in treatment for victims, damaged or lost property, and preventative measures, according to analysis by the Tories.
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MP questions morality and legality of deporting lawfully settled residents
Labour has called on the Conservatives to clarify their plan to remove the right to remain permanently in the UK from thousands of people, stating that those affected have a right to know what is being proposed.