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Keir Starmer facing cabinet revolt over Budget spending cuts of up to 20%
Sir Keir Starmer is facing a backlash from Angela Rayner and his cabinet over “huge” cuts to departmental spending to be unveiled in Rachel Reeves’ Budget.The prime minister has received letters from senior ministers raising concerns about the spending cuts after a number spoke out against the measures at Tuesday’s cabinet meeting.
Keir Starmer faces revolt over 'huge' cuts in Budget - as angry ministers named
A group of senior government ministers - including Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner - have written formal letters to the Prime Minister raising serious concerns about cuts
Keir Starmer’s first budget: Reeves eyes up to £40bn in tax rises and spending cuts
Rachel Reeves is looking to make up to £40 billion of tax rises and spending cuts in this month’s Budget as the Government seeks to avoid a return to austerity, it is understood. The Chancellor told ministers in a Cabinet meeting on Monday that plans to fill the “£22 billion black hole” she has repeatedly cited in the UK’s finances will be enough
Ministers complain to Starmer over spending cuts
But there are fears that steep spending cuts will also be needed to meet what Whitehall sources have suggested is a £40bn funding gap. In what some say is an unusual move, ministers from hard-pressed departments are calling for a last minute rethink of the Budget,
Angela Rayner among Cabinet ministers protesting spending cuts in letter to Keir Starmer
The Deputy Prime Minister is one of multiple senior members of the Labour Government who are worried about plans to cut spending.
Cabinet ministers pushing back against department spending cuts
Politics latest: Cabinet ministers write to PM with concerns over scale of spending cuts
Sir Keir Starmer has received letters from some of his top team expressing alarm over the scale of spending cuts being demanded ahead of the budget. They've gone over the head of Chancellor Rachel Reeves,
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Keir Starmer to face PMQs as reports claim Treasury must fill ‘£40bn funding gap’ in budget – UK politics live
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Starmer Signals UK Won’t Raise Capital Gains Tax to 39%
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