Keir Starmer, Budget
Keir Starmer’s warning to ministers after cabinet Budget row erupts
Sir Keir Starmer has warned his senior ministers they will have to live with swingeing spending cuts after a cabinet row over the Budget erupted in public. The prime minister is facing a backlash from Angela Rayner and other members of his top team over cuts to government departments set to be unveiled by the chancellor,
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
How make-or-break Budget has fractured Keir Starmer’s cabinet
With the prime minister’s poll ratings at rock bottom, Sir Keir Starmer is grappling with cabinet unity ahead of Rachel Reeves’ Budget, writes Political Correspondent Archie Mitchell
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,
Budget 2024 latest: Rayner among MPs pleading with Starmer to step in as Reeves’ ‘£40bn target’ looms
Rayner among MPs pleading with Starmer to step in as Reeves’ ‘£40bn target’ looms - Value of pound has fallen after this ...
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are making one key mistake on economy
The yawning chasm between lofty rhetoric and grubby reality is a prime reason for the public’s disillusionment with our ...
Reeves’s web of lies can no longer conceal her dystopian plan for Britain
It is an extraordinary scandal, a breach of trust on a monumental scale. Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are feeding us a ...
Angela Rayner leads Cabinet revolt against Reeves’ ‘huge’ Budget cuts
Sir Keir Starmer is facing a backlash from Angela Rayner and his cabinet over “huge” cuts to departmental spending to be ...
Reeves Faces Cabinet Unease Over £40 Billion Hunt for Budget
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves faces growing Cabinet disquiet over the scale of spending cuts she wants to help ...
Starmer refuses to rule out Budget tax raid on employers
Sir Keir Starmer has refused to rule out a tax raid on employers in the Budget at the end of this month.The Prime Minister ...
Keir Starmer to face PMQs as reports claim Treasury must fill ‘£40bn funding gap’ in budget – UK politics live
Sources say Rachel Reeves told cabinet colleagues yesterday the figure was much higher than previously estimated ...
Starmer Signals UK Won’t Raise Capital Gains Tax to 39%
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said speculation that the UK government was considering raising capital gains tax as high as 39% ...
Keir Starmer explains why winter fuel payments needed to be cut
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is dealing with a row over meeting Taylor Swift, as well as questions over the Budget and his ...