Can UK avoid national debt almost tripling over next 50 years?
A near tripling of the national debt; public spending accounting for well over half the economy’s annual output; government borrowing at levels never seen...
We did not do impact assessment of winter fuel payment cut, No 10 admits
Ministers did not carry out a specific impact assessment on the withdrawal of the winter fuel payment from the bulk of pensioners, such as...
UK debt projected to almost triple over next 50 years, watchdog warns
The UK’s debt mountain will almost triple to more than 270% of national income over the next 50 years because of pressures from an...
Streeting urges doctors to ‘stop sabre-rattling’ and work with him to fix NHS
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has urged doctors to work with the government on its plans to change the NHS and to “stop sabre-rattling”...
Labour’s plan for steel is a work in progress. Port Talbot was almost the easy part | Nils Pratley
It was “a bad deal” for workers, taxpayers and the steel industry, insisted Jonathan Reynolds when he was in opposition at the start of...
Why did Starmer cut the winter fuel allowance? It’s called Treasury brain – and that spells trouble | Rafael Behr
An unwritten law of Westminster mechanics states that power, in the absence of a countervailing force, gravitates to the Treasury.The governing agenda can be...