Labour

Gambling study says £2.7bn bet annually on hidden-market websites

Gamblers in Great Britain are betting £2.7bn a year through hidden-market websites, according to a lobby group that claims stricter regulation of the licensed sector would further fuel illegal...

Sue Gray being paid £170,000 a year – more than Keir Starmer

Sue Gray, Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, has been given a salary of £170,000 – more than the...

Starmer’s £100,000 in tickets and gifts more than any other recent party leader

Keir Starmer has declared more free tickets and gifts than other major party leaders in recent times, with...

Keir Starmer alleged to have broken rules over party donor’s gifts to wife

Keir Starmer is alleged to have broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his...

Winter fuel: 780,000 UK pensioners entitled to payment will lose it

About 780,000 pensioners who need the winter fuel payment will lose out on it when Labour begins means-testing...

Starmer hints at tax rises as he warns of ‘painful’ budget

Keir Starmer has given his strongest hint yet of tax rises to come in October’s budget, warning he will have to make “painful” decisions...

Keir Starmer rejects allegations of Labour cronyism – video

Keir Starmer has hit back at allegations of cronyism during his Downing Street speech, saying such claims are being made by 'the very people...

Keir Starmer takes a political gamble with message of bad news

Sir Keir Starmer could perhaps have timed it better. On the day that Oasis, the band that symbolised the mood of sunny optimism that...

Keir Starmer warns autumn budget will be

Keir Starmer hinted at tax rises as he said the upcoming October budget would be 'painful', in his first major speech from No 10 since...

UK ministers give KPMG £223m contract despite consultancy spending pledge

The UK government has awarded KPMG a £223m contract to train civil servants despite pledging to slash state spending on external consultants. Under the 15-month...

Renewed calls for UK industrial strategy to bring in investment and fix Brexit damage

UK manufacturers have renewed calls on the government to urgently draft an industrial strategy that will bring in investment and fix the “terrible” damage...