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...

Expect more economic pain to come, warns senior UK cabinet minister

A senior cabinet minister has warned of more economic pain to come as the government prepares to restrict public spending in ways MPs and...

Strengthening workplace protections in UK could bring benefits for both sides | Richard Partington

Sixty years ago when Harold Wilson spoke of harnessing the “white heat” of technology to remake Britain, he warned there was no room for...

Labour donor quits Treasury role amid ‘cronyism’ claims

A Labour donor has stepped down from his role as a civil servant at the Treasury, while the party comes under fire for granting...

Greater trading options are crucial to the rebuilding of the country | Jonathan Reynolds

This government was elected on a pledge to turn the page, to kickstart growth and to rebuild our country so that it once again...

Keir Starmer warns of tough times ahead to fix ‘Tory ruins’

British people will have to endure even worse economic and social ­pressures in the months to come as the Labour government takes “unpopular decisions”...

Unite calls for 1% wealth tax on super-rich to fund UK public sector pay rises

Britain’s second biggest trade union is calling on the new Labour government to introduce an emergency 1% wealth tax on the assets of the...