The policy aimed to tackle the problem of millions of small workplace pension pots being lost as workers change jobs, with employers instead paying into one portable pension pot which would be taken from one job to the next. The DWP published a call for evidence last November, but the proposal was widely criticized by … Read more
“Today’s cut will be welcome news for millions of homeowners and shows that Labour inherited a stronger economy which was on the right track,” crowed Shadow Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, attacking Reeves for agreeing to new public sector pay rises. “In government, we took difficult decisions that cut inflation from 11.1 per cent to the Bank’s … Read more
4) Labour is boxed in on tax The theater around Monday’s speech is seen by many as an attempt to roll the pitch for potential, undisclosed tax rises in October, when Reeves will deliver her first budget. And that’s what the Tories are arguing, too. “She will fool absolutely no one with a shameless attempt … Read more
To try and woo the members, whose “loyalty and dedication” she marveled at, the backbench Essex MP pledged to give them a “much greater voice and role” in policy making, offering a democratically elected party chairman. Internally, Patel emphasized the need for rebuttal units and professional party agents to help win seats. Having spent the … Read more
BBC racing commentator John Hunt found his wife and two of his daughters “tied up and shot with a crossbow” when he got home from work. Carol Hunt, 61 and daughters Louise, 25, and Hannah, 28, were tragically found dead inside their home last night. 11 Carol Hunt one of the victims of last night’s … Read more
Patel spent the last two years on the backbenches after serving as home secretary when Boris Johnson was in No. 10. A prominent figure on the right, she’s dubbed a “dark horse” of the campaign who can keep the right wing on side while potentially winning over One Nation centrist MPs averse to a harder-right … Read more
He blamed his own party’s recent record of infighting for putting voters off. The public, he said, were sick of the “endless political soap opera” and the “internal rivalries and divisions” that warring Conservatives have played out in public. “It’s not so much that Labour won this election, but rather that the Conservatives have lost … Read more
Last updated Thursday June 13. LONDON — With a July 4 election looming, the ruling Conservatives and opposition Labour Party — 22 points ahead in the polls — have both now launched their manifestos. The process has been radically different for each. While the Conservatives’ was penned by a tight-knit group of aides, Labour’s was … Read more
It takes a brave — some may say reckless — leader to call a general election when trailing in the polls by 20 percent. With three weeks to go to polling day on July 4, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s gamble looks like it will backfire, possibly spectacularly so, with perilous consequences for the country’s … Read more
As these assassinations unfolded, some reassured themselves by arguing they were the bloody handiwork of crackpots and wackos. “There are more kinds of fools than one can guard against,” remarks a character in Joseph Conrad’s period-set novel, “The Secret Agent.” Today, it’s similarly hard not to categorize the 71-year-old Cintula — the politically fluid, sometimes … Read more
