Chancellor to hand military nearly £3bn in Budget boost
Decision will end fears that defence will bear brunt of ‘difficult decisions’ Rachel Reeves says are needed to fix public finances
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How pensioners could be targeted in Reeves’s Budget
From means-tested benefits to a double death tax, retirees are in the firing line
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Jeremy Hunt launches last-ditch attempt to block report into £22bn ‘black hole’
Former chancellor warns Rachel Reeves would use the OBR’s audit to justify huge tax rises
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International families desert Britain over private school VAT raid
Drop in pupil numbers could cost the sector up to £50m
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October Budget predictions: When is it and which taxes will Labour raise?
Starmer hints at biggest tax rises yet – here are the latest rumours of what they might be
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Elon Musk wrong about free speech, says Cabinet minister
Peter Kyle says freedom of speech should not extend to ‘the right or the opportunity to harm others’
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Why Labour is preparing for war with NHS chiefs
Wes Streeting looks likely to follow in the footsteps of New Labour’s most radical health secretary – but not everyone on the Left is happy
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Reeves: Budget tax raid not enough to fix NHS
Chancellor says billions more for health service will not undo ‘14 years of damage’ under Tories
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Experience shows that the NHS can’t be trusted to use funds efficiently
Plus: UN in Gaza; North Korea at war; lost scripts; teddy on the tracks; helping hedgehogs; and why cutting Cadets funds will backfire
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Still more money won’t save the NHS
The idea that increased funding will rescue our National Health Service has been tested to destruction
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Labour will neuter parliament in the name of modernity
Starmer’s quest to sweep away ‘outdated practices’ risks ending proper parliamentary oversight
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‘He’s a nasty little man ... a bully’, say residents appalled by brawling MP
When a video emerged of Mike Amesbury seemingly punching a resident, voters were enraged – and now their town is in the spotlight
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Get ready for most brutal Budget since Healey, says Jeremy Hunt
Shadow chancellor tells Daily T Wednesday’s statement will be ‘assault on economic competitiveness’ not seen since early 1970s
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Bibby Stockholm asylum seekers being moved to Midlands hotel
Around 400 people being relocated from barge in Portland, Dorset, after Labour axed it as migrant accommodation
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Man ‘punched by Labour MP after row over winter fuel cuts’
Paul Fellows allegedly punched by Mike Amesbury while he waited for a taxi in Frodsham, Cheshire, on Saturday night
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Speaker attacks Reeves for releasing Budget secrets
Sir Lindsay Hoyle says it was ‘totally unacceptable’ for Chancellor to announce change to Government’s fiscal rules on US trip
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Starmer’s popularity collapse bigger than any PM
Approval rating plunges from high of plus 11 after landslide election win to -38 – a net drop of 49 – ahead of Budget
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Kemi Badenoch will be Labour’s worst nightmare, say Tory grandees
David Davis and Damian Green say leadership contender has tenacity to undo Sir Keir Starmer at despatch box
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