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Plan to increase youth minimum wage could be delayed

Luke Johnson, the former chairman of Pizza Express and a director of Gail's bakery and Brompton Bicycles, said: "The government is making it more...

Cabinet secretary frontrunner Antonia Romeo faced multiple bullying complaints

As the UK's consul general between 2016 and 2017 Dame Antonia's job involved promoting UK trade and business in New York, in the immediate...

Councils face ‘uphill struggle’ after elections delay U-turn

Jonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit, told BBC Breakfast the elections would put pressure on "hard-working council officers"."It will be...

Twelve further prisoners mistakenly released, says David Lammy

Justice Secretary David Lammy has said 12 prisoners have been accidentally released in the past three weeks, two of whom are still at large.It...

Starmer says he is proud of Budget as he denies misleading public

In his speech, Sir Keir defended the Budget as making "necessary" and "fair choices".He acknowledged that "tax rises do make life harder for people"...

Chancellor says she can be trusted with the UK’s finances despite claims she misled the public

When pressed on the issue on BBC One's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Reeves said she did not "accept" she had been misleading. Badenoch, also...

Starmer to back Budget after Reeves accused of misleading public

Despite the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) downgrading growth from next year, the prime minister will argue that "economic growth is beating forecasts", but...

No 10 denies Reeves misled public in run up to Budget

But Reeves continued to indicate that she was likely to increase income tax rates.In her Downing Street press conference, she said: "It is already...

Labour ditches day-one protection from unfair dismissal in U-turn

Business groups welcomed the announcement, which followed talks between major industry groups and unions.In a statement, the six business groups involved in the discussions...

Budget 2025 live: Ordinary people will pay ‘a little bit more’, says Reeves

Why does freezing tax thresholds cost me money?published at 19:02 GMT19:02 GMT One of Rachel Reeves's main announcements was...

Rachel Reeves will be hoping this Budget buys her some time

I struggle to find any Labour MPs who will privately attempt to argue the weeks leading up to this Budget have been anything other...

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