Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Fears over dangerous crumbling concrete have spread to Britain’s railways, with Network Rail launching an urgent review into the train estate, a minister has confirmed. Transport secretary Huw Merriman has said Network Rail […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The future of the state pension “triple lock” appears in doubt after Angela Rayner joined Rishi Sunak in refusing to say whether the measure would stay after the next election. William Hague, the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Pensioners are set for an 8 per cent boost after record wage growth continued – but Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has dampened hopes of a pre-election tax cut. After pay including bonuses grew 8.5 […] More
Angela Rayner has refused to commit to Labour keeping the state pensions triple lock, telling BBC Breakfast on Tuesday (12 September) that the party would “not make unfunded spending commitments” before a general election.Ms Rayner’s comments came as ONS figures showed that wages in the UK continued to surge at a record pace.The total earnings rise is used to determine the “triple lock” guarantee for the state pension, which commits the government to increase the state pension by whichever is highest, wage growth, inflation or 2.5 per cent. More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Single-use vapes look set to be banned by the government after concerns that children could become addicted to them. The move could come as early as next week as health ministers decided the […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Pay and housing will be among the priorities of a Labour government as part of a “real life levelling up” for workers, the party’s deputy leader is pledging. Angela Rayner will set out […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Reality TV stars and a former Lioness are among people expected to attend a meeting with Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan in Downing Street. The event in Number 10 will see celebrities discuss online […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Labour was told “months ago” about an alleged spy in the Commons, the shadow foreign secretary has suggested. David Lammy said the official opposition was often briefed on “things that are of major […] More
