Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Schools and hospitals must find a whopping £11bn of cuts after the chancellor refused to protect their budgets from rampant inflation, experts say. Kwasi Kwarteng is being warned that his […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Kwasi Kwarteng has been accused of insulting millions after he made a joke about how his mini-Budget spooked the markets. The pound fell to its lowest level for 37 years […] More
Jacob Rees-Mogg was booed and heckled by furious protesters shouting “Tory scum” as he made his way to the Conservative party conference in Birmingham.The business secretary was escorted by several police officers as he walked across Victoria Square, which is just around the corner from his party’s annual gathering at the nearby International Convention Centre.Mr Rees-Mogg was pursued by angry protesters who jeered and booed, with some shouting “Tory scum” at him as officers stayed in close proximity to the MP for North East Somerset. More
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight The Tories will never win back younger voters as an anti-Europe and populist party, former cabinet ministers have warned – as they called for […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Britain’s richest households are still set to gain almost 40 times as much in cash terms the poorest from Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax giveaway Budget, even after his U-turn on the […] More
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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Jacob Rees-Mogg said he would be “delighted” to have his own back garden drilled for shale gas as he defended the Liz Truss government’s push for fracking. The business secretary suggested that he would welcome […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Liz Truss’s tax-and-spend plans remain “unsustainable” following her U-turn on the 45p tax rate for high-earners, a leading economic expert has said. The humiliating climbdown, announced this morning by Kwasi […] More
