Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Home secretary James Cleverly has denied claims that he called a Labour MP’s north east constituency a “s***hole”. Alex Cunningham, MP for Stockton North, alleged the comment was made by the Tory cabinet […] More
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email The government’s former deputy chief medical adviser has revealed he thought about quitting after his family was threatened with having their throats cut during the pandemic. Testifying at the Covid inquiry on […] More
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves attacked Jeremy Hunt’s announcements, stating Britain is worse off now than when the Conservatives won power in 2010.Ms Reeves highlighted The Independent’s disclosure that Richard Huntington, strategy chief of Saatchi and Saatchi, the advertising firm that helped Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister, had attacked the “cruel” Conservatives and forecast a Labour election victory.Ms Reeves said: “The ravens are leaving the Tower when even Saatchi and Saatchi are saying the Tories are not working.”Her comment was a reference to Saatchi and Saatchi’s famous 1979 election poster attacking unemployment under the then Labour Government which featured a picture of a long dole queue with the slogan ‘Labour Isn’t Working.’ More
Chancellor cuts employee national insurance for 27 million people More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Watch live as the Office for Budget Responsibility holds a press conference following Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement. The chancellor announced tax cuts, tighter welfare rules and further measures aimed at getting more people […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Jeremy Hunt has declared Britain’s economy “back on track” as he announced a shock 2 per cent cut to national insurance and extended a £11bn-a-year tax break for businesses. Rishi Sunak’s chancellor said […] More
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak is planning a series of new immigration crackdown measures, as he prepares for fresh Conservative party anguish over record-high migrant numbers. With the prime minister under huge pressure to get on […] More
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is heckled as he announces benefits will be stopped during his autumn statement.After announcing £1.3 billion of funding to help 300,000 people who have been unemployed for a year, Hunt said the Government will “ask for something in return”.He said: “If after 18 months of intensive support jobseekers have not found a job, we will roll out a programme requiring them to take part in a mandatory work placement to increase their skills and improve their employability. And if they choose not to engage with the work search process for six months, we will close their case and stop their benefits.” More
