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Alistair Darling was a man of ‘duty and decency’, says his former special adviser
We spoke to one of Alistair Darling’s close friends, Catherine MacLeod, who was a special adviser to the then chancellor during the financial crisis in 2008. We began by asking for a sense of the loss she and the family felt.
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Are we on the road back to Austerity?
Are we on the road back to Austerity? That was the warning today from the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Its analysis of yesterday’s Autumn Statement says the Chancellor’s tax cuts imply a very tight public spending squeeze in the future.
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What does Autumn Statement mean for workers and small businesses?
What does the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement mean for workers and people running small businesses?
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Conservative U-Turn on tax cuts explained
Our political editor Gary Gibbon explains why the Chancellor U-turned on tax cuts.
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Autumn Statement explained: tax cut giveaway or ‘stagnating’ UK?
The Chancellor has promised a ten billion pound giveaway ahead of next year’s General Election – along with what he called “the biggest business tax cut in modern history”.
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National Living Wage to rise almost 10 per cent to £11.44 per hour
The National Living Wage is going up to £11.44 an hour, and the higher rate will apply to workers aged 21 and 22 for the first time.
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Rishi Sunak promises tax cuts ahead of Autumn Statement
Rishi Sunak has promised taxes will come down “over time” – as he set out what he called the “next phase” of the Government’s plans to boost the economy.
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“I’m terrified” – welfare claimants fear plans for tougher benefits rules
The chancellor will set out the government’s spending plans next week in his autumn statement – including tougher rules for benefit claimants.
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UK economy avoids slipping into recession
Britain’s economy failed to grow in the third quarter of the year – but that was better than the drop which had been predicted, and means the country has avoided slipping into recession.
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Rachel Reeves on interest rates and Labour’s position on Gaza
Hot off the heels of the interest rate announcement, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves was in Stevenage in Hertfordshire at a building-site, laying out Labour’s plans on the economy.
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Labour vows to scrap non-dom tax status in plans to ‘rebuild Britain’
A Labour Government would control the public finances with “iron discipline” – that’s the message the Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves had for delegates at Labour’s conference in Liverpool today.
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HS2: UK set to scrap rail link to Manchester
The news that Rishi Sunak had decided to scrap the HS2 rail link to Manchester was starting to leak just as the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt got to his feet to address Tory members.
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Ministers admit they don’t know full cost of RAAC repairs in schools
Rishi Sunak has come under more pressure over the concrete crisis, after claims that he only approved money for a fraction of the English schools which were bidding for refurbishment funds.
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Concrete schools: Government will spend ‘what it takes’ to deal with RAAC
The Chancellor has promised to spend whatever it takes – but it appears any repairs to schools affected by the concrete safety crisis will have to be funded from existing budgets.
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British Museum recovered some of the 2000 stolen artefacts says chair George Osborne
Some of the 2,000 artefacts which are thought to have been stolen from the British Museum are starting to be recovered, according to the chair of trustees George Osborne. The former chancellor apologised on behalf of the museum, but admitted more could have been done to prevent the thefts. An unnamed member of staff suspected…
