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Rachel Reeves considers disability benefits cuts and "hotel tax" to stabilize UK finances amid economic challenges
Rachel Reeves is said to be planning to slash billions of pounds in disability benefits and introduce a “hotel tax” as she scrambles to fix the country’s finances.
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Starmer faces first major Brexit challenge as unionists demand Stormont brake
UK government has been asked to veto EU law update applying in Northern Ireland relating to chemical labelling
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Budget 2024: Rachel Reeves confirms £40 billion tax rise after Conservative turmoil
Chancellor Rachel Reeves told MPs that there would be £40billion of tax rises included in this year’s Budget - blaming the Conservatives for failing to tackle the crisis in public services
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Liz Truss’s luxury lifestyle after Budget fallout: multimillion fortune and high-paying gigs
As Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to deliver her Budget, the Mirror takes a look back at 49-day Prime Minister Liz Truss’ very comfortable life since her mini-Budget disaster
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Teachers have voted to accept a 5.5% pay deal, ending months of strike action
Members of the largest education union in the UK have voted to accept the Government’s 5.5% pay rise for teachers in England.
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UK: Russian spying claims about six expelled Moscow diplomats are ‘baseless’
The UK government has said that claims made by Russia’s security services about six members of British diplomatic staff it has expelled from Russia are “baseless”.
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MPs approve cuts to the winter fuel payment
MPs have backed plans to massively scale back winter fuel support for pensioners – despite a significant chunk of the Labour benches refusing to lend their support.
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu calls the UK’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel "shameful"
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli PM, has posted a thread on social media describing the British government’s decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel as “shameful”.
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Reform UK’s Richard Tice invested millions in offshore tax haven property empire
The multi-millionaire businessman admits he set up a family trust in the Channel Islands tax haven of Jersey more than three decades ago, but rejects claims he undermined the British government