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Economists predict higher taxes and borrowing after UK deficit overshoots forecasts – as it happened

Tough budget looms after UK deficit hits £3.1bn in July – ahead of City forecasts of £1.5bn, and soaring over OBR forecast of £100m

The Guardian - UK

Labour ‘putting rail passengers first’, says minister as she blames Tories for prolonging strikes – as it happened

Louise Haigh says she hopes three-year pay deal offered to train drivers will resolve strikes

The Guardian - UK

Inflation rises for first time this year after months of steady decline

INFLATION has risen for the first time this year following months of steady decline ...

The National (Scotland)

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Rachel Reeves set to make 'tough decisions' on welfare spending

UK ministers have been ordered to search for cost-cutting reforms as the Chancellor plans to take “tough decisions” on welfare and spending...

The National (Scotland)

Why Rachel Reeves can’t seem to make her ‘£22bn black hole’ narrative convincing

Rachel Reeves had hardly stepped down from the dispatch box to make her first big statement as chancellor of the exchequer before facing a furious backlash. She had claimed to have discovered a £22bn hole in public finances upon taking office and was using it to explain why the new…

The Conversation

Labour bosses' words back to haunt them after cutting Winter Fuel Payment

LABOUR need to remember that the things they said in opposition haven't been forgotten now they're in power ...

The National (Scotland)

'Plainly wrong': Ian Murray accused of 'lie' about SNP minister amid austerity row

AN SNP MSP has accused the Scottish Secretary of choosing “to lie on air” amid a row over an apparently false statement about the SNP Finance…

The National (Scotland)

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Labour says higher-than-forecast UK borrowing shows economic challenge ahead

Treasury says it has received worst postwar inheritance as figures reveal £14.5bn deficit in June

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves says new government has inherited ‘worst set of circumstances since second world war’ – as it happened

New chancellor says she will make statement to MPs before summer recess about financial situation as she says UK economy has been ‘held back’

The Guardian - UK

Inside the betting scandal-hit constituencies where Tories and Labour have withdrawn support for candidates

The Tories and Labour both withdrew support for candidates being investigated by the Gambling Commission – The Independent speaks to local party supporters who had been campaigning for them, and to voters

The Independent UK

Is there truth in Rishi Sunak’s net zero attack on Labour?

The PM trumpeted ‘a recording … admitting that their plans will cost hundreds of billions’. Was it fair to do so?

The Guardian - UK

Scotland 'not a country but a region of UK', top Tory adviser tells BBC panel

SCOTLAND is not a country but a “region of the UK”, one of Michael Gove’s most senior advisers has said ...

The National (Scotland)

Reeves accuses Sunak of lying after Treasury’s warning on ‘£2,000 tax rise’ claim

Letter from senior Treasury official says ministers were told not to present their costings as civil service figures

The Guardian - UK

Martin Lewis pushes Cabinet minister Claire Coutinho to apologise on live TV for Labour £2,000 tax hike claim

The Money Saving Expert challenged the Energy Security Secretary about the Tory tax allegation when she appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

PM must face questions about hedge fund at heart of financial crash, says Labour

Keir Starmer aims to turn spotlight on Sunak’s career before politics in lead up to first general election TV debate

The Guardian - UK

Socialism isn’t a dirty word. It’s simply about wanting to make a fairer society

Labour’s leadership needn’t struggle to define the ideology; it’s in its very constitution

The Guardian - UK

‘Purge’ of Labour leftwingers must end, Keir Starmer told

Labour leader accused of ‘cull’ and picking close allies to contest safe seats as others are blocked from standing for party in UK election

Evening Standard

Diane Abbott backed to be MP by Angela Rayner and union bosses in growing storm for Keir Starmer

Party is racing to fill a national list of would-be MPs by June 7 after Rishi Sunak called a snap election

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The Independent UK

Tories taunt Keir Starmer over Diane Abbott fiasco

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has questioned how Keir Starmer hopes to handle Vladimir Putin if he cannot make a decision on Diane Abbott’s future

The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott accuses Labour of ‘leftwing cull’ after two colleagues barred from standing

Faiza Shaheen deselected and Lloyd Russell-Moyle suspended, as Abbott vows to stay on for ‘as long as it is possible’

The Guardian - UK

No decision taken on barring Diane Abbott from selection as Labour candidate, says Keir Starmer – as it happened

It comes after former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the party’s treatment of Abbott was ‘a disgrace’

The Guardian - UK

Labour no longer a ‘party of protest’ says shadow minister after drop in members

Darren Jones says party had more members under Jeremy Corbyn but now has to make ‘difficult decisions’ to prepare to govern

International Business Times UK

Labour Backtrack On £28 Billion Green Investment Pledge After Weeks Of Confusion

With a UK general election looming, the Labour Party are starting to persuade business and financial sector leaders that it can be trusted to grow the economy.

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s mixed messages on £28bn green pledge put it in worst of all worlds

Tories watch on delighted as Starmer repeats figure while the shadow Treasury team distance themselves

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s £28bn green deal: don’t prove Tories right by ditching it

Editorial: Sir Keir Starmer wants to change his country for the better. That won’t happen if he drops his key industrial strategy for growth

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