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OPINION - You may not like billionaires like Lakshmi Mittal, but London needs them to stay and so do you

The lights are not always on on at the vast mansion known locally as the Taj Mittal, easily the biggest residence on London’s most exclusive billionaire’s row, Kensington Palace Gardens.

Evening Standard

‘Was this new age austerity always coming?’ Your spring statement questions answered by Andrew Grice

ASK ME ANYTHING: In this exclusive Q&A session, The Independent’s political commentator Andrew Grice tackles welfare cuts, taxation, and the economic challenges facing the UK

The Independent UK

Farmers furious as Farage admits he would allow chlorine-washed chicken to be sold in UK as part of Trump trade deal

The Reform leader’s remarks sparked anger from agricultural campaigners, who warned that the British public is ‘rightly appalled by chlorinated chicken’

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Rachel Reeves considers fresh tax raid on savers in bid to balance books

HMRC estimates that an extra 893,000 people will have to pay tax on savings by 2028-29

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves’ approval rating plummets after spring statement

Reeves on course to be less popular than Truss mini-budget chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves Slammed for Dodging Exploding State Pension Crisis in Spring Statement Blunder

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is catching serious flak after her Spring Statement skirted around one of the UK’s most pressing financial issues.

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Keir Starmer is one of Labour’s most rightwing prime ministers. And one of its most leftwing, too

The PM offers a political hybrid designed for a fickle electorate. There are short-term electoral gains to be won, but risks in the long term, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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What the papers say – March 28

The King’s admission to, and discharge from hospital leads Friday’s front pages.

Evening Standard

Reeves’s spring statement almost as unpopular as Truss’s disastrous mini-Budget, poll finds

Just one in five voters believe Rachel Reeves is doing a good job, as chancellor’s approval rating plunges towards that of her predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng prior to him being sacked

The Independent UK

Reeves on course to be less popular than Truss mini-budget chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng

The chancellor is plunging toward the approval rating of Kwasi Kwarteng in the wake of the September 2022 financial statement

The Independent UK

Lack of progress abroad leaves Starmer facing questions at home

News analysis: Archie Mitchell argues the lack of concrete progress on the ‘coalition of the willing’ leaves Keir Starmer facing difficult questions at home and abroad

The Independent UK

Reeves may have to find further cuts and tax hikes amid economic gloom

Rising costs and global uncertainty may force chancellor to turn to pensioners and wealthier taxpayers

The Guardian - UK

Labour has history of difficult debates over welfare, says McFadden

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster said people should not be content with allowing the number of benefits claimants to grow.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on child poverty: Labour must advance from a bleak base

Editorial: About a third of children were living in deprivation even before this week’s benefit cuts. This appalling situation can’t go on

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The Independent UK

Is this the new austerity? What the numbers say

With the chancellor announcing around £4.8 billion of cuts to welfare spending over the next five years, Alicja Hagopian looks at whether the UK is returning to the austerity policies of ther 2010s

The Independent UK

Disabled father says welfare reforms have prompted fear

Ryan Swanepoel was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at the age of 20 and uses a wheelchair after losing mobility in his arms and legs.

The Independent UK

No evidence Labour welfare cuts will get more people into work, OBR says

The spending watchdog’s says it was not provided with an analysis of how the reforms could boost employment

The Guardian - UK

Shameless welfare cuts are a betrayal of Labour voters

Letters: Readers express their dismay at Rachel Reeves’s spring statement, with some lifelong party members feeling no longer able to support it

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The Conversation

David Blunkett: the world has changed since Liz Truss’s mini budget, so what is Labour still so scared of?

Much has been said about UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ self-imposed fiscal rules, and her repeated assertion – which she included in the spring statement – that they are “non-negotiable”. Of course, this is true if you’re not prepared to listen to alternatives, but in the real world there is no…

The Independent UK

Starmer says Government record shows ‘mindset’ opposed to tax rises

The Prime Minister said he would not ‘write future budgets’ ahead of time.

The Guardian - UK

Reeves could tax pensions and wealth if economy worsens, says IFS

Chancellor may have to reconsider pledge not to raise taxes in light of ‘risky and changing world’, thinktank says

The Guardian - UK

The one where everyone piles in on Rachel. Someone get her an espresso

It was a morning from hell for the chancellor. After the spring statement and Trump’s overnight tariffs, time for a kicking

The National (Scotland)

Labour won't rule out tax break for Trump-friendly tech giants amid tariff update

A minister has refused to rule out giving tech giants a tax break in a bid to exempt Britain from US tariffs – after Donald Trump announced new…

Evening Standard

How to fix a housing crisis: building alone won't help affordability or end homelessness in London

It’s true that too few homes are being built in London but without making it easier to buy too, developers will never build at scale

Evening Standard

All the Labour MPs who have said they are opposing Rachel Reeves's welfare cuts

Government faces challenge from its own benches amid controversy surrounding benefits cuts

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