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When campaigning for office earlier this year, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised the Labour Party would not raise taxes… The post Brickbat: Common People appeared first on Reason.com.

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Reeves gives Labour post-Budget poll boost despite £40bn tax row

Exclusive: Rachel Reeves has faced a storm of criticism after producing the biggest tax raising Budget in history but the latest weekly tracker poll has shown public support grow for Labour

The Independent UK

After Reeves’s historic budget, Labour has time to pursue its revolution. What it needs now is public trust

The government is operating in an unforgiving time and lacks capital with voters. It will be crucial to address that, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Angela Rayner declares £3,550 worth of clothes from Lord Alli

The Deputy Prime Minister updated a declaration of a gift from the Labour backer to show it was for work clothes.

Evening Standard

Reeves told she will have to raise further £9bn to avoid UK public service cuts

Warning comes after Rachel Reeves’s record tax-raising budget sent tremors through financial markets

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Reeves’s budget survives contact with reality – for now

The chancellor, on the morning-after media round, just scraped a no-score draw despite a pervasive sense of unkept promises

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s first budget: redistribution away from the rich after over a decade of Conservative rule

Labour’s first budget in 14 years appears to have avoided the Halloween nightmares that many predicted. Yes, the overall tax burden is at its highest level since 1948, but this budget’s tax and spend distribution is such that it spreads both the pain and the benefit. Most of the pain…

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Starmer accused of lying to farmers with surprise Budget ‘tractor tax’ set to destroy family farms

Critics attack the government’s decision to extend inheritance tax to family farms

The Independent UK

Reeves admits tax hikes will hit working people as IFS accuses chancellor of ‘undermining trust’

Rachel Reeves was forced to accept that her decision to raise employers’ national insurance contributions will lead to workers being paid less, but asked, ‘what alternative was there?’

The Independent UK

OPINION - The real story behind the Labour-Trump row that everyone missed

“The Brits are Coming!” screamed the headline of the Trump campaign’s press release. It turned out to be the most moderate part of it. An absolute masterclass in hyperbole followed. Accusations of “illegal foreign assistance” and “anti-American election interference”, a parallel to the 243rd anniversary last week of the surrender…

Evening Standard

NHS workload will ‘go up, not down’, Starmer warns after new health funding

The Prime Minister insisted he will help the health service deal with growing pressures.

Evening Standard

John Swinney gives pithy response to Donald Trump's Scottish independence comments

FIRST Minister John Swinney has responded after former US president Donald Trump intervened in the Scottish independence debate ...

The National (Scotland)

Watch: Starmer and Reeves speak after Labour’s £40bn tax-raising Budget

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves deliver remarks during a visit to the West Midlands after the Budget announcement on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer creates new ‘Europe Hub’ as PM eyes closer ties with EU post-Brexit

Home Office officials reportedly stressed the importance of a ‘strong UK-EU alliance’

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

UK politics: Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – as it happened

PM says budget just ‘first step’ after watchdog said measures would make no difference to growth over five years

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: What you need to know about Rachel Reeves’s plans for the economy

In today’s newsletter: They spent weeks bracing the country for ‘tough decisions’, but in Labour’s first budget in 14 years, the chancellor adopted a slightly more optimistic tone

The Guardian - UK

At last, a government willing to spend – but this budget will expose it to two great dangers

The good news: more money is on the table. The problems lie around how it will be raised – and who doesn’t stand to benefit, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

International Business Times

UK Treads Fine Line On Slavery Legacy, While Ruling Out Reparations

Commonwealth countries want talks on slavery reparations but the United Kingdom -- engaged in soul-searching over its former empire for several years now -- is not open to financial compensation, officials and analysts say.

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The Guardian - UK

Labour wants to reverse decline – but with a big budget comes a big risk

The government knows cynical voters will need to see tangible change in public services and to feel better off

The Independent UK

Why is the Southport stabbing not being classed as a terror attack?

Police say the attack at a children’s holiday class has not been declared a terrorist attack, despite the suspect facing a terror charge

Evening Standard

Prime Minister denies throwing veterans ‘to the wolves to pander to Sinn Fein’

Former defence minister Mark Francois pressed Sir Keir Starmer on plans for the Northern Ireland Legacy Act.

The National (Scotland)

Stephen Flynn reacts to Labour Budget as 'Scots still paying the price'

LABOUR’S first Budget in 14 years “fails to deliver” the change Scots expected from Keir Starmer, the SNP have said.

Evening Standard

Budget contains broken promises which will hit working people, Sunak claims

The outgoing Conservative Party leader was making his final appearance at the despatch box before stepping down.

The Guardian - UK

Southport attack: PM warns Badenoch and Jenrick against undermining police

Keir Starmer’s appeal at PMQs follows Tory leadership candidates questioning police handling of investigation

The National (Scotland)

Scotch whisky industry hits out as Chancellor increases alcohol duty

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has said the Chancellor’s decision to further increase duty on Scotch Whisky has broken the Prime Minister’s…

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