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The Latest Breaking News from Sir Keir Starmer

Budget 2024: Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves big bang tax, borrow and spend gamble risks backfiring

Commentary: If Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ big bet Budget pays off a second term awaits, if it doesn’t everything will be to play for at the next general election

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer says stocks and shares owners ‘not working people’ in hint at capital gains hike

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is looking for around £40bn of tax hikes and spending cuts in her first Budget since entering the Treasury

The Independent UK

New freeports, East Midlands investment zone funding coming in Budget – Starmer

The location of the five new freeports will be revealed by Rachel Reeves at the October 30 Budget.

Evening Standard

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Labour to announce plans for five new UK freeports in budget

Starmer says new low-tax zones, a policy inherited from the Tories, will ‘have this government’s stamp on them’

The Guardian - UK

Anti-hate group vows to continue work after Elon Musk’s declaration of ‘war’

X owner renews hostilities with Center for Countering Digital Hate after it is linked to US election interference row

The Guardian - UK

King Charles III Addresses Calls For Reparations At Summit

King Charles III acknowledges Britain's past at Commonwealth summit, emphasizing unity and climate action.

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Britain will rejoin the EU within 15 years, former Brussels chief predicts

‘I’m betting that in 15 years the UK will come back’, Romano Prodi said

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Budget 2024: Pensioners, wealthy, landlords and shareholders 'face tax hit' as Labour defines 'working people'

Sir Keir Starmer and ministers have been grilled on their definition of ‘working people’ who will be protected from the brunt of tax rises

Evening Standard

Starmer climbs down over claim stock owners not ‘working people’

The government has been asked repeatedly to define ‘working people’

The Independent UK

King tells world leaders ‘the past cannot be changed’ at Commonwealth summit

The debate about slavery reparations is continuing as Charles and Camilla visit Samoa.

Evening Standard

Tommy Robinson charged with phone offence under Terrorism Act – as it happened

Far-right activist has been charged with failing to provide the pin to his mobile phone over an incident earlier this year in Folkestone

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trump attack on Keir Starmer fails with pre-Budget poll boost for Labour

Labour’s lead on the Tories widened, despite Trump this week filing a legal complaint against the party

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer claims those with assets are not working people in biggest tax rise hint

Keir Starmer claimed those with assets are not working people in his biggest hint at a tax rise in the Budget.

The Independent UK

Starmer confronts slavery reparations calls in address to Commonwealth leaders

The Prime Minister has insisted reparations are not on the table for the Commonwealth summit.

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The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: The Commonwealth summit that could put reparations ‘on the table’

In today’s newsletter: Caribbean nations forced conversations about restorative justice on to the Chogm agenda – here’s what that could mean

The Guardian - UK

The US election interference row tells us this: Starmer’s political compass urgently needs resetting

While it’s likely Labour did nothing illegal in assisting its politicos to volunteer for Harris, it’s yet another issue that was easily avoidable, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Independent UK

Australia and UK announce new deal to tackle climate crisis at Samoa

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese met with Sir Keir Starmer for first time in Samoa

Evening Standard

Australia and UK announce new climate and energy deal

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese met with Sir Keir Starmer for the first time in Samoa.

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The Independent UK

King Charles tells summit the past can't be changed as leaders ask Britain to reckon with slavery

King Charles III has told a summit of Commonwealth countries in Samoa that the past could not be changed as he indirectly acknowledged calls from some of Britain’s former colonies for a reckoning over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade

The Guardian - AU

King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ past as calls for slavery reparations grow at Commonwealth summit

Some leaders had hoped Charles might use his speech at Chogm in Samoa as an opportunity to apologise for Britain’s colonial past

The Independent UK

King urges world leaders to ‘right inequalities that endure’

Charles gave his first speech to the Commonwealth’s biennial summit amid growing momentum for a debate about slavery reparations.

The Independent UK

Australia and UK make pact to partner on 2050 net-zero climate goal

Australia and the United Kingdom have deepened ties by agreeing to collaborate on climate change and energy initiatives, aiming to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, while also reaffirming their mutual commitment to develop nuclear submarines for both nations under the AUKUS treaty

AAP

Climate tops agenda at Australia, UK PMs' first meeting

The prime ministers of Australian and the UK have pledged greater investment in green hydrogen and offshore wind during their first meeting in Samoa.

The Independent UK

No 10 climbs down on PM’s claim stocks and shares owners not ‘working people’

The Government has been asked repeatedly to define what a ‘working person’ is to establish which taxes could rise.

Evening Standard

Downing Street climbs down on Keir Starmer's claim shares owners are not ‘working people’ ahead of Budget

The Prime Minister had suggested asset owners would not fall within his conception of what a working person is

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