The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Consumer Prices Index inflation rose to 3.6% in June - in a blow for the under-fire Chancellor who used a big speech at Mansion House on Tuesday night to ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has suspended at least four Labour MPs who have had a record of voting against the government in parliament. The Labour backbenchers to have been barred from the party ...

Smiling Starmer steals PMQs victory as Badenoch misses her mark - In their last clash before the summer recess, the Tory leader struggled to expose Labour's record, writes John Rentoul ...

Flanked by glum ministers including Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner, Keir Starmer was pressed to spell out who will be ...

The Tory leader slammed the latest inflation figures, released this morning, as she attempted to find out who will be hit ...

Rachel Reeves’ mortgage gamble is the move of a chancellor who is running out of options - NEWS ANALYSIS: Plans to get more people on the housing ladder should be applauded, writes David Maddox, but t ...

Those who voted Labour in 2024 also showed a lack of confidence in the PM, in a humiliating blow to Starmer. Two in five ...

The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox says that despite the clash with Unite, the deputy prime minister’s influence ...

A million Brits have been warned that they could face higher tax rates if Rachel Reeves extends the threshold freezeon income tax. The Chancellor has previously vowed to end the scheme, which has been ...

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Fears are mounting that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will opt to extend the long-running stealth raid, as she faces an estimated ...

Sir Keir Starmer has sparked fears of a new stealth tax after Kemi Badenoch warned that "millions of our poorest pensioners ...