Housing benefit payments to be frozen next year
Labour has confirmed rates will stay the same next year, after several freezes over the past decade....
Category : Politics
GPs demand exemption from Budget tax hike
GPs are warning that a rise to National Insurance from next April could force them to cut staff....
Ed Davey ‘minded’ to vote against assisted dying bill
Sir Ed fears elderly and disabled people might feel pressured to end their lives if they felt like a “burden”....
Private schools vote for legal action over VAT plans
The Independent Schools Council, which represents 1,400 schools, votes to proceed with legal action....
GPs, care homes and hospices voice concern over Budget tax rises
The NHS is exempt from the rise in employer National Insurance contributions, but private providers are not....
Secretary of State triggers protocol vote process
Controversially unlike other Stormont votes, there is no requirement for cross-community support....
Budget 2024: Key points at a glance
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has delivered Labour’s first Budget since 2010 – here’s what you need to know....
NHS must improve productivity, says Streeting
Health secretary says he expects value for money for taxpayers after £25 billion cash injection....
Warning tax rises could force care homes to close
Social care providers say the sector is in “unprecedented danger” without more funding....
Bill Gates criticises Budget cut to overseas aid
Hidden in the Budget was a decision not to renew a Tory-era £2.5bn top-up to the UK’s overseas aid budget....