The battle of Burnham would
The will-he, won’t-he is set to continue as the Greater Manchester mayor refuses to rule out having higher ambitions
ByRachel Reeves
Keir Starmer could yet save himself
If only his Chancellor would explain taxes
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What’s behind Labour’s income tax U-turn?
Insiders fear that the government has opted for “all pain, no gain” by dropping a plan to break its manifesto
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Labour could win the culture war over bookies
The vision of old boys thumbing the Racing Post and chatting over cups of tea is a lost one
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Rachel Reeves’s left turn
Why the Chancellor is embracing higher taxes and higher spending.
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Keir Starmer has entered the danger zone
Why Labour MPs from all wings are questioning the Prime Minister’s future again
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How to sell a tax rise
The Chancellor could do worse than reach back into the stories her predecessors told about tax
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“Tax online casinos until the pips squeak”
Rachel Reeves must instate a harm-based gambling tax
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How long does Kemi Badenoch have?
Recent polling by Deltapoll found that just 38 per cent of Brits could recognise her in a photograph
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For whom the Torsten Bell tolls
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
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Rachel Reeves’s great gamble
Can the Chancellor avoid paying the price for tax rises?
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Britain’s fiscal reality check
Rachel Reeves’s Budget is the start of a new reckoning
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Why Rachel Reeves survives while Rayner fell
Keir Starmer still needs his Chancellor
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Can Labour afford to break its tax pledges?
Some in government fear that Rachel Reeves is about to make the right move at the wrong time.
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Is Britain a high-tax country?
Even as overall taxes have risen, most have been paying less
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Inside Reeves’ Budget battle lines
The Chancellor believes Reform and the Tories have left themselves exposed.
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Rachel Reeves’s great tax dilemma
Will the Chancellor have to break her pledges to save her fiscal rules?
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Starmer swipes Benn Nunn from Reeves
The Chancellor’s director of communications and strategy is returning to Starmer’s team
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Tax the old
Britain cannot afford to bribe well-off pensioners any longer. Rachel Reeves must invest in the young
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For Labour, Brexit is the new Liz Truss mini-Budget
Rachel Reeves has found the latest target for her Budget black-hole blame game
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