(Bloomberg) — A senior Labour Party lawmaker has urged caution against taking a binary approach to China, brushing back political pressure in the UK to clamp down on Beijing. Most Read from Bloomberg Jonathan Reynolds, who speaks on business for the opposition, said there were real concerns in some areas, but that China was one […]
Standing charges are billed to households every day, regardless of whether they turn the lights on or not. But the so-called ‘flat tax’, introduced in the 1930s to prop up energy regulation, has come under heavy scrutiny in the past four years, after doubling during the energy crisis. Now both Labour and the Conservatives have […]
Alton School in Hampshire announces it will shut this summer following dwindling pupil numbers in recent years Are you considering taking your child out of private school? Tell us about your experience by emailing money@telegraph.co.uk Sir Keir Starmer’s planned tax raid on private education has claimed its first victim with the closure of a school where parents […]
SIR – Labour’s first six steps for government sound good on a very superficial level (“What Starmer’s six new pledges mean”, report, May 16). But the defence of our country is the first – and by far the most important – job of any government, and it was not mentioned. I would take Labour’s pledges […]
(Bloomberg) — A strong performance by the opposition Labour Party in a set of local elections in the UK was checked as voters in some areas appeared to withhold support over the party’s stance on the war in Gaza. Most Read from Bloomberg While Keir Starmer’s party won a parliamentary by-election in Blackpool South and […]
(Bloomberg) — Most Read from Bloomberg Hello from London. You’d think that holding a more than 20-point lead in opinion polls months before a general election would make Keir Starmer’s Labour party one big happy family, but as Alex Wickham writes, tensions behind the scenes are flaring. Starmer becoming Britain’s next premier has sparked a […]
Labour will need a historic swing to win the UK general election expected in 2024, as the party’s path to power has been made more difficult by extensive boundary changes. UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will have to achieve a swing of 12.7 points from the Conservatives to become prime minister, new research shows […]