Nearly 1 million people aged over 66 in the UK are living in deprivation, according to government statistics, the highest number since comparable records began.…
View More Nearly 1m UK pensioners living in deprivation, official figures showTag: Labour
Labour plans £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close non-dom spending gap
Rachel Reeves has said an incoming Labour government would launch a £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close a gap in its spending plans exposed…
View More Labour plans £5bn crackdown on tax avoiders to close non-dom spending gapUK failure to build social homes ‘shocking’, says author of 2004 report
The failure of governments to build enough social homes in the past 20 years is “shocking” and “uneconomical”, says the author of a landmark Blair-era…
View More UK failure to build social homes ‘shocking’, says author of 2004 reportMinimum wage is UK’s ‘most successful economic policy in a generation’
The minimum wage has driven up the pay of millions of Britain’s lowest earners by £6,000 a year, making it the single most successful economic…
View More Minimum wage is UK’s ‘most successful economic policy in a generation’Labour says it would aim for zero-waste economy by 2050
A Labour government would aim for a zero-waste economy by 2050, the shadow environment secretary has said. Steve Reed said the measure would save billions…
View More Labour says it would aim for zero-waste economy by 2050Labour tells NFU conference it will reduce imports that undercut British farmers
Labour has laid out its plans for farming at the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference, promising to reduce imports that undercut British farmers and forge…
View More Labour tells NFU conference it will reduce imports that undercut British farmersWater bosses in England and Wales face bonus bans for illegal sewage discharges
Ministers are to ban bonuses for water company bosses in England and Wales who fail to prevent illegal sewage spills that pollute rivers, lakes and…
View More Water bosses in England and Wales face bonus bans for illegal sewage dischargesLabour’s reduced home insulation plans ‘simply not enough’
Labour’s slashing of proposed spending on home insulation will leave millions of people on low incomes in cold, damp homes and could prevent the UK…
View More Labour’s reduced home insulation plans ‘simply not enough’Labour cuts £28bn green investment pledge by half
Labour has cut its green investment plans by half, ending weeks of speculation and confirming the biggest and most controversial U-turn of Keir Starmer’s leadership.…
View More Labour cuts £28bn green investment pledge by halfStarmer to announce scaling back of £28bn green investment plan
Keir Starmer will announce on Thursday that he is scaling back Labour’s £28bn green investment programme, in his biggest policy U-turn since becoming party leader.…
View More Starmer to announce scaling back of £28bn green investment plan