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Rachel Reeves's new UK days out tax rule starts on Thursday

The VAT change is coming into effect.

If UK wants to be serious about migration and sovereignty we must make 1 huge change

The time has come for Britain to concede that the way we do politics isn't working and to give its citizens real action by making one huge change.

POLL: Should Sadiq Khan resign over the grooming gang scandal?

London will be one of the first places to be investigated in an official inquiry into the gangs, alongside Oldham and Bradford and Keighley

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

The government says a new Bill will protect LGBT people from "abusive acts" to change who they are.

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

The government says a new Bill will protect LGBT people from "abusive acts" to change who they are.

POLL: Should Rachel Reeves get a job in a Burnham Cabinet?

Readers can vote in our online poll on whether Rachel Reeves should get a job in a Burnham Cabinet.

Reeves backs Burnham to be PM despite reports she may be offered only junior role

Allies of Reeves lobby to keep her as chancellor as the ‘stable’ choice while Wes Streeting and Ed Miliband also in the picture UK politics live – latest updates Rachel Reeves has given her support to Andy Burnham to be the next prime minister, despite reports that she is likely to be moved out of the role of chancellor if he becomes the next Labour leader. The chancellor told the BBC she and Burnham were friends and did not appear to rule out accepting a more junior cabinet position. “I’m sup

Price cuts on family summer days out come into force

The government is reducing VAT from 20% to 5% on attractions and kids' meals as schools begin to break-up.

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'Sad' Rachel Reeves 'haunted by own thoughts' after key move

The Chancellor appeared anxious and 'lost in her own thoughts' as Keir Starmer defended his record during PMQs, according to a body language expert.

Reeves hints she accepts Burnham will not keep her as chancellor – UK politics live

Reeves refused to say whether she would accept a more junior job in cabinet if Burnham offered her one Donald Trump has labelled Andy Burnham “extremely liberal”, in his first public comments about the former Greater Manchester mayor since he emerged as the frontrunner to replace Keir Starmer. Here is our story. In US politics, when rightwingers use the term “liberal”, they do so pejoratively and they use it to mean leftwing. Continue reading...

Andy Burnham just faced his first Labour revolt – one false move now will sink him

Andy Burnham needs to get tough. His entire premiership is already at stake.