10 Nov, 2026

Tory public service pledges and corrective measures after austerity pushed tax burden up

The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ evaluation that the UK’s tax burden is the biggest for the reason that Second World War places into historic context what has been clear since Boris Johnson grew to become prime minister. Taxes have been rising sharply, both by stealth or declared coverage, to maintain up with election guarantees and […]

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Labour pledges more power for OBR to prevent repeat of 'disastrous' mini-budget

Labour has pledged to bolster the ability of the UK’s financial watchdog to forestall a repeat of the “disastrous mistakes” of Liz Truss’s mini-budget. Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to introduce laws that may enable the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to independently publish their very own impression evaluation of any main and […]

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