Labour MP calls two-child benefit cap ‘heinous’ in latest call to scrap policy | Child benefits
Chancellor Keir Starmer is under further pressure to remove the cap on second child benefit after another member of his House of Commons described the policy as “heinous”. Writing in the Sunday Times, Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield said the cap, introduced in 2017 under then-treasury minister George Osborne, was “sinister and blatantly sexist” and was […]
Mandatory housing targets at core of economy-focused king’s speech | Labour
Local councils will have to adopt mandatory housing targets within months under planning reforms to be announced on Wednesday as part of Chancellor Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech, which he said will focus on economic growth. Starmer is due to introduce more than 35 bills on Wednesday – the first Labour chancellor in 15 years […]
Where’s the cash for child hunger? Labour is running out of time to find it | Frances Ryan
aStarmer’s honeymoon gifts were mostly chocolates and flowers. Within 10 days of taking office, the new Prime Minister Personal Poll Ratingthe NATO summit and a rare burst of national optimism as England reach the Euros final. But on Wednesday, watch out for the first marital spat, when Labour MP Kim Johnson delivers her government’s inaugural […]