Tag: Labour Party
Labour DWP to review ‘very long’ £300 benefit application as accusations force admission
The DWP has said it will be looking to simplify the ‘very long’ 200-question form that pensioners must fill out to get the £300 Winter Fuel Allowance …
Labour under pressure to introduce £70 a year pay per mile road charges
Income from fuel duty is set for a sharp decline leaving a black hole in government finances unless an alternative – such as pay per mile – is implemented. …
POLL: Should DWP be allowed to look into people’s bank accounts? Vote here
Labour’s benefit fraud crackdown plans could allow official surveillance of claimant’s bank accounts. Do you think this is ok? Vote and join the debate. …
Radical Inheritance Tax change proposed as Labour ‘plans Budget raid’
The UK is expected to see £5.5 trillion in assets passed down between generations between now and 2050, including £1 trillion in the 2020s …
Starmer loves freebies from rich chums – but will tax every gift you get from your family!
The hypocrisy is staggering. Although I guess we shouldn’t be surprised, given what we’ve learned about Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves since they won the election on July 5. …
Charities hit out over Labour plans to slash sickness benefits by £1.3 billion a year
The proposals would involve implementing controversial changes to the “work capability assessment” that were introduced last year by the former Prime Minister …
‘I’ve voted Labour all my life but can’t forgive ‘freebie’ Starmer for Winter Fuel raid’
Lifelong Labour supporter Linda Southall, 67, drew the line at voting for Sir Keir Starmer at the election. Now she feels justified. …
DWP abandons ‘sick note’ PIP voucher plan as Labour begins eying benefits reform
DWP disability minister Sir Stephen Timms has said the new Labour government has “no intention” of pressing ahead with the widely-derided PIP voucher plan …
Bam! Angela Rayner’s big mouth has cost the UK £1bn, just like that
It’s great being in opposition, you can come out with all sorts of guff. Being in government is a different thing, though, as deputy PM Angela Rayner has just discovered. …
Today’s growth shock proves Labour is killing economy – and it hasn’t got started yet!
At the start of the year, the UK economy was going “gangbusters”, according to the normally sober Office for National Statistics. Then something went wrong in July. …
