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George Osborne

Article thumbnail: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 17, 2024: Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street ahead of the State Opening of Parliament, which marks the formal start of the parliamentary calendar on July 17, 2024. King Charles III will travel from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament to deliver his second King's Speech as monarch, outlining around 35 new bills which the new Labour government plans to introduce in the coming parliamentary session. (Photo credit should read Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Andrew Fisher

Keir Starmer has prioritised wealth over child welfare

The two-child benefit cap must be scrapped

Sasha Swire

Sasha Swire: Many of the nation’s ills can be traced back to George Osborne

Bills

The people facing 'unfair' inheritance tax bills because they're not married

Article thumbnail: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 19: Former British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne attends the memorial service for former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling at St Margaret's Episcopal Cathedral on December 19, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Labour politician entered politics as a Lothian Regional Councillor in 1982 and represented Edinburgh as a Labour MP from 1987 to 2015. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010 during the 2007-2008 financial crisis. A key figure in the Scottish independence debate, Darling was chairman of the 'Better Together' campaign, advocating to keep Scotland in the Union. He passed away on November 30, 2023, at 70, survived by his wife, Maggie, and their two children, Anna and Calum. (Photo by Euan Cherry/Getty Images)
Politics

Hunt may target public spending in last-ditch effort to fund tax cuts

Politics

Osborne condemns secret Tory coup plotters for 'casting a shadow' over the party

Article thumbnail: The cost of living crisis has driven up revenues for suppliers of essential services and goods, and driven the least well off down to almost subsistence existence (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty)
Article thumbnail: The cost of living crisis has driven up revenues for suppliers of essential services and goods, and driven the least well off down to almost subsistence existence (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty)
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Reliefs that form part of the Parthenon sculptures, sometimes referred to in the UK as the Elgin Marbles, are displayed at the British Museum in London, Britain, January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Reliefs that form part of the Parthenon sculptures, sometimes referred to in the UK as the Elgin Marbles, are displayed at the British Museum in London, Britain, January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Article thumbnail: Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference, General Election Countdown: Raising the Voice of Business, at the QEII Centre, London. Picture date: Monday November 20, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference, General Election Countdown: Raising the Voice of Business, at the QEII Centre, London. Picture date: Monday November 20, 2023. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire
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