High taxes are leaving struggling businesses at 'tipping point' amid fears Labour is treating them as a 'cash tap', says CBI ⊖⊖
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20 days ago
In a stark speech today, Rain Newton-Smith, chief executive of the business lobby group, will insist that Britain's private sector cannot take any more cost pressures.
21 days ago
Labour's VAT raid sees private school pupil numbers fall by 30,000 - with 20,000 fewer in last year alone ⊖
Labour originally said the sector would shrink by only 37,000 pupils in the long run as a result of the policy - but this may now turn out to be an underestimate.
Labour is making 'brittle' Britain look weak with delay to military spending boost as firms warn UK currently has no 'credible defence deterrent' ⊖
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Industry figures and academics hit out at the hold-up in releasing the Defence Investment Plan (DIP), which was was originally slated for publication last autumn but has yet to appear.
Labour lurches to the Left: Burnham snubs City meeting as he vows nationalisation and hints at tax hikes… while Streeting defends focus on Gaza ○
Andy Burnham appears to have ditched a planned call with hedge fund managers, billed as an opportunity to cool concerns about his economic approach.
Not yet worried about tyranny in Britain? This is why you should be | Owen Jones ○
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Chilling comments by Reform figures can’t be dismissed when you consider the overwhelming power of the UK’s centralised state
Britain is much closer to tyranny than you think. Consider a recent social…
Andy Burnham offers Labour a refreshing new voice to reach lost voters – but with what message? | Rafael Behr ⊕
It will take more than blokeish affability to reach across the Brexit faultline that scars British politics
Andy Burnham’s stint as health secretary in the final year of Gordon Brown’s government was …
Mandelson messages could form a manual in the dark arts of wielding power and keeping it ⊖
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Files shed light on how the Labour grandee juggled patrons and supplicants using flattery, fury and contempt for three decades
Political analysts have been frustrated by the mass redactions in the Man…
Chancellor in the line of fire: Can Reeves survive the Labour leadership battle? asks ALEX BRUMMER ⊖
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves' main hope for survival has been the fear that moving her on from the Treasury would cause ructions on the nervy gilts market.
Labour's jobs nightmare before Christmas: Businesses warn crackdown on zero-hours contracts will mean fewer flexible seasonal jobs ⊕
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Business leaders say they will have to offer fewer flexible seasonal roles as a result of the latest rules imposed on them under the Employment Rights Act drawn up by Angela Rayner.
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