I won’t have been the only pissed-off rail passenger cheering last week when the King’s Speech announced plans to bring the private train operators back into public ownership when their current contracts end – and to create a new public body ‘Great British Railways’ to plan and coordinate our national rail network in the public interest.
22/07/2024
Calls to bring pensions into the inheritance tax landscape are not new. With any change of government or need to drum up votes, there will be a plethora of suggested tax changes thrown into conversation.
18/07/2024
As CEO of the Business Travel Association, I was encouraged by King Charles III’s speech, which underscored the vital need for innovation in our transport systems.
18/07/2024
Keir Starmer has launched a 'child poverty taskforce' as he seeks to avoid a backbench rebellion over a decision not to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
17/07/2024
Liz Truss has accused the civil service of breaking impartiality rules after documents accompanying Labour's first King's Speech called her mini-budget a "disaster".
17/07/2024
The Prime Minister has promised a ‘determined and patient’ rebuilding of politics after King Charles unveiled the Government's legislative agenda.
17/07/2024
The Strategy Defence Review recently announced by the Government, and underscored in the King’s Speech earlier today, places a crucial emphasis on fortifying the UK’s defences amidst an evolving threat landscape.
17/07/2024
Labour has revived plans to phase out smoking and impose restrictions on the sale and marketing of vapes to children.
17/07/2024
My Lords and Members of the House of Commons.
17/07/2024
The Government has vowed to ban zero-hour contracts and deliver a new living wage as part of a fresh deal for working people.
17/07/2024
Labour's legislative agenda has been unveiled in the King's first speech under the new Government, covering everything from the economy and planning reform to crime and immigration.
17/07/2024
Sir Keir Starmer set out plans to tear up planning red tape, reform the economy and restore trust in politics in a sweeping set of changes in the Labour Government’s first King’s Speech.
17/07/2024
King Charles is delivering his first Labour King's Speech on Wednesday, where he will reveal Labour's agenda for the next 12 months.
16/07/2024
