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Rishi Sunak has promised to cut taxes for businesses

Chancellor vows to cut taxes for businesses as he warns of 'tough' months ahead

13 hours ago

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Former Conservative party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has criticised Rishi Sunak's claims about an "old IT system".

'I don't believe it': Ex-Tory leader blasts Sunak's claim IT is why benefits can't go up

18 hours ago

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Mark Oaten spoke to LBC's Andrew Marr

Westminster sleaze: Drugs so common that MPs 'have been known to snort cocaine from desks'

19 hours ago

Andrew Marr said Westminster is embroiled in "scandal after scandal"

'It's scandal after scandal in Westminster - where else has problems like this?'

19 hours ago

Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer during PMQs

PM says Government is 'helping people in any way we can' as he's grilled on windfall tax

1 day ago

The "inappropriate" motivational workshops were "not approved by management"

Sex toy, poker and jive dance workshops offered to civil servants working from home

1 day ago

Boris Johnson will face PMQs later today

Watch PMQs: Boris Johnson grilled as inflation hits 40-year high

1 day ago

Rishi Sunak is believed to be drawing up plans to help Brits tackle the cost of living crisis

Inflation soars to 40-year high as Sunak 'plans income tax cuts and to slash energy bills'

1 day ago

A committee of MPs has said some prisoners should be given laptops

Prisoners should be given free laptops and access to online learning, say MPs

1 day ago

A Tory MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault

Tory MP banned from Commons after arrest on suspicion of rape and sexual assault

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Lord Falkner has told LBC that if Liz Truss' plans to tear up the Northern Ireland Protocol break international law they will not get through the House of Lords.

Plans to tear up NI post-Brexit deal 'won't get through Lords', says former justice sec

2 days ago

Liz Truss is set to announce plans to rip up part of the Northern Ireland Brexit deal

Foreign Sec set to announce plans to rip up Northern Ireland Protocol

2 days ago

Sir Keir said he would resign if fined by Durham Constabulary

'Everything is on the line' by offering to resign if fined says Starmer

2 days ago

Nato troops. Inset: Nato general secretary Jens Stoltenberg

Ukraine 'can win' war, says Nato chief as huge military exercise gets under way in Estonia

3 days ago

The Education Secretary has said Britain should be "very proud" of its private schools

Education Sec: Oxbridge should not 'tilt the system' to accept more state school pupils

5 days ago

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Sadiq Khan is urging his civil servants to work from home two or three days a week.

WFH at City Hall as 90 civil servants told to apply for one of nine desks, LBC reveals

6 days ago

Rees-Mogg said Khan is not providing "value" for Londoners

'Hunky dory for him, tough on tax payers': Mogg hits out at Khan's US trip

6 days ago

Jacob Rees-Mogg backs plans to slash civil service jobs

'We'll do better, not less': Mogg defends civil service bloodbath as 90,000 jobs face axe

Neil Parish is considering standing in the by-election triggered by his own resignation

'Porn MP' Neil Parish threatens to stand for re-election against Tory candidate

Rishi Sunak could endanger the UK's energy security, the head of BP said.

Rishi Sunak will endanger UK's energy security with windfall tax, BP boss warns

Over 50 more fines have been issued by the Met over Partygate, doubling the overall figure

More than 100 Partygate fines issued by Met but Boris not handed punishment

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Boris Johnson has refused to say what would happen if Sir Keir Starmer quit in an interview with LBC's Nick Ferrari

PM refuses four times to answer whether he'd quit if Keir resigns

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Boris Johnson denied he is out of touch with ordinary Brits struggling to pay bills

'How do you economise Prime Minister?' Boris denies he's out of touch with household costs

Conor Burns speaks to Andrew Marr

Minster confirms UK will tear up NI protocol if no alternative reached with EU

Lee Anderson claimed households in Britain can make "nutritious meals" on a budget of "about 30p a day".

Fury as Tory MP claims Brits don't need food banks they just 'can't cook properly'

Boris Johnson has repeatedly refused to resign

Boris brushes off claims he's acting 'dishonourably' by not resigning after Starmer pledge

Michael Gove says the the Renters Reform Bill represents a "new deal" for people renting in England

New rights for renters as Gove hails crackdown on 'damp, unsafe and cold' homes

Boris Johnson has suggested he may announce new support to tackle the cost of living crisis

Govt will be 'realistic not optimistic' about cost of living crisis, says Welsh Sec

Prince Charles read the Queen's Speech

Historic first as emotional Charles delivers Queen's Speech after Monarch pulls out

Prince Charles lays out Government plans as he steps in for Queen's Speech

Watch again: Charles sets out Government's agenda in Queen's Speech

A Public Order Bill targeting "guerrilla protests" will form part of the Queen's Speech

Crackdown on eco zealots using 'locking-on' tactics to be unveiled in Queen's Speech

The first group of illegal migrants will be told this week that they are being sent to Rwanda

First migrants to be told they're bound for Rwanda as Patel says plan sends 'clear signal'

Emily Thornberry speaks to Andrew Marr

Durham police 'pressured' into investigating Starmer over Beergate, Emily Thornberry says

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