Rushanara Ali: Humiliating demise for Labour minister after a most egregious case of double standards | Politics News

Rushanara Ali: Humiliating demise for Labour minister after a most egregious case of double standards | Politics News

Rushanara Ali’s swift and humiliating demise is a classic example of paying the price for the politician’s crime of “do as I say, not as I do”. She was Labour’s minister for homelessness, for goodness’ sake, yet she ejected tenants from her near-Β£1m town house and then hiked the rent. Politics Hub: Minister’s resignation as…

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Rachel Reeves is celebrating the Bank of England’s interest cut – but behind the scenes she has little to cheer | Money News

Rachel Reeves is celebrating the Bank of England’s interest cut – but behind the scenes she has little to cheer | Money News

The economy is stagnating and job losses are mounting. Now is the time to cut interest rates again. That was the view of the Bank of England’s nine-member rate setting committee on Thursday. Well, at least five of them. The other four presented us with a different view: Inflation is above target and climbing –…

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Chancellor doesn’t rule out raising gambling taxes after report said it could lift 500,000 children out of poverty | Politics News

Chancellor doesn’t rule out raising gambling taxes after report said it could lift 500,000 children out of poverty | Politics News

The chancellor has declined to rule out raising taxes on gambling after a thinktank said the move could raise Β£3.2bn for the public coffers and cover the cost of lifting 500,000 children out of poverty. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), hiking taxes on online casinos and slot machines could raise enough…

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