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Does Rishi Sunak’s Budget Change The Fight For Labour?

Joining Arj Singh and Paul Waugh, shadow Treasury minister Pat McFadden talks through the repercussions of the 2021 Budget, including how Labour deals with a high taxing, high spending Conservative Party.
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Rishi Sunak’s Levelling Up Cash ‘Favours Affluent Over Deprived’, Labour Mayor Says

Chancellor facing accusations of “pork barrel politics” after Tory seats, including his own, are prioritised for government funding.
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Rishi Sunak Is ‘Going Long’ On Covid Support, But Is He Going Short On The Next Election?

Budget had one eye on 2023 polling day, and Tory MPs know it.
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Will 2021 Be A Year Of Pyrrhic Victories For Keir Starmer?

As the Labour leader prepares for his first Budget face-off against Rishi Sunak, tax and other issues are circling.
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Can Keir Starmer Persuade The Public There’s A ‘Right Time’ To Increase Taxes?

Labour leader under pressure, but can his "partnership with business" avoid the tax/spend conundrum?
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Opinion: Labour Voting Against A Tax Rise For Big Business Would Be Grotesque

I fear for our party’s future if we help stop a meagre corporation tax rise that would only affect the rich, writes Labour MP Ian Lavery.
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Ex-Labour Chair Says Starmer's Plan To Oppose Corporation Tax Rise Is ‘Grotesque’

Exclusive: Ian Lavery slams suggestion that MPs will be whipped to oppose key plank of Labour 2019 manifesto.
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Why Teachers Won’t Get Fast-Tracked In Boris Johnson’s Covid Vaccine Rollout

Key workers not high risk enough to defy scientists’ age-before-occupation priority list.
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Watch Live: Boris Johnson Faces First PMQs Following Lockdown Easing Announcement

The prime minister Boris Johnson faces leader of the opposition Keir Starmer in the first PMQs since lockdown easing measures were revealed to the country.
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Public Don't Want Matt Hancock To Resign, Says Keir Starmer

Labour leader says health secretary should focus on "working really hard" on the Covid vaccine rollout.
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