Category: Politics

The TV gardener tells Radio 5 Live’s Matt Chorley people should get tax cuts for growing their own veg.

A total of 15 people are vying to be the next MP for Runcorn and Helsby in Cheshire.

The Electoral Commission is examining spending on Angela Rayner’s election battle bus after Tory complaints.

The BBC’s economics editor Faisal Islam explains why a US tariff on goods imported into America is such a big deal for both consumers and countries.

A fifth happy with NHS in Britain, finds long-running poll, with waits and staffing of major concern.

Talks are continuing between London and Washington at quite an intensity, our political editor writes.

There is a “high degree of uncertainty” over how much of the hundreds of millions of pounds lent to sports bodies during the Covid pandemic will be repaid, says an influential group of MPs.

Tom Crowther KC suggests there has been little progress nearly three months since his role was announced.

Government sources have indicated that the agreement will not need further approval from the US.

Eluned Morgan criticises a senior Welsh Labour colleague for saying she backed benefits cuts.

It comes after ministers introduced a law overriding new guidelines on minority offender sentencing.

Families argue that the policy “interferes with the fundamental right to an education”.

Families had been calling for clarity for months about the therapy fund, which expired on Monday.

Conservative Sir Alister Jack – who bet on the election date – is set to be given a seat in the Lords.

Democracy Minister Rushanara Ali is planning measures to protect against foreign political interference.

Council leader John Cotton says it is over public health concerns, but union bosses condemn the move.

Downing Street does not rule out retaliating if new tariffs are imposed on Wednesday.

Keir Starmer tells them there is not a “policy lever that can be pulled” to combat online misogyny.

Ministers have promised a “simpler” network replacing a system where bus companies set their own timetables.

Sir Ed Davey says they’re vying for votes in Tory-run council areas, in his local election launch.

UK-hosted talks, seen as the first of their kind, aim to increase international co-operation.

Community pharmacies have delayed protest action after the government agreed a new funding package.

Veteran Labour spin doctor Matthew Doyle says “it’s time to pass the baton” on in a shake-up of the PM’s media team.

Why the reign of the free market is facing its biggest ever challenge

The strategy from the UK government has been to wrangle in private and say as little as possible in public, our political editor writes.

BBC Verify’s Ben Chu looks at how the Chancellor managed to stick to her fiscal rules in the Spring Statement, despite a jump in borrowing costs for the Government.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled her plans for the UK economy in the House of Commons.

While the Spring Statement focuses on the wider UK economy, it could have implications for your money.

The government has set out more details about its proposed cuts to disability benefits.

Henry Zeffman explains what you need to know about the Spring Statement.

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