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The Conservatives like to make a big deal about their diversity, having had three women leaders, the “first Asian prime minister” and the “most diverse cabinet in history”. Of...
It should not perhaps come as a surprise that Nigerian-origin Kemi Badenoch should have become the leader of the Conservative Party after the Indian-origin Rishi Sunak. Both of them...
Rebecca Ashcroft, The Independent Rachel Reeves has now confirmed in her first Budget that she will introduce VAT on private school fees from January 2025 — and (from April)...
British Chancellor of Exchequer Rachel Reeves, first woman to hold the post, has on Tuesday delivered the first Labour Budget in over a decade, and it carries the hallmarks...
Claudia Hammond, The Independent As the clocks go back and the evenings draw in, you might feel like hunkering down, staying cosy and doing a little bit less. This...
British inflation slowed sharply last month and key price gauges watched by the Bank of England (BoE) also fell, bolstering bets on a November interest rate cut and helping...
If a promise to light a bonfire of regulations, a speech by the prime minister of the day, and drinks with the monarch were all it took to spark...
Chirs Blackhurst, The Independent There are those on the left who wish private schools to be abolished completely. For them, VAT on school fees is the equivalent of a...
When the herd moves, it moves, as Boris Johnson said of his parliamentary colleagues. It looks as if Conservative MPs assumed that James Cleverly would definitely be in the...
Top Blairites tell me they are “not surprised” by Labour’s one-point lead in the latest opinion poll, carried out at the weekend. Some holders of a torch for New...
