Rachel Reeves, who is trying to quell a rebellion against Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts, has said pensioners will be given a £1,700 increase. Writing in The Telegraph ahead of Monday’s crucial vote on the policy, the Chancellor of the Exchequer revealed the Treasury’s forecasts for the expected rise in state pensions over the next… Read More »
Labor’s biggest union backer is calling for Rachel Reeves to impose a wealth tax on the richest 1% to give public sector workers a pay rise. Ahead of the Chancellor’s first Budget in October, Unite has tabled a motion to the Trades Union Congress to raise billions of dollars in tax money for public services.… Read More »
Nigel Farage’s Reform party held an event to welcome its first three elected representatives in Wales this week but the news did not receive a positive response. Three Torfaen councillors defected to Reform UK, giving the party its first official presence in Wales. Former independent councillors David Thomas, Jason O’Connell and Alan Slade cited Reform’s… Read More »