UK Labour government announces new tax hikes in budget
Digest more
FUMING Labour MPs this morning broke ranks to slam Sir Keir Starmer’s workers rights U-turn. Leftwing backbenchers accused the PM of “betraying” voters and breaching the
The New Zealand Labour Party Conference is underway in Tamaki Makaurau with hundreds of delegates turning up to korero about policies likely to be unveiled in the coming months (ahead of the 2026 election campaign). Aside from the Korero focusing on policies, Labour are also targeting the Māori seats with lead Chris Hipkins telling RNZ:
Indian-origin steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal is leaving the UK as Labour prepares major tax hikes targeting the wealthy, as per a report. Now a Swiss tax resident, Mittal plans to spend more time in Dubai,
The mayhem at the top of Your Party has delighted those who are desperate for it to fail. While 50,000 people have so far registered as members – more than any British party to
Ivana Bacik says election of Catherine Connolly as President brought together Irish left and her party is willing to work to align policies
The new reforms, modeled after Denmark, would revoke the U.K.’s legal duty to provide support for asylum seekers, allowing the government to withdraw housing and weekly allowances that are now guaranteed. Benefits could also be denied to people who have a right to employment but don’t work, and those who break the law or work illegally.
LONDON: Indian-origin steel magnate Lakshmi N Mittal, until now based in Britain and a regular on the country’s richest billionaires tally, has decided to quit
Read premium business news, economic analysis, and market reporting from New Zealand’s most trusted business newsroom. Subscribe to support independent journalism.
Residents of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines head to the polls on Thursday in a general election that could usher in an unprecedented sixth-consecutive five-year term for Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of the ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP).
Britain's government unveiled a tax-raising budget Wednesday welcomed by financial markets, as its hard-hitting action aims to slash state debt as well as fund public services.