Kemi Badenoch has said welfare spending is “out of control” and that the Prime Minister is in the “fight of his life” as Labour MPs threaten to rebel over planned reforms.



“Welfare spending is out of control. The state is...

Kemi Badenoch has said welfare spending is “out of control” and that the Prime Minister is in the “fight of his life” as Labour MPs threaten to rebel over planned reforms.



The Conservative Party leader was speaking at the...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves discusses the state of the nation's economy following her spring statement in the House of Commons in London on Wednesday. She also talks about extra tariffs planned by US President Donald...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will blame global economic headwinds as she slashes government spending by billions of pounds in her Spring statement today. "Our task is to secure Britain's future in a world that is changing...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement in the House of Commons in London on Wednesday. In the speech, she commented on fiscal headroom, headwinds facing the global economy, the Office for Budget...

UK Economic Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds discusses Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves' spring statement. "We are a responsible government, we promised people change, but we also promised people that we would restore...

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said the UK would be £4.1 billion ($5.3 billion) in deficit in 2029/30 had she not taken new measures in her spring economic update. After her cuts, the headroom was fully restored to £9.9...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves says the Office for Budget Responsibility has revised down its growth forecast for the UK in 2025 and now sees it at 1%, down from the 2% predicted in the autumn. She made the comments during her...

The Office for Budget Responsibility said the UK's planning reforms will permanently increase the level of real GDP by 0.2% in 2029/30 and "by 0.4% of GDP within 10 years," Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves told the House of...

Rachel Reeves said she recognised that her acceptance of free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert at the O2 arena was “a bit odd”.



The Chancellor has faced criticism over her decision to take free tickets to the show...

High definition version of the footage from 10 Downing Street where members of the cabinet were seeing arriving for a meeting with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer ahead of the Spring Statement.



Arrivals include: Wes...

UK pension funds should invest more than 5% of their assets at home, according to Amanda Blanc, CEO of Aviva. "It would be great for it to be more" Blanc said, "but I think it's a really good starting point." Her comments come as UK...

John Swinney has insisted the prospect of the private sector investing billions to secure a low-carbon future for the Grangemouth industrial cluster is realistic. He also spoke about the rise of Reform UK in Scotland the Labour's...

Members of Cabinet leave Downing Street following a meeting with the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.



Footage includes: Wes Streeting, Darren Jones, Angela Rayner, Steve Reed, Hilary Benn, Ian Murray, Bridget Phillipson,...

Hair and beauty sector owners and employees protest in Parliament Square, London to demand 'urgent tax reform for the struggling sector'.



Under the banner 'Save Our Salons', the British Hair Consortium will urge Chancellor...

NHS England, dubbed the “world’s largest quango”, will be abolished to “cut bureaucracy” and bring management of the health service “back into democratic control”, Sir Keir Starmer has said.



The Prime Minister said decisions...

Members of the Cabinet arrive at Number 10 in Downing Street for a meeting with the Prime Minister.



Arrivals in order of appearance: Rachel Reeves, Jonathan Reynolds, John Healey, Jo Stevens, Steve Reed, Darren Jones, Ian...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves says 'everyone who can work should be working' in response to comments made by the Pensions Secretary that some people on benefits are 'taking the mickey'.<b<br/>r/>

She was speaking at RAF Northolt.

John Swinney discusses the Scottish Government's housing targets, the departure of his colleagues Shona Robison and Fiona Hyslop and the potential cuts to UK welfare spending.

The Government is set to effectively ban the keeping of pet monkeys in England under a new law which passed the House of Commons on Wednesday.



If passed by the House of Lords, the law will require people keeping monkeys -...

The Work and Pensions Secretary said "big reforms" are needed to change the welfare system after it was revealed that higher spending on Universal Credit and disability benefits contributed to an expected £8.6 billion breach of the...

The Work and Pensions Secretary said "big reforms" are needed to change the welfare system after it was revealed that higher spending on Universal Credit and disability benefits contributed to an expected £8.6 billion breach of the...

James Cleverly talks to the media after launching his campaign for leadership of the Tory party.<b<br/>r/>

Shadow home secretary James Cleverly suggested he would cut welfare to spend more on defence and lower taxes.

Conservative Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott admits Reform UK's poll showing is a 'stark warning' for the Tories, in response to Labour’s Manifesto launch at a press conference in Westminster.