Politics

The Home Secretary was speaking during a trip to Washington DC, as she pointed to the need to reform the United Nations’ Refugee Convention.

The Home Secretary will use a speech in the US to suggest that being discriminated against for being gay should not warrant refugee status.

The Government is reportedly considering cutting or abolishing inheritance tax.

Sir Ed said the Liberal Democrat commitment – dating back to 1992 – to raise income tax by 1p to improve public services is now unsustainable.

With hopes of a full-blown post-Brexit trade deal with the US abandoned, Britain has been focusing on pacts with individual states.

“The public are increasingly savvy that tax cuts come at a price", Mubin Haq, CEO of the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust said.

The latest figures show just 3.73 per cent of UK deaths resulted in an inheritance tax (IHT) charge.

The Prime Minister is reportedly considering axing plans for the HS2 high-speed rail link to run from Birmingham to Manchester amid soaring costs.

One source said the donation, which is their biggest since 2019, would be ‘transformational’ to the party’s campaign.