Chancellor jokes about Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s weight in Budget speech
In addition to announcing a range of tax reforms, the Chancellor’s speech was peppered with jokes aimed at both the opposition leader and his deputy.
In addition to announcing a range of tax reforms, the Chancellor’s speech was peppered with jokes aimed at both the opposition leader and his deputy.
Labour’s shadow chancellor said people could ‘see through’ Jeremy Hunt’s plan to ‘max out’ the headroom to pay for a pre-election giveaway.
Shadow work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall did not specify what form the tougher measures on universal credit would take.
The contest in Rochdale has seen accusations of intimidation and divisiveness, but resulted in a majority for Mr Galloway of more than 5,000 votes.
The shadow chancellor accused the Conservative Party of ‘burning the whole house down’ during its time in government.
Shadow defence secretary John Healey criticised £15bn of waste since 2010 and said Labour would appoint an official to oversee military procurement.
Woe is Lee? The party in charge of Ashfield Council won't welcome Lee Anderson to their ranks, and slammed the MP for his ‘gutter politics'.
Sir Keir will be joined by deputy leader Angela Rayner on a trip to a housing development.
More than 70 MPs signed a motion expressing no confidence in Sir Lindsay Hoyle after Wednesday’s SNP Opposition Day debate descended into chaos.
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