Donald Tusk, Poland’s EU-aligned Prime Minister, has been accused of “silently consenting” to three new taxes set to be imposed on his country by Brussels. And Mateusz Morawiecki, Mr Tusk’s predecessor as their country’s leader, warned the levies would hit Poles in
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has insisted he is desperately trying to resolve the military’s recruitment crisis. Mr Shapps was warned three times as many troops are quitting compared to the number who are joining the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air
Jeremy Hunt has reminded Tory grassroots that the party will always “cut taxes when we can”. The Chancellor also warned that Labour will never do the same because they want to squander taxpayers money on “ludicrous” pledges. His rallying cry to party
The Scottish Tories have said it is “embarrassing and telling” that hundreds of staff working for Humza Yousaf’s government live in England where they pay lower income tax. Figures obtained using a Freedom of Information request found 280 Scottish Government employees reside
Rishi Sunak tells the country “now is the time to look forward” as he promises to put money back in people’s pockets. The Prime Minister says it is time to “move on” from the high tax, high spend, high borrowing covid era
Sir Keir Starmer will follow the Welsh Government and hike taxes across the UK, a senior Treasury minister has declared. Laura Trott, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said the Labour leader will have to hit working families “to fund his £28billion spending
United States prosecutors have filed tax charges against Hunter Biden. It means US President Joe Biden’s son will now face a second criminal case against him. The charges allege he “engaged in a four-year scheme to not pay at least $1.4m in
After the summit the chief executives attended a reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by the King. (Image: Getty) Rishi Sunak vowed “make no mistake, we are cutting taxes” as he wooed global investors at a major summit on Monday. The Prime Minister
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is free to announce tax cuts in the autumn statement next week after inflation sharply fell in the latest figures, an economist says. Inflation fell to 4.6 percent for the year to October, down from 6.7 percent in September,
Tax-cut calls have been fuelled by a likely fall in inflation to 4.8% this week – hitting the PM’s target of halving price rises by the New Year – plus £13billion “fiscal headroom”. Former home secretary Dame Priti Patel said: “Britain’s hard-pressed