Prime minister will say government will ignore ‘populist chorus of easy answers’ as it is set to raise taxes and rewrite fiscal rules in this week’s budgetPrime minister Keir Starmer will make a speech today in which he is widely expected to say that this week’s budget will embrace the “harsh light of fiscal reality” because “it’s not 2010”, but he will promise that “better days are ahead”.Here are your headlines …UK businesses are losing staff working time because of waits for healthcare or caring duties due to underfunded public services, the TUC saysPubs and restaurants are warning of closures and a tough Christmas ahead if the budget raises taxes and ends a Covid-era relief on business ratesThe prime minister has said content creators must be paid and vowed to ensure AI technology “does not begin to chip away” at press freedomsStarmer has appointed Claire Reynolds, a former aide to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, as his new political director in Downing Street Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-10-28 08:54:24
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Starmer to set out ‘harsh’ reality of fiscal situation in speech – UK politics live
