Andy Burnham says Labour manifesto has room for ‘movement on tax’ – UK politics live
The Labour MP hinted that he’s open to flexibility for some taxes that could aid high street businessesKeir Starmer’s decision to cut billions of pounds of infrastructure spending to pay...
By Taz Ali · The Guardian World
The Labour MP hinted that he’s open to flexibility for some taxes that could aid high street businesses Keir Starmer’s decision to cut billions of pounds of infrastructure spending to pay for more defence equipment will end up costing the UK 10,000 jobs, according to an analysis of the government’s own figures. The prime minister announced this week he was putting an extra £15bn into defence investment to revamp the country’s armed forces and boost British manufacturing. Continue reading...