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Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury in London, Britain, to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new Government will be taking to deliver economic growth. Picture date: Monday, July 8, 2024. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS//File Photo
Politics

Starmer and Reeves warned against new pension tax that would hit 7m people

Treasury officials are understood to be keen on a cap on the tax relief that is available for workers' pension contributions

Pensions and Retirement

Chancellor urged to tax pension savings - what it would mean for you

Kitty Donaldson

Labour needs quick win on junior doctors' pay

Article thumbnail: File photo dated 18/01/23 of staff on a NHS hospital ward. A fifth of the nursing and midwifery professionals who left the register in the last year did so within 10 years of joining, figures show. Nursing leaders described the statistic as "deeply alarming" and called on ministers to "grasp the nettle and make nursing an attractive career". Issue date: Friday July 19, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story HEALTH Nurses. Photo credit should read: Jeff Moore/PA Wire
Kate McCann

Rachel Reeves's realism is a good start - weary voters want more honesty

Politics

Reeves under pressure on tax and spending as strikes loom over public sector pay

Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury in London, Britain, to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new Government will be taking to deliver economic growth. Picture date: Monday, July 8, 2024. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury in London, Britain, to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new Government will be taking to deliver economic growth. Picture date: Monday, July 8, 2024. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Article thumbnail: Students from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) wear mortar boards and gowns during a ceremony for university graduates in London, U.K., on July 18, 2013. U.K. unemployment claims fell at their fastest pace in three years in June, adding to evidence the economic recovery is gaining momentum. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Article thumbnail: Students from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) wear mortar boards and gowns during a ceremony for university graduates in London, U.K., on July 18, 2013. U.K. unemployment claims fell at their fastest pace in three years in June, adding to evidence the economic recovery is gaining momentum. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury in London, Britain, to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new Government will be taking to deliver economic growth. Picture date: Monday, July 8, 2024. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury in London, Britain, to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new Government will be taking to deliver economic growth. Picture date: Monday, July 8, 2024. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Article thumbnail: SWERFORD, ENGLAND - JULY 1: Labour Leader, Sir Keir Starmer (C) and Rachel Reeves, UK shadow chancellor of the exchequer, speak with supporters at Heath Farm on July 1, 2024 in Swerford, England. Labour is still riding high in the polls with a 20-point lead over the Conservative Party. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: SWERFORD, ENGLAND - JULY 1: Labour Leader, Sir Keir Starmer (C) and Rachel Reeves, UK shadow chancellor of the exchequer, speak with supporters at Heath Farm on July 1, 2024 in Swerford, England. Labour is still riding high in the polls with a 20-point lead over the Conservative Party. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)