Keir Starmer has refused to rule out that this year’s Autumn Budget will be softer than the tax raid seen last year, which targeted business and homeowners in raising £40bn extra in receipts. The prime minister has previously said that the UK cannot “tax [its] way to growth” while under-pressure Chancellor Rachel Reeves vowed to

Sir Keir Starmer has given his full support to Chancellor Rachel Reeves after she was seen crying during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. Ms Reeves’s visibly tearful appearance in the Commons came amid speculation that her job was at risk after the Government’s U-turn on welfare cuts put an almost £5 billion hole in her spending plans.