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The TelegraphLabour refuses to rule out scrapping bus passes for some pensioners
A government minister has failed to rule out means testing free bus passes for pensioners.
- The Independent
Winter fuel payment latest: MPs vote to cut pensioner allowance as Mel Stride eliminated from Tory leader race
No.10 has made it clear it will not back down from the ‘tough decision’ despite strong opposition
- HuffPost UK
'They Haven't Learned A Thing': Wes Streeting Skewers The Tories Over Labour Cronyism Claims
The health secretary didn't hold back in the House of Commons.
- The Independent
Watch live: MPs debate winter fuel payment cuts for millions of pensioners
Watch live as MPs in the House of Commons debate Labour’s proposed cuts to the winter fuel allowance on Tuesday, 10 September. Sir Keir Starmer has faced fierce criticism over the plans, but has said he will not apologise for the changes his government have made. Addressing the Trades Union Congress on Tuesday, the prime minister said: “I make no apologies for any of the decisions we have had to take to begin the work of change and no apologies to those still stuck in the 1980s who believe that unions and business can only stand at odds leaving working people in the middle.”
- The Telegraph
Crime agency tasked with tackling small boats crisis ‘on its knees’
The crime agency charged with tackling people-smuggling gangs is “on its knees”, a report has warned.
- The Telegraph
Newly appointed French PM under pressure to suspend immigration
France’s new prime minister is under pressure to follow through on an old election promise to suspend immigration.
- The Telegraph
Rayner’s workers’ rights reforms put majority of bosses off hiring
Angela Rayner’s plan for a radical overhaul of workers’ rights is putting most businesses off hiring.
- PA Media: UK News
Afghan embassy in London to close after Taliban sacks staff
The embassy in Kensington will shut its doors on September 27.
- PA Media: Money
HMRC has ‘failed to use new powers’ around retail tax evasion, says watchdog
The National Audit Office said the Government ‘lacks an effective response’ to the issue, despite growing prevalence in recent years.
- Sky News
Chancellor appeals to Labour MPs for support on eve of winter fuel payment vote
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made a last-ditch attempt to convince her MPs it is the right decision to cut winter fuel payments for the majority of pensioners. Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) in the Commons tonight, she said she was "not immune to the arguments" that many of them had made against the "difficult decision", and insisted ministers had "considered" them all. Ms Reeves was speaking to her backbenchers on the eve of a vote on the policy in parliament, which would limit winter fuel payments to those on pension credit, rather than giving them to everyone over state pension age to help with energy bills - seeing around 10 million people lose the benefit.
- CNN
An alleged Chinese agent went undetected in New York state government for years. Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act
Following Linda Sun’s firing in 2023 and a host of charges filed against her and her husband in an indictment unsealed this month, the New York state government is grappling with having employed an alleged agent for the Chinese government – and raising questions on why it took so long to bring charges.
- Reuters
Biden administration sends Congress long-awaited Ukraine strategy report, sources say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has sent Congress a classified report on its strategy for the war in Ukraine, three sources said on Monday, months after a June deadline mandated in a multibillion-dollar spending bill lawmakers passed in April. Two other sources, requesting anonymity to discuss a classified matter, confirmed that it had been delivered. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Unions warn Starmer against ‘more austerity’
The Prime Minister’s speech at the TUC Congress was met with a cool response from unions concerned about his warnings on public sector pay.
- The Telegraph
Trade unions will ‘never be content’, says Aslef general secretary
Trade unions will “never be content”, the boss of the train drivers union has said just weeks after striking a bumper pay deal with the new Government.
- Bournemouth Echo UK
Sir Keir Starmer sees off backbench rebellion in winter fuel allowance vote
Sir Keir Starmer has seen off a backbench rebellion over plans to cut the winter fuel allowance.
- ITN
Government defends winter fuel payment cuts
Amid mounting pressure for the Government to U-turn on means testing winter fuel payments, Dame Diana Johson defended the measure, saying that the prime minister had to make tough decisions to fix a "black hole worth £22 billion" in the economy. The policing minister said that the Government was working to ensure all pensioners who were entitled to pension credit claimed the benefit.
- PA Media: UK News
Government plans to introduce VAT on private school fees deeply misguided – Tice
Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice says state schools face ‘capacity crisis’ from the influx of pupils leaving private institutions from January.
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Labour ‘picking pensioners’ pockets’, says union chief ahead of winter fuel vote
Rachel Reeves is set to address Labour MPs ahead of a potential backbench rebellion over restricting the winter fuel payment.
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Keir Starmer: Bosses do not ‘want to rip up employee rights’
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted bosses are not “knocking on my door saying they want to rip up employee rights” as he defended his plan to tackle bad working practices. The Prime Minister, who vowed to “rewrite the rules of our economy” and forge a new partnership between government, business and workers, rejected criticism of his plans – which the Tories have dubbed “French-style union laws”. The Institute of Directors (IoD) has warned that business leaders will be less likely to hire new workers as a result of the Government’s planned employment rights legislation. But Sir Keir, in the first TUC Congress address by a prime minister since 2009, told unions there was a “mood of change” in the business world.
- CNN
Residents flee as California and Nevada wildfires get dangerously close and forecasters warn of record heat
Raging wildfires in California and Nevada are forcing the mandatory evacuations of thousands of homes as forecasters warn of a few more days of record-breaking heat for parts of the West.