Policies related to taxation, budgets, and economic policy
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Recent parliamentary votes on this issue, most recent first.
Keir Starmer used new workers’ rights measures coming into force on Monday to attack the Greens and Reform UK, saying voting for Labour’s rivals risks progress on sick pay, parental leave and the removal of the two-child benefit cap.
Richard Walker urged Labour leader Keir Starmer to extend the 5p fuel duty cut beyond September as petrol prices rise amid Middle East tensions, while Starmer said any September rise would be kept under review.
Labour MP Polly Billington urged Keir Starmer to convene a global energy summit and pursue a 'war footing' to shield Britain from the energy shock tied to the Iran war. She argues a larger coordinated response is needed to stabilise prices, protect supply chains, and accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.
Reform UK sacks housing spokesperson Simon Dudley after inflammatory remarks, part of a wave of controversies that has eclipsed the party’s costed policy push, including plans to cut flight taxes and a pledge on the pensions triple lock.
Reform UK’s housing spokesperson was sacked after controversial Grenfell comments, and the NHS faces its longest doctors’ strike yet, while a live Q&A discusses Labour leadership prospects, Starmer’s EU stance, and the Greens’ rise.
