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O novo primeiro-ministro já enfrenta pressão para explicar como pagará seus planos ambiciosos de reformular a Grã-Bretanha. Andy Burnham fez da redução do custo de vida seu primeiro grande anúncio de governo, com um corte fiscal imediato para remover o IVA das contas de energia, mas sofre escrutínio rigoroso sobre como seus planos serão financiados.

Conservadores, Reform, indústria de combustíveis fósseis e alguns do próprio partido se alinharam contra a agenda de emissões zero. "Sempre que o Partido Trabalhista se sente um pouco triste", dizia um observador próximo ao governo, "eles trazem Ed Miliband para falar sobre energia solar em telhados."

Líder trabalhista examina propostas para reformular taxas fixas de gás e tornar bombas de calor mais baratas de operar do que caldeiras. Burnham prometeu reduzir o preço dos "essenciais" em seu primeiro anúncio como novo líder.

Líder da Reform diz ter sido 'demonizado' desde a revelação de que recebeu £5m de um bilionário cripto antes da eleição. Farage acusa de 'ataque coordenado' quem questiona seu financiamento.

Uma nova perspectiva sobre o papel do Banco da Inglaterra enviaria um sinal forte de que um governo Burnham está preparado para fazer as coisas de forma diferente.

Exclusive: Andrew Bailey says he does not regret meeting Reform UK leader to discuss cryptocurrency regulationThe Bank of England governor has said he would have put off a meeting with Nigel Farage last autumn had the Reform UK leader’s £5m gift from a crypto billionaire been under investigation at the time.Andrew Bailey said he did not regret meeting Farage to discuss the Bank’s plans for cryptocurrency regulation last September, months before the controversial donation from the Thail

Exclusive: Work and pensions secretary signals possible reform to welfare as ministers await key reviewsLabour must stop “simply writing a cheque” for health and disability benefit claimants and will provide more job support instead, the work and pensions secretary has said.Pat McFadden said the government was preparing to launch a renewed effort at welfare reform with a focus on encouraging more people with health conditions to get into work and off benefits. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Interviews of Farage aide and his mother believed to be part of investigation into donations to Reform UK before 2024 electionNigel Farage’s aide George Cottrell and his mother, Fiona Cottrell, have been interviewed under criminal caution by Scotland Yard detectives, the Guardian understands.The interviews are understood to form part of an ongoing investigation into donations to Reform UK before the general election in July 2024. Continue reading...

George Cottrell’s mother, Fiona, at centre of criminal inquiry over potential evasion of restrictions on donationsPolice are investigating donations worth £500,000 made to Reform UK by the mother of a convicted fraudster and ally of Nigel Farage.The investigation concerns two donations of £250,000 made by Fiona Cottrell, whose son George has often accompanied Farage to Reform events and media appearances. The May 2024 donations are under investigation over whether they were intended to

Reform UK presents itself as the people’s voice while opaque digital wealth flows around it. That makes transparency a democratic necessityTwice now, the Guardian’s questions about Reform UK’s finances appear to have been pre-empted by stories friendly to the party. This paper revealed in April that Nigel Farage received £5m from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne – but an interview with Reform UK’s leader, claiming he needed the cash “for security”, was published hours earlie

Questions swirl about origins of gifts, loans and donations as even party supporters wonder if it can weather the stormUK politics live – latest updatesWhy is Farage quitting as an MP, only to stand again?Scrutiny is mounting on Reform UK’s finances.On Tuesday, amid an investigation by parliamentary standards into an undisclosed £5m gift, Nigel Farage announced he would resign and trigger a byelection in his constituency of Clacton-on-Sea. Continue reading...

Economists including Jim O’Neill write an open letter calling for a single levy to replace six major taxesProminent economists including Jim O’Neill, an ally of Andy Burnham, are urging the MP for Makerfield to pursue radical tax and spending reform to “unlock the gridlock that plagues the country” when he is confirmed as prime minister.O’Neill joins Jonathan Portes, an economics professor at King’s College London, and Danny Sriskandarajah, the chief executive of the New Economics Foun