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Illegal tobacco and vapes are sold cheaply, undercutting legitimate businesses that pay their taxes, follow the rules, and work hard to serve their communities. We must do more to protect high streets from this illicit trade, writes @OliverRyanUK politicshome.com/opinion/art…

Women with endometriosis are being failed by employers – we should introduce workplace health passports ✍️ @kittysull1 politicshome.com/opinion/art…

Healey used the phrase "long term" eight times in his Budget speech. In 2024, Rachel Reeves said it three times, and in 2025, only once. It is a big theme of the Burnham government. However, across most of the policy areas we tested in our research – economy, healthcare, crime, education – Brits tend to expect a new government to make "noticeable improvements" within just a couple of years. Politicians and the public have different definitions of long-term delivery, writes @m_barnfield politicshome.com/opinion/art…

Written questions are an essential tool – rationing them would diminish Parliament’s purpose ✍️ @BenObeseJecty politicshome.com/news/articl…

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The government is holding talks with coalfield Labour MPs in a bid to reach an agreement on the transfer of former miner pension funds Ministers are "working closely" with backbenchers, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury told PolHome on Thursday It comes after a Budget eve row saw Labour MPs react with fury after being told that the government planned to renege on a pledge to transfer what remains of the funds @harriet_symonds reports politicshome.com/news/articl…

The government will have to make "difficult decisions" at next year's Spending Review to stick to its fiscal rules, leaving some departments facing real-terms cuts, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has said “There will be some big choices and some difficult choices at the Spending Review. "Not all departments will see real-term increases, but obviously that is for next year, and we have to do those things in the round," Emma Reynolds told PolHome podcast The Rundown politicshome.com/news/articl…

This decade is set to be the worst for household income growth on record, a leading think tank has said "It's depressing. No amount of temporary cost-of-living packages will fix that," said @TheIFS Director @HelenMiller_IFS on the morning after Chancellor John Healey's Budget politicshome.com/news/articl…

The Hillsborough Law, introduced by Keir Starmer and backed by his successor Andy Burnham, is making its way through Parliament with very little debate or challenge This is unfortunate because, if, or more likely when, Parliament enacts this legislation, it will bring significant changes to how we are governed, writes @Policy_Exchange's Richard Ekins KC politicshome.com/opinion/art…

Let’s establish community rights – and stop prioritising water-guzzling data centres over affordable housing ✍️ @CHinchliffMP politicshome.com/opinion/art…

The government has revealed that it expects a planned levy on international students to cost universities up to £1bn over 3 years The analysis, published as Chancellor John Healey delivered his Budget, says the cost to unis will be greater than previously estimated Education committee chair @helenhayes_ said the figures "bring little comfort" to the higher education sector as it faces ongoing cost pressures, reports @matilda__martin politicshome.com/news/articl…

Chancellor John Healey said the Andy Burnham government's first Budget will give people "breathing space" Healey set out measures to address cost-of-living pressures, including a £100 ‘Household Energy Payment’ to be paid directly to 20m households in council tax bands A-D politicshome.com/news/articl…

My mission as the government’s new Co-operative and Mutuals Champion ✍️ @andrewpakes_ politicshome.com/opinion/art…

Chancellor John Healey has said former miners will receive what remains of their pension fund It follows a backlash from Labour MPs in mining seats who were told on Tuesday that the government was planning to renege on that pledge, as reported by @harriet_symonds Concerned MPs held pre-Budget meetings with ministers about the plans this morning politicshome.com/news/articl…