Chancellor Rachel Reeves has promised a budget of “fairness and opportunity” as speculation mounts that she is preparing to raise income tax to help fill a gap in the public finances.
In a speech from Downing Street on Tuesday, the chancellor said she will “make the choices necessary to deliver strong foundations for our economy” for “years to come.”
Ahead of her speech, No 10 repeatedly refused to reaffirm Labour’s manifesto pledges, fuelling speculation that its promise not to raise income tax and other key taxes could be dropped.
A girl sexually assaulted by an asylum seeker in Essex has said she was "put in danger all over again" when he was mistakenly released from prison.
Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu was jailed in September after sexually assaulting the girl, who was 14 at the time, and another woman, just days after arriving in the UK on a small boat.
The incidents sparked nationwide protests over the summer.
Kebatu was sentenced to one year in prison, but just a month later, he was wrongly freed.
Meanwhile, it is America’s biggest election day since Donald Trump re-entered the White House.
While governor races in Virginia and New Jersey might prove to be the most consequential for the United States’ political landscape, New York City’s mayoral race has become one of the most closely watched battles.
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