Rosa Prince is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering UK politics and policy. She was formerly an editor and writer at ...

Recent U-turns have only exacerbated the problem for Labour, with the climbdown on the Winter Fuel Allowance costing £1.5 ...

Rachel Reeves may target millions of middle-income earners with punishing income tax hikes as she is forced to clear up ...

Hell, she even lied on her CV to get it. On top of that, she’s spent her entire time in office bragging about being the first ...

The spot where backbench defenders should be, not sulking en masse at the other end of the pitch. The opposite side where the ...

The Chancellor warned there would be ‘costs to what happened’ as she faced questions about how she would cover the shortfall ...

Like a tandem skydive, Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will land safely – or not – together. After a week of political ...

The reasons for Reeves’s distress remain shrouded in mystery: she looked strained but smiled gamely and admitted that she ...

Rachel Reeves has avoided ruling out future tax rises after admitting the government’s concessions on its welfare reforms had been “ damaging ”. The government narrowly avoided a major Commons defeat ...

The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions as Labour grapples with a ...