I'm not going anywhere, insists defiant Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted helium volition defy the evident volition of his ain voters and pb Labour into the adjacent wide election.

A YouGov canvass for The Times suggests conscionable a 3rd of radical who backed the enactment past twelvemonth privation the premier curate to pb it into the adjacent nationalist contest, which is owed successful 2029 astatine the latest.

And immoderate 23% of those voters deliberation helium should discontinue now.

Sir Keir's ratings person plummeted since entering Downing Street, and Labour consistently way Reform successful the polls.

His chancellor volition present what is expected to beryllium an unpopular fund adjacent Wednesday, despite a U-turn connected raising income tax, portion May brings section elections that could further harm Sir Keir's estimation among Labour MPs.

But speaking to the Daily Mirror, the premier curate has attempted to soundlessness doubts astir his position.

Asked if helium would pb Labour into the adjacent wide election, Sir Keir said: "Yes, I will."

Sir Keir said "dealing with the outgo of living" is his main priority, and "making radical consciousness amended off".

He said radical wanted to "give their kids a treat, spell retired for a meal, person a holiday, get connected and progress, and consciousness harmless and secure", and promised the fund volition person "Labour values close done it".

Rachel Reeves has been tipped to denote the two-child payment headdress volition beryllium scrapped, portion the premier curate indicated the £9.90 medicine complaint successful England volition beryllium frozen.

"We've had a frost successful place, which is truly important, and you tin expect much connected that successful the coming days," helium said.

Badenoch to pass of 'stealth taxation bombshell'

Despite the income taxation U-turn, different tax-raising measures are expected arsenic the chancellor looks to plug a spread successful the nationalist finances without cutting spending.

In a code aboriginal today, Tory person Kemi Badenoch volition blasted the government's nonaccomplishment to propulsion done its payment reforms earlier this twelvemonth for the fund measures to come.

If the chancellor extends the frost successful income taxation thresholds, arsenic has been reported, Ms Badenoch volition accidental it means "hiking taxes connected radical successful enactment to springiness handouts to radical connected benefits".

Freezing the thresholds means arsenic wages rise, much radical get dragged into paying taxation oregon shifted into higher bands, which Ms Badenoch volition picture arsenic a "stealth taxation bombshell".

Rebellion brewing implicit migration reforms

A Labour backbench revolt forced the authorities to enactment backmost connected its payment reforms, and different rebellion whitethorn beryllium brewing implicit asylum plans announced connected Monday.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced sweeping changes, including rowing backmost connected guarantees of fiscal enactment for asylum seekers.

Read more: Everything you request to cognize astir Labour's plans

Nadia Whittome MP called Ms Mahmood's plans "dystopian" and "shameful", portion Richard Burgon MP said she should alteration people present alternatively than beryllium forced into a U-turn later.

Speaking successful the House of Commons connected Monday evening, Ms Mahmood warned her colleagues: "If we neglect to woody with this crisis, we volition gully much radical down a way that starts with choler and ends successful hatred."