A former MP for Carlisle has warned of the potential for ‘serious tax rises’ after the chancellor’s spending review.

Council tax will rise at fastest rate in 20 years, it has been warned, off the back of the Labour Party Spending Review.

Councils must be able to recruit more planning staff if communities are to get the homes, schools and services they need.

New eligibility criteria from November 2026 under the Labour Party government means means disability groups face the highest ...

Sir Mel Stride has vowed the Tories will never make a pact with Reform as he attacked the party’s “fantasy economics”.