Pat McFadden says there will be ‘financial consequences’ to Keir Starmer’s climbdown amid renewed speculation over Labour’s budget plans
Welfare bill climbdown will have ‘a cost’ at budget, says minister
Twelve of England’s regional mayors have signed up to an unprecedented plan to create a “national active travel network”, focusing initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely.
The scheme, which involves all non-London regional mayors other than one from Reform UK, is intended to fit into wider efforts to devolve transport planning, working with Active Travel England (ATE) to implement schemes they think would help their area.
We are going to have to work harder to bring the numbers down.
Everyone in government knows it’s a big challenge, and as a team we are determined to meet it.
I’m not going to make a prediction.
I can give you an assurance that the numbers at the moment are too high. We are working together to tackle this.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/02/welfare-bill-concessions-labour-keir-starmer-rebellion-tax-uk-politics-live-updates
Author : Amy Sedghi
Publish date : 2025-07-02 09:04:00
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