A member of the BBC’s board has resigned, the corporation has confirmed. Shumeet Banerji announced he would be leaving on Friday, less than two weeks after Tim Davie resigned from his role as the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said it is “important that politicians stick to their word”, even as he refused to rule out manifesto-busting tax rises on working people in next week’s crunch Budget. The Prime ...

Rachel Reeves has been urged to tax the rich as she prepares to deliver her second Budget. The Chancellor is widely expected to raise taxes on November 26 in order to fill a multibillion-pound gap in ...