Starmer newest: Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham hit out at PM’s pub tax seize | EUROtoday

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has criticised Sir Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of Manchester United, for his feedback on immigration.

“If any criticism is needed, it should be directed towards those who have offered little contribution to our life here and have instead spent years siphoning wealth out of one of our proudest institutions,” mentioned Mr Burnham.

Female Labour parliamentarians have referred to as for Sir Keir Starmer to nominate a lady as his de facto deputy after a sequence of controversies which critics say has uncovered a “boys’ club” in Downing Street.

No 10 has rejected the accusations about the way in which it has been run, however the Prime Minister has mentioned he would contemplate a suggestion from Baroness Harriet Harman to revive the place of first secretary of state, which capabilities in follow as a deputy prime minister, and provides the position to a lady.

The United Kingdom will present Ukraine with greater than £500 million for brand spanking new defence missiles and techniques, the Ministry of Defence has introduced.

Defence secretary John Healey mentioned the UK will contribute £150 million for the primary time to Nato’s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (Purl), a programme designed to hurry up the nation’s air defence assist.

An additional 1,000 UK-made light-weight multirole missiles can be delivered to Ukraine as a part of a £390 million deal.

The announcement comes as Mr Healey co-hosts conferences in Brussels with the 50-nation Ukraine Defence Contact Group and Nato defence ministers on Thursday.

Reform UK’s “flagship” native authority in Kent has handed its first finances regardless of warnings from opposition leaders of “extreme risk” and it being “potentially reckless”.

Kent’s Reform leaders have secured a 3.99 per cent council tax enhance, 1% underneath the restrict earlier than a referendum is required, regardless of promising forward of their election win to not increase tax.

But opposition bosses have criticised the transfer for not elevating it to the utmost attainable, which is able to depart the council with £10 million much less for the following monetary yr that would have protected providers and reserves.

They additionally pointed to an announcement from the council’s head of finance, David Shipton, legally required to be thought of for the finances, the place he mentioned: “The decision to raise the council tax household charge below the level permitted without a referendum poses a long-term financial risk as a result of the council tax income forgone.”

Both Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham have criticised Sir Keir Starmer’s pub tax seize because the prime minister fights for his management.

The two Labour figures, who’ve been tipped as potential rivals in a future management contest, steered the Sir Keir ought to minimize VAT to ease stress on struggling companies.

The former deputy prime minister, talking at a nighttime financial system summit in Liverpool, referred to as for further assist for the sector to assist struggling cities and cities.

During a query and reply session after her speech, Ms Rayner, compelled from Government final yr over a tax row involving her properties, mentioned: “And I think that we’ve got to recognise the, it’s not even the double whammy, it’s not even the triple whammy.

“I mean, I talked about the challenges on business rates, the challenges on VAT. The challenges, yes, the minimum wage going up and the living wage and the costs of energy.”

Mr Burnham later supported a “VAT rate more consistent with what you find in Europe because of the social value that your businesses bring to places and towns that need that life injected into them,” in response to The Telegraph.

“I personally would support permanently a lower business rates regime for hospitality businesses for exactly the same reason.”