Pippa Crerar
@pippacrerar.bsky.social
Political Editor, The Guardian
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STORY: OBR has cast doubt on claims Rachel Reeves dropped plans to raise income tax in this week’s budget because of rosier forecasts, pointing out she knew about these well before the change of heart 👇
By @guardianheather.bsky.social
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By @guardianheather.bsky.social
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OBR challenges claims Reeves dropped income tax rise due to rosier forecasts
Official forecaster’s chair says chancellor knew about revised predictions well before her budget change of heart
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November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
STORY: OBR has cast doubt on claims Rachel Reeves dropped plans to raise income tax in this week’s budget because of rosier forecasts, pointing out she knew about these well before the change of heart 👇
By @guardianheather.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
By @guardianheather.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Flagship policy that would have given workers right to claim unfair dismissal after their first day on the job is to be ditched by government in favour of a six month-threshold (down from current 24) 👇 www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Government to ditch day-one unfair dismissal policy from workers’ rights bill
Flagship Labour plan to be replaced with six-month threshold after Peter Kyle vows to not let businesses ‘lose’ under new law
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Flagship policy that would have given workers right to claim unfair dismissal after their first day on the job is to be ditched by government in favour of a six month-threshold (down from current 24) 👇 www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Reposted by Pippa Crerar
NEW - the government poised to water down flagship workers rights bill, ditching day one rights to unfair dismissal but reducing qualifying period from two years to six months.
But in concession to unions, government will remove provisions for up to nine months probation.
But in concession to unions, government will remove provisions for up to nine months probation.
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
NEW - the government poised to water down flagship workers rights bill, ditching day one rights to unfair dismissal but reducing qualifying period from two years to six months.
But in concession to unions, government will remove provisions for up to nine months probation.
But in concession to unions, government will remove provisions for up to nine months probation.
Thursday’s @theguardian.com front page: “I am asking everyone to make a contribution” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thursday’s @theguardian.com front page: “I am asking everyone to make a contribution” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
MY ANALYSIS: The budget has averted an immediate crisis for Labour – but the danger is not over yet www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The budget has averted an immediate crisis for Labour – but the danger is not over yet
Sense of relief among many Labour MPs but chancellor’s broad mix of measures leaves room for things to go wrong
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
MY ANALYSIS: The budget has averted an immediate crisis for Labour – but the danger is not over yet www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by Pippa Crerar
Rachel Reeves gambles on tax and spend. But has she forgotten the "squeezed middle"?
Listen to me, @pippacrerar.bsky.social and @johnharris1969.bsky.social chew over today's budget here.
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
Listen to me, @pippacrerar.bsky.social and @johnharris1969.bsky.social chew over today's budget here.
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
The budget: Labour’s big tax and spend gamble – podcast
John Harris, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey give their reactions to the chancellor’s autumn budget
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November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Rachel Reeves gambles on tax and spend. But has she forgotten the "squeezed middle"?
Listen to me, @pippacrerar.bsky.social and @johnharris1969.bsky.social chew over today's budget here.
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
Listen to me, @pippacrerar.bsky.social and @johnharris1969.bsky.social chew over today's budget here.
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
Don’t worry folks, the OBR has now removed the document from its website. That should do it…
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Don’t worry folks, the OBR has now removed the document from its website. That should do it…
BREAKING: The Office for Budget Responsiblity has published its economic and fiscal document *BEFORE* Rachel Reeves delivers her budget. Unprecedented.
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
BREAKING: The Office for Budget Responsiblity has published its economic and fiscal document *BEFORE* Rachel Reeves delivers her budget. Unprecedented.
✂️One to watch - will Rachel Reeves promise unspecified spending cuts for back end of parliament, in what could be election year?
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
✂️One to watch - will Rachel Reeves promise unspecified spending cuts for back end of parliament, in what could be election year?
Wednesday’s @guardian front page: Reeves vows to tackle cost of living crisis in decisive budget for Labour www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Wednesday’s @guardian front page: Reeves vows to tackle cost of living crisis in decisive budget for Labour www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
💥Jury trials for all except most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy.
Proposals drew swift backlash from senior lawyers who said they would not reduce court backlogs & could “destroy justice as we know it”.
Proposals drew swift backlash from senior lawyers who said they would not reduce court backlogs & could “destroy justice as we know it”.
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
💥Jury trials for all except most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy.
Proposals drew swift backlash from senior lawyers who said they would not reduce court backlogs & could “destroy justice as we know it”.
Proposals drew swift backlash from senior lawyers who said they would not reduce court backlogs & could “destroy justice as we know it”.
NEW: Keir Starmer says Nigel Farage should have “courage” to launch inquiry into Reform's links to Russia after Nathan Gill sentencing.
“It is shocking that a senior Reform official, the leader in Wales, has been jailed for over 10 years, a very significant sentence for taking pro-Russia bribes.
“It is shocking that a senior Reform official, the leader in Wales, has been jailed for over 10 years, a very significant sentence for taking pro-Russia bribes.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
NEW: Keir Starmer says Nigel Farage should have “courage” to launch inquiry into Reform's links to Russia after Nathan Gill sentencing.
“It is shocking that a senior Reform official, the leader in Wales, has been jailed for over 10 years, a very significant sentence for taking pro-Russia bribes.
“It is shocking that a senior Reform official, the leader in Wales, has been jailed for over 10 years, a very significant sentence for taking pro-Russia bribes.
Great news that our Politics Weeky UK podcast has been shortlisted at political podcast awards 🤞🤞
Our 'in conversation' event @andyburnham.bsky.social was talk of Labour conference...
Co-hosted by @kiranstacey.bsky.social & brilliantly produced @zoehitch.bsky.social @frankietobi.bsky.social
Our 'in conversation' event @andyburnham.bsky.social was talk of Labour conference...
Co-hosted by @kiranstacey.bsky.social & brilliantly produced @zoehitch.bsky.social @frankietobi.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Great news that our Politics Weeky UK podcast has been shortlisted at political podcast awards 🤞🤞
Our 'in conversation' event @andyburnham.bsky.social was talk of Labour conference...
Co-hosted by @kiranstacey.bsky.social & brilliantly produced @zoehitch.bsky.social @frankietobi.bsky.social
Our 'in conversation' event @andyburnham.bsky.social was talk of Labour conference...
Co-hosted by @kiranstacey.bsky.social & brilliantly produced @zoehitch.bsky.social @frankietobi.bsky.social
Tuesday’s @theguardian.com front page: Victory for carers after inquiry into debt scandal
Incredible work by top colleagues @patrickjbutler.bsky.social & @joshhalliday.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Incredible work by top colleagues @patrickjbutler.bsky.social & @joshhalliday.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Tuesday’s @theguardian.com front page: Victory for carers after inquiry into debt scandal
Incredible work by top colleagues @patrickjbutler.bsky.social & @joshhalliday.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Incredible work by top colleagues @patrickjbutler.bsky.social & @joshhalliday.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“I’ll show the media, I’ll show the Tories, I’ll not let them beat me. I’ll be there on Wednesday, I’ll be there next year & I’ll be back the year after that” - Rachel Reeves urges Labour MPs to back budget @jessicaelgot.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves urges Labour MPs to back her make-or-break budget
Chancellor tells parliamentary party they might not like every measure but promises budget will be ‘fair’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
“I’ll show the media, I’ll show the Tories, I’ll not let them beat me. I’ll be there on Wednesday, I’ll be there next year & I’ll be back the year after that” - Rachel Reeves urges Labour MPs to back budget @jessicaelgot.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
"Rachel Reeves, please, let’s make budgets boring again".
Surely an argument we can all get behind.
Great piece by @guardianheather.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Surely an argument we can all get behind.
Great piece by @guardianheather.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rachel Reeves, please, let’s make budgets boring again | Heather Stewart
Budgets need to be reassuringly dull with no repeat of this year’s long, drawn-out and chaotic buildup
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November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"Rachel Reeves, please, let’s make budgets boring again".
Surely an argument we can all get behind.
Great piece by @guardianheather.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Surely an argument we can all get behind.
Great piece by @guardianheather.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Two long-serving peers - Labour peer David Evans and former army chief Richard Dannatt - to be suspended from HoL after parliamentary watchdog ruled they broke lobbying rules -
@direthoughts.com
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@direthoughts.com
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Two peers suspended from House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules
Lord Evans of Watford and Lord Dannatt were filmed breaking rules, in undercover footage recorded by Guardian
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November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Two long-serving peers - Labour peer David Evans and former army chief Richard Dannatt - to be suspended from HoL after parliamentary watchdog ruled they broke lobbying rules -
@direthoughts.com
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@direthoughts.com
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🚨Our latest podcast - we discuss Rachel Reeves’s high stakes budget moment...
Plus @kiranstacey.bsky.social behind the scenes of his G20 trip to South Africa with Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
Plus @kiranstacey.bsky.social behind the scenes of his G20 trip to South Africa with Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
A make-or-break week for the UK government – podcast
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss the context of Rachel Reeves’s big budget moment. Plus, Kiran talks about his trip to Johannesburg with Keir Starmer and how talks over the Ukraine peace plan unf...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🚨Our latest podcast - we discuss Rachel Reeves’s high stakes budget moment...
Plus @kiranstacey.bsky.social behind the scenes of his G20 trip to South Africa with Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
Plus @kiranstacey.bsky.social behind the scenes of his G20 trip to South Africa with Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
BREAKING: Keir Starmer had a “brush by” with Chinese premier Li Qiang at G20 summit in Johannesburg at weekend - although reporters on trip were not told about this.
Understand this was a brief hello in leader’s lounge and nothing of substance was discussed.
Understand this was a brief hello in leader’s lounge and nothing of substance was discussed.
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
BREAKING: Keir Starmer had a “brush by” with Chinese premier Li Qiang at G20 summit in Johannesburg at weekend - although reporters on trip were not told about this.
Understand this was a brief hello in leader’s lounge and nothing of substance was discussed.
Understand this was a brief hello in leader’s lounge and nothing of substance was discussed.
A make-or-break budget: inside the Treasury before Labour’s crucial day
Big read by top economics editor @guardianheather.bsky.social & me
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Big read by top economics editor @guardianheather.bsky.social & me
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
A make-or-break budget: inside the Treasury before Labour’s crucial day
From the outside, the run-up to Rachel Reeves’s announcement has looked chaotic, and many see the future of the chancellor and PM in the balance
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
A make-or-break budget: inside the Treasury before Labour’s crucial day
Big read by top economics editor @guardianheather.bsky.social & me
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Big read by top economics editor @guardianheather.bsky.social & me
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
EXCL: Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury to increase chances of proceedings collapsing, courts minister has said, promising to limit jury trials by next election - @jessicaelgot.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
EXCL: Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury to increase chances of proceedings collapsing, courts minister has said, promising to limit jury trials by next election - @jessicaelgot.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
People who migrate to UK may be eligible for benefits & social housing only when they become British citizens.
Those who arrive by small boats could wait up to 30 years for long-term residency.
For latest on home secretary's plans read @syalrajeev.bsky.social
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Those who arrive by small boats could wait up to 30 years for long-term residency.
For latest on home secretary's plans read @syalrajeev.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour outlines tighter rules on benefits and housing for people migrating to UK
Refugee Council says plans would create ‘expensive bureaucracy’ and keep people in limbo
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
People who migrate to UK may be eligible for benefits & social housing only when they become British citizens.
Those who arrive by small boats could wait up to 30 years for long-term residency.
For latest on home secretary's plans read @syalrajeev.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Those who arrive by small boats could wait up to 30 years for long-term residency.
For latest on home secretary's plans read @syalrajeev.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...