Politics

Published: 16 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain’s leading tax and spending analysts have called on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves to seriously consider implementing significant welfare cuts in her upcoming budget, arguing that decisive action is necessary to maintain credibility with financial markets and restore investor confidence. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), widely regarded as one of the UK’s most authoritative economic think tanks,...

Published: 15 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned that both tax rises and spending cuts are being considered for the upcoming autumn budget, as the government confronts a deepening hole in the public finances. Reeves attributed the growing fiscal strain partly to the lingering economic consequences of Brexit, combined with the effects of austerity and the turmoil caused by Liz Truss’s...

Published: 15 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The failure to maintain effective border controls across Europe is undermining public trust in politicians and the very concept of the nation state, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has warned. Speaking ahead of a high-level summit in London, Mahmood emphasised that international cooperation is essential to tackling irregular migration and restoring confidence in governments’ ability to protect their citizens....

Published: 15 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Exiled Hong Kong dissidents have warned that recent UK plans to restart some extraditions with the city could place them in danger, saying Hong Kong authorities are likely to exploit any legal loophole to pursue political opponents abroad. The concern follows an amendment to UK extradition laws passed on Tuesday, more than five years after the UK and...

Published: 14 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Labour’s security minister, Dan Jarvis, has publicly blamed Jonathan Powell’s deputy for the collapse of a high-profile case involving two alleged Chinese spies, sparking controversy and claims that an unelected civil servant has been made a “scapegoat” for a national security fiasco. The case against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry collapsed last month after the Crown Prosecution Service...

Published: 14 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Britain’s labour market is showing signs of stabilising after a sharp rise in job losses earlier this year, amid concerns over tax increases introduced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest that the worst of the slowdown in hiring may be passing, although economists warn that the market remains fragile and...

Published: 14 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The government is set to introduce significant changes to Britain’s planning and infrastructure system, aiming to remove bureaucratic hurdles and speed up major construction projects. Ministers are making it easier to build windfarms, reservoirs, and large housing developments through amendments to the planning bill, which Chancellor Rachel Reeves will confirm on Tuesday. The changes form part of a...

Published: 14 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Fifteen French and UK human rights organisations have launched a legal challenge in France seeking the suspension of the controversial “one in, one out” treaty between the UK and France. Signed in July, the treaty stipulates that for every asylum seeker arriving in the UK from France in a small boat, one selected in France may enter the...

Published: 14 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Boris Johnson has raised fresh allegations suggesting Lord Mandelson may be connected to the ongoing China spying row that has embroiled the Labour Party, claiming that the UK is increasingly “being pushed around by China” under the current Government. Speaking to the Daily T podcast, the former prime minister argued that a series of what he described as...

Published: 14 October 2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Donald Trump has declared the Gaza conflict over and signalled a bold push toward peace in the Middle East, including potential diplomatic breakthroughs with Iran. Addressing the Israeli Knesset just hours after the final hostages were released from Gaza, the US president described the moment as a “historic dawn of a new Middle East” and the close of...