London Labour MP Wes Streeting visited the #DowntownDen on Tuesday 7th April to give his reaction to the party’s leadership election and to offer his thoughts on how Labour can start to become a credible electoral force once again following its crushing defeat at the General Election in December.
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DIB Meets… Mindflow
Downtown Boss, Frank McKenna recently caught up with Trevor Steven to discuss Mindflow.
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The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.73 | Keir Starmer’s Diary: The EU or the US?
Which way will the UK’s political Mark Darcy jump?
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The Downtown Den Politics Podcast | EP.72 | President Trump 2.0
It’s Donald Trump MK2. It certainly has been a lively start.
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Employers in the Midlands “unprepared” as real-time benefits-in-kind reporting looms – and poll backs up need for help and support
Employers urged to start preparing for compulsory HMRC reporting on payroll expenses and benefits-in-kind from April 2026; scope for employers to introduce voluntary payrolling in the 2025/26 tax year to iron out teething problems before HMRC’s go-live.