The Forgotten Elegance of Early Home Design-s1
In a world filled with sleek, modern light switches, vintage porcelain rotary switches hold a special place in design and history. These early light switches, crafted with precision and charm, tell the story of how electricity transformed homes. Far from…
Rachel Reeves vows to take an ‘iron fist against waste’ – as Chancellor launches the biggest audit of government spending in almost two decades_Nhy
Rachel Reeves has vowed to take an ‘iron fist against waste’ as she launches the biggest audit of government spending in almost two decades. Every pound of Whitehall spending will be examined ‘line-by-line’ in the Chancellor’s spending review, which will not…
Labour apes ex-Tory aide Dom Cummings’ plan to recruit ‘weirdos and misfits’ into reformed Civil Service as minister Pat McFadden tells ‘innovators and disrupters’ that ‘Britain needs you’_Nhy
Labour today echoed a plan by a former Tory aide to Boris Johnson to bring ‘weirdos and misfits’ into the Civil Service as it seeks to reform Whitehall. Pat McFadden namechecked a 2020 plan by former No10 chief of staff Dominic Cumming to…
Rachel Reeves says the UK calls for ‘more normal’ post-Brexit trade with the EU as she joins Brussels ministers and claims a soft ‘reset’ will help boost growth and raise living standards_Nhy
Improving trade ties with the European Union could boost the economy and drive up living standards, Rachel Reeves claimed today. She spoke as she became the first Chancellor to attend a meeting of European finance ministers since Brexit, saying it was a ‘milestone moment’…
Labour’s Veterans Minister ‘ignored pleas’ to give evidence at SAS war crimes inquiry – even when top Tory Johnny Mercer faced a jail sentence for protecting his anonymity_Nhy
The Veterans Minister allegedly ignored a High Court judge’s plea to provide evidence to a public inquiry into claims British Special Forces committed war crimes. Al Carns, who served in Afghanistan as a Royal Marines officer before becoming a Labour MP in July, may have…
Labour’s own voters think Starmer is a worse PM than Thatcher was… as poll shows Brits rate him below Major and on a par with Theresa May_Nhy
Even Labour‘s own voters think Keir Starmer is proving to be a worse PM than Margaret Thatcher, according to a poll. Research by More in Common offered more evidence that Brits are deeply unimpressed with the start Sir Keir has made in No10. Asked…
New houses over newts and Nimbys: Angela Rayner attacks conservation rules hampering building and vows to sideline locals to create 1.5m homes_Nhy
Angela Rayner lashed out at environmental rules hindering house building today as she claimed newts are ‘more protected than people’. The Housing Secretary suggested strict conservation regulations which have been accused of slowing down construction and making it more expensive could…
Yvette Cooper faces revolt from police chiefs as they warn thousands of officer jobs will have to be cut over her cop funding plan_Nhy
The Home Secretary is facing a revolt by police chiefs who have warned that thousands of officer jobs will have to be cut due to a ‘fundamental accounting mistake’. Chief constables are predicting that a shortfall in the police funding…
Fury as Brits face waiting weeks longer to have their bins emptied – as Labour quietly abandons plans to require fortnightly collections_Nhy
Households face having to wait weeks longer to have their bins emptied after Labour quietly abandoned plans to require fortnightly collections. Earlier this year the Conservative government pledged to make sure that black bag waste is collected at least every other week…
Is Labour up to the challenge of Syria?_Nhy
In theory, the fall of a brutal dictator, especially one who tortured and gassed his own people, would be a cause for unqualified celebration in the free world. In practice, we know from bitter experience that when such despots are…