If I want to go to a gig I’ll pay for it’: Minister condemns Rachel Reeves over ‘inappropriate’ freebie tickets to Sabrina Carpenter gig as Chancellor confirms who picked up the tab_Nhy
Rachel Reeves faced a battering from another Labour minister today over her Sabrina Carpenter freebie. Housing minister Matthew Pennycook said it was ‘inappropriate’ to take free tickets to gigs, insisting: ‘If I want to go to a concert at the O2 I’ll pay…
BoE heaps woe on Rachel Reeves with bleak warning over UK growth prospects as she tries to appease Labour MPs with affordable housing plan ahead of ‘£15bn’ cuts in brutal Spring Statement_Nhy
The Bank of England has heaped woe on Rachel Reeves with a bleak warning over UK growth prospects ahead of the Spring Statement. The Chancellor is bracing to wield the axe on spending at the fiscal event tomorrow – with £15billion of cuts expected…
Peers to get equivalent of £81,000 salary for just 150 days’ work as tax-free allowance is hiked to £371 (and the House usually only sits for six hours_Nhy
Peers are set to rake in more than £55,000 a year tax-free after the latest hike to their allowances. The standard per diem for members of the House of Lords is due to rise from £361 to £371 next week,…
Remainers unite! MPs lash out at ‘unmitigated disaster’ of Brexit and urge Starmer to get closer with ‘reset’ in Commons debate over petition to rejoin the EU_Nhy
Remainer MPs lashed out at the ‘disaster’ of Brexit as they debated a petition supporting the UK rejoining the EU. Labour and Lib Dem politicians last night urged Sir Keir Starmer to get Britain back into a much-closer relationship with Brussels under his planned ‘reset’, with some…
How about cutting your freebies, Chancellor: Her Budget killed growth. This week she’s set to cut 10,000 civil service jobs. But yesterday Rachel Reeves squirmed as she justified taking free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert_nhy
Rachel Reeves has come under fire for accepting an expensive freebie as she prepares to axe thousands of jobs. The embattled Chancellor admitted that she and a family member took £600 seats in a corporate box at a Sabrina Carpenter concert…
Illegal migrants will be put up in hotels for years to come, Treasury admits – as advisers tell the Home Office to find cheaper accommodation_Nhy
The Home Office has been ordered to find cheaper accommodation for migrants in a bid to stop private firms from ‘profiteering’ from small boat crossings. A Treasury document acknowledged that in the face of ‘global instability’ migrants are likely to need to…
‘I’ve never taken any gig tickets’: Rachel Reeves’ fellow Cabinet minister brutally cuts her adrift over Sabrina Carpenter tickets… amid mounting anger at Labour’s freebie-loving, growth-killing Chancellor_nhy
A Cabinet minister brutally cut Rachel Reeves adrift over her Sabrina Carpenter freebie today. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave the Chancellor less than full-hearted backing after she admitted accepting gig tickets worth £600. Touring broadcast studios this morning, Ms Alexander said she…
Is there no end to Labour’s appetite for jollies? Angela Rayner ‘asked to go on a private safari’ during an official trip to Africa_Nhy
Angela Rayner has been accused of trying to tag a private safari onto an official government visit to Africa. The Deputy Prime Minister is said to have asked if she could add the personal trip to the itinerary for a visit…
Why Labour’s science minister Patrick Vallance MUST come clean on what he knew about the Wuhan lab leak theory he was so quick to rubbish, writes IAN BIRRELL_nhy
Five years ago, as our country reeled under the Covid-19 pandemic, the scientific interventions of Patrick Vallance made him a household name. As the Government’s chief scientific adviser, he played a pivotal role in shaping Britain’s response to the pandemic, flanking ministers at Downing Street news…
Reeves wriggles on Labour’s economic slump: Chancellor denies triggering UK plc’s slowdown as she admits ‘hard’ decisions coming on ‘£15bn’ cuts in Spring Statement – with fears living standards WILL fall_nhy
Rachel Reeves wriggled on the stalling economy today as she admitted ‘hard’ decisions are coming in the Spring Statement. Touring broadcast studios days before her crucial fiscal package, the Chancellor was forced to deny crushing activity by hiking taxes and talking…