Millions of households face doom and gloom as energy bills set to go up AGAIN in April after January hike – despite Keir Starmer pledging to put ‘more cash’ in Brits pockets_Nhy
Millions of households facing an energy bill hike today have been told to prepare for a further rise in April – leaving Labour at risk of breaking another election pledge. The increase in the energy price cap on 1 January will take…
Ex-Foreign Office mandarin Lord McDonald warns Labour ministers against caving to Mauritius on Chagos Islands as they are ‘overplaying hand’_Nhy
Mauritius is ‘overplaying its hand’ with demands for more money to secure the Chagos Islands, a former top mandarin has warned. Simon McDonald, who was the most senior civil servant at the Foreign Office and head of the Diplomatic Service between…
Fury as less than a THIRD of compensation is paid to victims of Post Office Horizon scandal so far_Nhy
The Post Office should no longer be in charge of the scheme to compensate victims of the Horizon postmaster scandal, MPs have said. Labour MP Liam Byrne, the chair of the Commons Business and Trade Committee warned that too much money was…
Nearly 300 migrants crossed the English Channel yesterday – 3 died attempting the journey_Nhy
Almost 300 migrants crossed the Channel on the day when at least 3 more died. (Image: Getty) Almost 300 migrants crossed the Channel on the day when three more died attempting to reach the UK, Home Office figures show. Some 1,776…
Ex-MPs rush to keep access to Parliament after election with nearly 400 now holding coveted passes – up more than a fifth since July_Nhy
Ex-MPs have been rushing to keep access to the Houses of Parliament after the election. The number of former politicians holding coveted passes for the estate has spiked by more than a fifth since July. Some 328 had been allocated…
Reform rages at Kemi Badenoch’s ‘conspiracy theories’ as party ‘surges by 6,000 a day’_Nhy
Kemi Badenoch has been accused by Reform UK of peddling “delusional conspiracy theories” as party insiders claimed membership was growing at a rate of 6,000 a day following her intervention last week. Tory leader Ms Badenoch launched her scathing attack after the launch…
How far Left or Right does YOUR MP lean? Use our tool to find out…_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch are both more Right-wing than their own MPs, according to a study. Councillors asked to rate the views of their local MPs gave Sir Keir a score of 48 out of 100, putting the Prime Minister almost in the…
Labour peer raised concerns about trans athletes competing in single-sex sports more than two decades ago, historical files show_Nhy
A Labour peer raised concerns about trans athletes competing in single-sex sports more than two decades ago, files reveal. Estelle Morris, then minister of state for the arts, said EU laws on equality could prevent sports governing bodies from excluding transexual competitors….
Sadiq Khan is knighted as Keir Starmer hands out ‘reward for failure’: London mayor becomes Sir Sadiq in the New Year’s Honours – despite launching hated ULEZ charge and overseeing a dramatic hike in council tax_Nhy
Sadiq Khan has been handed a knighthood in the New Year Honours – prompting furious claims of a ‘reward for failure’. The Mayor of London, a former Labour MP, received the gong in the first batch of appointments made since Keir Starmer entered Downing Street. Leading Tories pointed to his…
From Michael Matheson’s iPad bill to Yousaf’s self-destructive showdown with the Greens, the wreckage of another turbulent political year_Nhy
It was a year of dizzying highs and jaw-dropping lows which saw the political order begin to shift. Scandal and incompetence continued to dog the SNP, weakening their dominance while Labour began to surge again after years during which they seemed doomed beyond…