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Kemi Badenoch tells her new Tory top team to ‘take the fight to Labour’ – as she prepares for her first Commons clash with Keir Starmer TODAY_Nhy

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch last night told her new shadow cabinet to take the fight to Labour, as she prepared for her first Commons clash with Sir Keir Starmer this afternoon. She said it was time to ‘get to work holding Labour to account’…

Families in picture postcard village protest against council over new homes that have ‘decimated wildlife’ to meet Labour government targets_Nhy

Families in a picture-postcard village are protesting against their council building new homes that they claim ‘decimated’ local wildlife to meet Labour’s housing targets. Hundreds of new homes are being built in the small village of Feniscowles in Lancashire. The controversial council…

Farmers plot co-ordinated ‘sewage strike’ as part of militant action over Labour inheritance tax raid_Nhy

Farmers are plotting a co-ordinated ‘sewage strike’ as widespread anger grows into militant action over Labour‘s inheritance tax raid. President of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Tom Bradshaw said anger among farmers is ‘like I’ve never experienced before’ and said ‘many’ are…

Nearly 180 migrants cross the Channel on the same day Keir Starmer outlines his plan to tackle people smugglers_Nhy

Nearly 180 migrants crossed the Channel on the day Keir Starmer suggested in a major speech that stopping people smugglers was as important as tackling global warming. The Prime Minister insisted it is his ‘personal mission’ to bring down smuggling gangs as he…

Sir U-turn strikes again! Keir Starmer adds tuition fees to his list of broken promises after hiking student fees – having vowed to scrap them altogether_Nhy

Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing backlash over Labour‘s decision to increase tuition fees for the first time in eight years, as he is accused of yet another policy U-turn. The PM is under pressure after yesterday’s announcement that from the start…

Keir Starmer braces for Trump impact amid ‘toss-up’ US election: Labour MPs quietly hope for Kamala Harris victory after spats with Republicans and Elon Musk – as ministers take vow of silence_Nhy

Keir Starmer is braced for the fallout from a possible Donald Trump presidency today as Labour MPs quietly hope for a Kamala Harris win. The US election is on a knife edge as voting begins, with the outcome seen as a defining moment globally. But UK ministers…

Households could be forced to restrict when they boil the kettle to help Labour achieve 2030 clean energy targets_Nhy

Households face having to ration electricity under Labour’s fast-track plans for decarbonising the energy network by 2030. The warning comes in official advice which says the Government’s net-zero blueprint means firms and households will have to be more ‘flexible’ about when…

Students’ fury as Labour hikes tuition fees for the first time in eight years – and university chiefs call the plans ‘morally wrong’ and merely a ‘sticking plaster’_Nhy

Labour‘s plans to rise tuition fees for the first time in eight years are ‘morally wrong’ and merely a ‘sticking plaster’, university chiefs have warned. Furious education leaders accused Sir Keir Starmer’s government of asking already debt-ridden students to ‘foot…

Labour’s ‘flawed’ decision to scrap the £2 bus fare cap is the same as 1p income tax rise on working people who commute, analysis claims_Nhy

Labour’s ‘flawed’ decision to scrap the £2 bus fare cap will put the equivalent of a penny on income tax for commuters, new analysis has shown. Employees who take the bus to and from work every day of the week will fork…

New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch gives ally Laura Trott education brief as she starts appointing shadow cabinet – with rival Robert Jenrick ‘set to be offered a big job’_Nhy

Kemi Badenoch has started appointing her top team as the new Tory leader insists she can defeat Labour at the next election. The ex-Cabinet minister has handed her ally Laura Trott the job of shadow education secretary in time to grill the government…