Labour push forward plans for a scheme for shoppers to pay a deposit on plastic bottles and cans to reduce litter and pollution_Nhy
A plan to increase recycling of plastic bottles and drinks cans will help restore pride in Britain by reducing littering, ministers claim. They say a deposit return scheme (DRS) – where a consumer pays a deposit on a drink but…
Stop saying no to ideas which could help Britain’s economic growth, Chancellor Rachel Reeves tells the Blob_Nhy
Rachel Reeves has told the Blob to stop saying ‘no’ to proposals that could boost growth. The Chancellor said the Government had ‘become used’ to rejecting ideas, but must change and start saying ‘yes’. Ahead of a major speech tomorrow, Ms…
UK ‘won’t meet Starmer’s vow of spending 2.5% of GDP on defence until 2032’ as stalling economy hammers Labour plans_Nhy
Fears are mounting that Labour will delay the push to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence as the economy falters. The Treasury is said to be insisting on slower progress than the 2030 deadline that the previous government…
Is Labour backsliding on pledge of more cash for defence? Ministers tight-lipped amid reports it will be 2032 before UK hits 2.5% of GDP target despite Trump demands for escalation_Nhy
Labour today raised fears of a delay to defence spending increases needed to rebuild Britain’s military, as the economy falters. No10 and defence ministers refused to repeat the party’s election manifesto pledge that funding would increase to 2.5 per cent of…
IFS predicts Labour will be forced to hike taxes AGAIN to avoid austerity – despite burden hitting record high and UK’s revenues being set to overtake rivals after huge Budget raid_Nhy
Labour faces being forced to hike taxes again to avoid austerity, a respected think-tank warned today. The IFS insisted dismal growth would make further increases to the burden ‘difficult to avoid’ for Chancellor Rachel Reeves. The grim assessment came in a report…
Keir Starmer is in ‘complete agreement’ with Rachel Reeves over Heathrow Airport expansion – as Chancellor indicates Labour ministers opposing the plan will have to fall into line_Nhy
Rachel Reeves today warned Cabinet opponents of Heathrow expansion they will have to fall into line, as she pushed the case for a third runway to boost growth. The Chancellor signalled she will use a major speech on the economy this week to…
Is this the toughest job in Britain? Energy Secretary Ed Miliband hires a taxpayer funded vanity photographer to help show off his Net Zero work_nhy
When he was Labour leader, the Energy Secretary Ed Miliband mocked Tory Prime Minister David Cameron for hiring a vanity photographer at public expense. Miliband kicked up so much fuss that No 10 announced the photographer would not be paid out of…
My local ironmonger closing, for sale signs outside WHSmith – and Labour’s staggering betrayal of the High Street_Nhy
This week, our local ironmonger will close its doors – for ever. Thus ends a local service that has lasted for over a century – and a place where we have shopped, in the market town of Heathfield, for a…
Labour mayor boasts on TikTok about his ‘sick’ taxpayer-funded limo – as his London council cracks down on car use by hiking parking fees and spreading Low Traffic Neighbourhoods_Nhy
The mayor of a London council accused of waging a war on motorists has boasted about being driven around in his ‘sick’ taxpayer-funded car. John-Paul Ennis, the Mayor of Lambeth, said being chauffeured around in a ‘nice car’ was one of the…
Health Secretary Wes Streeting accused of ‘open leadership manoeuvres’ after unleashing attack on Reform UK leader Nigel Farage_Nhy
Wes Streeting was accused of ‘open leadership manoeuvres’ last night after unleashing one of Labour’s strongest attack so far on Nigel Farage. The Health Secretary faced claims that he was positioning himself as the man to succeed Sir Keir Starmer after telling colleagues how to…