Labour could be forced to reopen asylum hotels as migrant numbers surge – despite manifesto pledges to ‘end’ the policy and save the taxpayer ‘billions’_Nhy
Thousands of extra hotel beds for migrants are set to be hired in a major humiliation for the Labour government. The Home Office faces the prospect of splurging taxpayers’ money on additional accommodation amid rising levels of Channel small-boat arrivals. Some migrant hotels previously…
More than 170 migrants cross English Channel in small boats as it’s revealed more have arrived since Labour took over than entered under the Tory government this year_Nhy
Border Force officers have intercepted more than 170 migrants trying to cross the English Channel in dinghies. It brings the total number of arrivals picked up making the dangerous crossing to 27,509 so far this year – compared to 26,116 people at…
Labour’s ‘nepo babies’ exposed as sons and daughters of senior party figures become MPs_Nhy
Top Tory Oliver Dowden has called out the glaring hypocrisy at the heart of Labour’s plans to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords, as he blasted the party’s “nepo-babies from north London”. Labour MPs reacted with uproar as he tore into the…
DWP abandons ‘sick note’ PIP voucher plan as Labour begins eying benefits reform_Nhy
The DWP was exploring the idea of replacing PIP benefit payments with vouchers or grants (Image: Getty Images) The controversial disability benefit reforms proposed by the previous Tory administration, which would have replaced cash payments with vouchers, seem to have been quietly scrapped…
Shortage of council planning staff could thwart Labour Government’s ambitious housebuilding plans, councils warn_Nhy
A shortage of planning staff could thwart the government’s ambitious housebuilding plans, councils have warned. Planning departments have the worst workforce shortages, with 84 per cent of local authorities experiencing recruitment and retention issues, research by the District Councils’ Network…
More small boat migrants have reached Britain since Labour took over in July than entered under the Tory government this year_Nhy
More small boat migrants have reached Britain since Labour entered power than under the Conservative government this year. From the beginning of this year to the general election on July 4, 13,574 people crossed the Channel while the Tories were in power. But since…
Labour accused of ‘power grab’ with vote to boot out hereditary peers in order to ‘parachute in their cronies’_Nhy
Labour was accused of a ‘power grab’ yesterday as its bid to banish hereditary peers was backed by MPs. It wants to end the right of hereditary peers to sit in the Lords, believing places should not be ‘reserved for those…
Labour sending ‘wrong message’ to Putin after £160m cut to next-gen fighter jet program_Nhy
Labour cuts to the defence budget could see the end of the UK’s ‘Tempest’ fighter jet project (Image: Getty) The futuristic stealth jet being developed by the UK to bring the RAF’s Eurofighter fleet into the 21st century could be scrapped,…
GMB’s Susanna Reid lashes out at Labour’s Peter Kyle over ‘revenge’ Elon Musk summit snub_Nhy
Susanna Reid has quizzed Labour MP Peter Kyle after Elon Musk was “snubbed” from the government’s investment summit. Claims emerged that PM Keir Starmer had snubbed Musk after the billionaire fumed at the Prime Minister on X, formerly Twitter, and labelled him “two-tier Keir’ in flurry of savage posts….
Nigel Farage blasts Keir Starmer’s Elon Musk snub – as Labour launch new war of words_Nhy
Nigel Farage has hit out at Keir Starmer after Elon Musk was snubbed by not receiving an invitation to yesterday’s international investment summit. Hundreds of major business figures were invited to St Paul’s yesterday as Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves attempted to…