I am happy to be the ‘Iron Chancellor’, boasts Rachel Reeves amid fears of a new raid on pensions after she appointed an anti-triple lock minister with government finances crumbling_Nhy
Under-fire Rachel Reeves today boasted she can still be the ‘Iron Chancellor’ as she insisted Britain would be in a worse position if she had not hiked taxes. The Chancellor sounded defiance in her first broadcast interview since the UK suffered an…
Farmers take their fight to the checkouts: Tractors mass in supermarket car parks in battle against Keir Starmer’s tax raid on family farms_Nhy
Farmers have taken the fight to supermarkets as they park their tractors in car parks across the country to protest against Keir Starmer‘s inheritance tax raid. Dozens have descended on their local supermarkets to try and highlight the financial challenges that…
Looser loan rules for first-time-buyers and scrapping £100 contactless payment limit among options as Labour desperately scrambles to boost growth_Nhy
Looser loan rules for first-time buyers are among the moves being mulled by Labour to boost growth, it was revealed today. Financial regulators could offer lenders more scope to back ‘responsible risk-taking’. Ditching the £100 limit on contactless payments in…
How to turn OFF the Government’s ‘Armageddon’ emergency alert message that is set to sound on every smartphone in the UK_Nhy
Millions of smartphone users are set to see a ten-second warning appear on their devices later this year as the UK Government repeats a test of its controversial emergency alert system. The message, which was last sent out on April 2023, will…
Keir Starmer’s top legal adviser refuses to clarify whether he approved law change paving the way for Gerry Adams to receive compensation_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer’s top legal adviser yesterday refused to say whether he approved a law change which paves the way for Gerry Adams – a former client – to receive compensation. Lord Hermer KC, the Attorney General, was accused by Tory MPs of…
Labour ‘capitulates’ on China after signalling support for a new Chinese mega-embassy in the heart of London_Nhy
Labour has been accused of ‘capitulating’ to China after signalling its support for a new Chinese mega-embassy in the heart of London. Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper yesterday revealed the Met police had ‘withdrawn their objection’ to China’s plans. In a joint letter to the…
Pressure grows on PM’s top legal aide as he faces calls to withdraw from consulting on certain government decisions over Ulster payout ‘conflict of interest’_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer’s top legal adviser last night faced calls to withdraw from consulting on certain government decisions amid ‘conflict of interest’ fears. An audit shows Lord Hermer KC, the Attorney General and a specialist human rights lawyer before joining Sir…
John Swinney is shamed over shocking report which lays bare Scotland’s broken NHS_Nhy
John Swinney was yesterday forced to apologise after a report laid bare the ‘shameful’ daily conditions faced by patients and medical staff in Scotland’s hospitals. During a bruising encounter at First Ministers Questions yesterday, Mr Swinney was slammed for ‘denying’ the…
Badenoch warns Brits are not ‘rich’ and must start ‘living within our means’ as she admits Tory failures on Brexit, immigration and Net Zero – but says Labour are repeating blunders and ‘suffocating’ enterprise_Nhy
Kemi Badenoch warned Brits they are not ‘rich’ and must start ‘living within our means’ today in a straight-talking speech. The Conservative leader laid out ‘mistakes’ her party made, including on Brexit, immigration and Net Zero, as she promised to be ‘honest’ with the…
‘My heat pump is a money trap’: Father says eco-friendly boiler alternative quadrupled his bills and then broke down, forcing his family to live in thermals and onesies_Nhy
A father has warned against buying a heat pump to replace gas heating – blasting his as a ‘money trap’ that has quadrupled his bills and is set to cost him thousands of pounds to fix after it packed in….