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Senior Labour figures voice concern over assisted dying bill, warning proposals will not have long enough to be fully debated before vote_Nhy

Growing numbers of senior Labour MPs are concerned about whether to vote in favour of legalising assisted dying. Darren Jones, Rachel Reeves‘s deputy at the Treasury, became the latest senior minister to say he would vote against the legislation – adding to an…

Special exemption area for Jewish people marked out with 18ft poles in wealthy village is approved despite 1,000 objections – as council pulls some comments over ‘antisemitism’_Nhy

A controversial plan to erect an eruv, a sacred area for Jewish people, in one of the wealthiest villages in Britain has been approved despite receiving over a thousand objections from locals. Hundreds of locals in Hale, near Altrincham, Greater…

Senior military chiefs issue stark warning to Labour: Britain MUST build up nuclear arsenal to stop Putin and his cronies from triggering next apocalypse_Nhy

Senior British military chiefs have issued an urgent plea for the nation to expand its arsenal of nuclear weapons in a bid to deter Vladimir Putin and his axis of evil from triggering the next apocalypse. Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, a former head of…

He offered me a second portion of chicken’: David Lammy insists Donald Trump bears no grudge over minister’s attack on ‘neo-Nazi sympathiser’ US president_Nhy

David Lammy tried to brush off the impact of his excoriating past criticism of Donald Trump last night, insisting he had a good relationship with the returning US president despite branding him a ‘woman-hating, neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath’. The Labour Foreign Secretary is under fire over tweets he…

David Lammy says Labour is ready to take on Donald Trump on trade as Bank of England boss Bailey warns new president’s protectionism may trigger ‘fracturing of the world economy’_Nhy

Labour is prepared to clash with Donald Trump if the new president introduces punitive tariffs on US imports in a bid to hurt China, David Lammy signalled last night. The Foreign Secretary said that the UK government would warn that ‘hurting your closest allies cannot be in your medium…

Labour told to abandon Chagos Islands ‘surrender’ following Donald Trump’s election win after president-elect’s allies express concern about deal with China-friendly Mauritius_Nhy

Labour are being told to abandon their agreement with Mauritius over the strategically-important Chagos Islands in the wake of Donald Trump‘s election win. Dame Priti Patel, the Tory shadow foreign secretary, said Mr Trump’s historic victory offered the Prime Minister a chance to reverse his…

Boost for Brits as Bank of England trims interest rates from 5% to 4.75%… but falls now set to be ‘gradual’ after Labour’s big-spending Budget_Nhy

The Bank of England cut interest rates today – but Chancellor Rachel Reeves‘ big-spending Budget could keep borrowing costs higher in future. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to reduce the base rate from 5 per cent to 4.75 per cent at its latest meeting….

Labour’s inheritance tax raid on family farms could turn them into ‘net zero forests’ used by foreign firms for carbon offsetting instead of food, landowners claim_Nhy

Labour’s plan to force farmers to pay inheritance tax on agricultural land could see it taken out of food production by foreign firms who use it for carbon offsetting, a leading landowners organisation has claimed. The head of the Country and…

Rachel Reeves ‘will saddle Zara Tindall with a huge inheritance tax bill’: No escape for the royals from Labour’s raid on farms as critics claim it will turn the countryside into ‘Net Zero forests’_Nhy

Princess Anne‘s Gatcombe Park estate is believed to fall foul of Labour’s new inheritance tax rules – while fellow farmers the King and Prince William are exempt. The 730-acre site and Grade II-listed house near Stroud in in Gloucestershire has now served as the…

David Lammy refuses to back down on branding Donald Trump a ‘neo-Nazi sympathiser’ in the past – but insists they can now find ‘common ground’_Nhy

David Lammy has refused to back down on branding US President-elect Donald Trump a ‘neo-Nazi sympathiser’ in the past, as he insists it’s ‘old news’. The Foreign Secretary has come under intense scrutiny for comments he made in 2018 when he described Trump as a…