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‘Rachel Reeves’ new Silicon Valley dream will ruin our village’: Locals warn rural idyll dating back to Domesday Book will be decimated by homes for 350,000 people under Labour plan_Nhy

Disgruntled villagers have claimed their rural idyll will be destroyed by Labour’s plan to turn a swathe of Middle England into Britain’s new Silicon Valley. Residents of Tempsford say that Rachel Reeves‘ backing for a major new scheme linking Oxford and Cambridge will…

Rachel Reeves U-turns and WILL publish her personal tax return alongside Keir Starmer after initially trying to keep her finances a secret_Nhy

Rachel Reeves has U-turned and agreed to publish her private tax return after initially trying to keep her personal finances a secret. The Chancellor this morning said she had no plan to release her private financial information, as the deadline for…

Sadiq Khan leads Labour backlash as Rachel Reeves says Heathrow third runway MUST happen to help revive stalling economy – with top donor and MPs condemning the move_Nhy

Rachel Reeves faced a furious Labour backlash today as she insisted Heathrow‘s third runway must go ahead. The Chancellor said the decision on expansion ‘cannot be ducked any longer’ as she backed a range of projects designed to revive the stalling economy….

Hundreds of motorists ignore Labour council’s High Street car ban: Drivers flout new rush-hour restrictions just seconds after they came into force following £3m road redevelopment s here_Nhy

A new £3million road scheme introduced to ban cars from a high street at rush hour has been branded a ‘farce’ after hundreds of motorists ignored it on its first day. Labour council chiefs spent four years coming up with…

Labour hasn’t named a new trade envoy to the US – despite Keir Starmer’s stated enthusiasm for a deal with Donald Trump_Nhy

Labour has not named a new trade envoy to the US despite Sir Keir Starmer’s stated enthusiasm for a deal with Donald Trump. The Prime Minister unveiled 32 new envoys to regions across the world but did not appoint anyone to champion trade…

Anger as Labour plot to make streaming-only households pay the BBC licence fee even if they don’t watch it _Nhy

The government is considering forcing households who only watch streaming services to pay the BBC licence fee. The idea of expanding the licence to cover viewers of services such as Netflix and Disney+, is among the list of options being talked about by ministers,…

Tear down the barriers to growth YOU created, critics tell Chancellor: Rachel Reeves urged to rip up hated measures like £25bn National Insurance grab as she launches latest bid to revive economy_Nhy

Labour was tonight urged to stop ‘punishing’ business with anti-growth measures as it launched its latest bid to revive the economy. In a major speech tomorrow, Chancellor Rachel Reeves will insist she is ready to move ‘further and faster’ in pursuit of…

Rachel Reeves’ dash for growth is dealt a blow as new runway at Heathrow Airport would likely take at least 10 years to open_Nhy

Rachel Reeves’s dash for growth was dealt a blow today as it emerged a new runway at Heathrow would likely take at least a decade to open. The Chancellor has put building a third Heathrow runway at the heart of her plan…

Really, Keir? Starmer claims economy ‘beginning to turn round’ and growth is his ‘No1 priority’ despite fallout from Budget_Nhy

Keir Starmer insisted the economy is ‘beginning to turn round’ today as he said growth is his ‘number one priority’. The PM and Rachel Reeves met business leaders in central London this morning as they try to restore shattered confidence after the Budget tax raid….

Starmer rejects calls for hard cap on immigration as figures show UK population hitting 72.5m by 2032… amid claims surging numbers could bail out Labour’s crumbling spending plans_Nhy

Keir Starmer rejected calls for a cap on immigration today as figures showed the UK population on track to hit 72.5million by 2032. Official projections show numbers are due to rise from 67.6million in mid-2022, entirely driven by a net five…