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Nigel Farage says Britain should accept US chlorine-washed chicken as part of a Trump trade deal – and ‘re-examine’ how the NHS is paid for_nhy

Nigel Farage today suggested the UK should accept low-quality, chlorine-washed US chicken as the price of doing a trade deal with Donald Trump‘s America. The Reform leader, who has recently positioned himself as a champion of British farmers, suggested that consumers should…

Nigel Farage rules out election deal with Tories branding them ‘stuffy boring old b******s’ and claiming Net Zero will be major vote battleground_nhy

Nigel Farage ruled out an electoral pact with the Conservatives today as he branded the party’s MPs ‘stuffy boring old b******s’. The Reform leader said he would rather his party replaced the Tories as the natural home of rightwing voters and questioned counterpart Kemi…

Keir Starmer says people on benefits are ‘slightly fearful’ of looking for work as he defends cuts to disability cash amid Labour rebellion_nhy

Benefit recipients are often ‘slightly fearful’ of looking for work, Keir Starmer said today as he defended Labour plans to cut money for the disabled. The Prime Minister made the remark as he highlighted how the government would help the unemployed back…

Deluded: Rachel Reeves claimed to be delivering renewal. The reality? Our growth forecast for this year has been slashed in half – and she’s likely to be back for MORE tax rises in the autumn_nhy

Rachel Reeves was branded delusional last night after insisting her economic plans are working as official growth forecasts were halved. On a humiliating day for the Chancellor, she was forced to deliver a £14 billion package of emergency spending cuts to…

Angela Rayner’s workers’ rights bonanza ‘will hammer jobs market and the economy’, watchdog warns_nhy

Angela Rayner‘s workers’ rights bonanza is likely to damage the jobs market and the economy, the powerful public finances watchdog has warned. In a blow to Labour’s deputy leader, the Office for Budget Responsibility said it did not have enough detail about…

Rachel Reeves ‘will have to hike taxes AGAIN’ as Trump smashes her Spring Statement plans with 25% import tariffs on all foreign cars from April 2… but Chancellor says she is still pleading for an exemption_nhy

Rachel Reeves has been warned she faces having to hike taxes again after Donald Trump inflicted a major blow to her Spring Statement. The US president delivered the latest salvo in his burgeoning trade war by vowing 25 per cent tariffs on all…

Labour’s betrayal of unpaid carers: Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing ‘mother of all rebellions’ as one in ten people looking after loved ones lose lifeline benefits_Nhy

A furious backlash was growing last night against Rachel Reeves‘s welfare cuts that will see one in ten carers lose their lifeline benefits. An estimated 150,000 unpaid carers looking after loved ones will have their weekly allowances taken away under the…

Labour MPs threaten ‘the mother of all rebellions’ over benefit cuts with ‘dozens’ ready to revolt as child poverty hits record level_Nhy

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are facing potentially the largest rebellion by Labour MPs since the party took power over plans to cut benefits for disabled Brits. More than 30 backbenchers are said to be ready to vote against plans to make it harder to…

Rachel Reeves’ ‘clumsy’ Labour deputy makes grovelling apology for comparing disabled benefits cuts to reducing a child’s pocket money _nhy

Rachel Reeves‘ Treasury deputy has made a grovelling apology after comparing Labour’s benefit cuts to reducing a child’s pocket money. Darren Jones admitted last night that he had been ‘tactless’ when he compared the drive to get millions of people…

Fresh raid on pension pots, two more years of ‘stealth’ tax threshold freeze, or a wealth tax: IFS warns Brits face being battered by Reeves AGAIN in Autumn as her spending plans are unrealistic_Nhy

Brits could face being battered with tax hikes by Rachel Reeves again this Autumn because her plans are unrealistic, a respected think-tank warned today. The IFS highlighted extending the freeze on tax thresholds by another two years as a potential ‘easy political…