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Businesses left furious as Labour to unveil their French-style workers rights revolution TODAY – with Brits ‘getting the right to flexible working’

Business chiefs have reacted with outrage to Labour’s landmark employment reforms. Bosses say the biggest shake-up of workers’ rights in a generation, which ministers will unveil today, will be ‘bad for jobs’ and ‘inject fear’ into the workplace. The new…

Keir Starmer has a secret plan – and it explains why everything has gone wrong for Labour

At first, it seemed obvious. Starmer was playing exactly the same role that Tony Blair did in the 1990s. His job was to crush the Corbynite left and convince voters it was safe to elect a Labour government again. And…

Labour ‘have one year to shut asylum hotels’ before Reform clobbers them, minister warns

A minister has suggested that Labour has one year to shut hotels for asylum seekers before Reform clobbers them. Reform UK could ‘clobber’ the Labour Party if immigration is not addressed (Image: Getty) One minister, whose seat Nigel Farage’s party come in…

Businesses are left paralysed by fears of tax hikes in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, damning figures show

Businesses have been left paralysed by fears of tax hikes, new figures show, amid growing worries that motorists and second homeowners will also be clobbered in Rachel Reeves’s Budget. A major new survey from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) revealed…

Frozen out! 80 percent of pensioners on the poverty line will lose winter fuel payouts, damning report reveals

Four in five pensioners living below or just above the poverty line are set to lose theirwinter fuel allowance, a damning report has revealed. Labour‘s ‘frightening’ decision to means test the subsidy previously paid to all pensioners will mean 82…

Downing Street crisis ‘won’t end with Sue Gray axe’ as Labour faces poll slump: Keir Starmer gathers Cabinet and ‘slaps down new chief of staff’s demand for a reshuffle’

Keir Starmer gathered his Cabinet today amid warnings the Downing Street crisis will not end with the exit of Sue Gray. The PM and his senior team are struggling to stabilise the government after the dramatic departure of the No10 chief of staff….

Keir Starmer is urged to come clean on his relationship with Lord Alli amid extraordinary new claims about the multi-millionaire donor’s influence in Government – as Tories demand urgent interests investigation

Keir Starmer was facing fresh questions about his relationship with multi-millionaire donor Lord Alli last night following extraordinary new claims about his influence. A new book on Labour’s rise to power is set to reveal how the businessman was involved in major…

Rachel Reeves set to push ahead with plans to borrow money to invest in infrastructure despite the rising cost of government debt

Rachel Reeves will push ahead with plans to borrow money to invest in infrastructure despite the rising cost of government debt. The Chancellor will change how the Treasury accounts for capital spending in order to reflect the benefits of investment. Labour has…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves ‘plots to slash the 25% tax-free lump sum pensioners can access from their pots when they retire’ leaving millions of OAPs out of pocket in new Budget raid

Rachel Reeves could slash the the tax-free lump sum savers can currently take from their pension by almost two thirds, it emerged last night. At the moment, most savers can take 25 per cent of their pension pot tax-free once they…

Keir Starmer’s new support! PM raises eyebrows with new special wooden stand in the House of Commons – but WHAT is it used for?

Sir Keir Starmer has raised eyebrows by having a special wooden stand put out for his reading notes in the House of Commons. Before the Prime Minister addressed MPs on Monday, one of Parliament’s doorkeepers unfolded a blue cloth, placed it on…