The greatest political punch in history: Moment John Prescott socked protester who egged him on the election trail_Nhy
He was the politician who pulled no punches and in the wake of Lord John Precott’s death, his most famous political moment is being remembered again. The former Labour MP and peer passed away yesterday surrounded with loved-ones at his care home after…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves comes under fire from Marks and Spencer boss as he says lowest paid ‘will bear the brunt’ of tax raid_Nhy
Rachel Reeves came in for fresh criticism from the bosses of Marks & Spencer and John Lewis yesterday over her £25 billion business tax raid in the Budget. M&S chairman Archie Norman said the lowest paid would bear the brunt of the increase to employers’…
Starmer backs arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu: Israeli Prime Minister ‘will be arrested if he enters the UK’_Nhy
Benjamin Netanyahu could be detained if he visits Britain after Sir Keir Starmer backed the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant. The Hague-based court, which Foreign Secretary David Lammy last month said the UK ‘supports’, today issued warrants for Netanyahu and his…
Locals were ‘kept in the dark’ over plans to open viral asylum seeker hotel despite councillors being given three weeks’ notice by the Home Office_Nhy
A Labour council was given almost three weeks’ notice of controversial plans to accommodate almost 300 asylum seekers at a town centre hotel, it has been revealed. More than 6,000 people have signed a petition saying the Cresta Court Hotel in Altrincham,…
Labour admits it has no proper definition for ‘working people’ despite promising they would be protected from tax hikes_Nhy
Ministers have finally admitted that the Government does not have a definition of ‘working people’ despite repeatedly insisting they would be protected from tax hikes. A month after being asked by the Tories how it decides who qualifies as a working person…
Budget hammer blow to shops: Retail sales slumped 0.7% last month as jittery Brits feared huge Labour tax raid – with business warning of job cuts and price rises to come_Nhy
British shops saw sales slump last month as jittery Brits braced for the massive Budget tax raid. Retail volumes were down by 0.7 per cent, far more than expected, as consumers waited for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to drop the hammer. In a fresh blow,…
Return of the Asbo… Labour drawing up new ‘respect orders’ in bid to crack down on anti-social behaviour_Nhy
Ministers are resurrecting the ‘Asbo’ in a bid to crack down on anti-social behaviour. Labour is drawing up new laws to create ‘respect orders’ plus enhanced police powers to confiscate nuisance vehicles, including e-scooters and e-bikes ridden dangerously on the pavement. Yobs will be…
NHS must stop using ‘gendered vocabulary’ to describe people who get pregnant to avoid discriminating against trans men who have babies, Labour MP for Leeds tells Commons _Nhy
A male Labour MP believes the NHS should abandon ‘gendered vocabulary’ when treating pregnant women. Alex Sobel, Leeds Central and Headingley MP, urged doctors to use gender-neutral language when speaking to expectant parents so it includes transgender men. He claimed that failing to ask a…
Britain in the Red: Labour racks up the highest EVER borrowing outside of Covid in October as Rachel Reeves splurges on public sector pay and piles money into services_Nhy
Britain has racked up the highest ever October borrowing outside of Covid as Labour splurges on public sector pay and services. Government borrowing hit £17.4billion last month, far higher than the £13.3billion pencilled in by analysts. The official figures have…
Middle class rioters with well-paid jobs and comfortable lives ‘lost everything’ after getting swept up in summer of violence, policing chief claims_Nhy
A Labour policing chief has claimed that some middle class people with well-paid jobs ‘lost everything’ when they got drawn into taking part in the summer riots. Matt Storey, the commissioner for Cleveland, said they had ‘really settled lifestyles’ which…