How about cutting your freebies, Chancellor: Her Budget killed growth. This week she’s set to cut 10,000 civil service jobs. But yesterday Rachel Reeves squirmed as she justified taking free tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter concert_nhy
Rachel Reeves has come under fire for accepting an expensive freebie as she prepares to axe thousands of jobs. The embattled Chancellor admitted that she and a family member took £600 seats in a corporate box at a Sabrina Carpenter concert…
Illegal migrants will be put up in hotels for years to come, Treasury admits – as advisers tell the Home Office to find cheaper accommodation_Nhy
The Home Office has been ordered to find cheaper accommodation for migrants in a bid to stop private firms from ‘profiteering’ from small boat crossings. A Treasury document acknowledged that in the face of ‘global instability’ migrants are likely to need to…
‘I’ve never taken any gig tickets’: Rachel Reeves’ fellow Cabinet minister brutally cuts her adrift over Sabrina Carpenter tickets… amid mounting anger at Labour’s freebie-loving, growth-killing Chancellor_nhy
A Cabinet minister brutally cut Rachel Reeves adrift over her Sabrina Carpenter freebie today. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander gave the Chancellor less than full-hearted backing after she admitted accepting gig tickets worth £600. Touring broadcast studios this morning, Ms Alexander said she…
Is there no end to Labour’s appetite for jollies? Angela Rayner ‘asked to go on a private safari’ during an official trip to Africa_Nhy
Angela Rayner has been accused of trying to tag a private safari onto an official government visit to Africa. The Deputy Prime Minister is said to have asked if she could add the personal trip to the itinerary for a visit…
Why Labour’s science minister Patrick Vallance MUST come clean on what he knew about the Wuhan lab leak theory he was so quick to rubbish, writes IAN BIRRELL_nhy
Five years ago, as our country reeled under the Covid-19 pandemic, the scientific interventions of Patrick Vallance made him a household name. As the Government’s chief scientific adviser, he played a pivotal role in shaping Britain’s response to the pandemic, flanking ministers at Downing Street news…
Reeves wriggles on Labour’s economic slump: Chancellor denies triggering UK plc’s slowdown as she admits ‘hard’ decisions coming on ‘£15bn’ cuts in Spring Statement – with fears living standards WILL fall_nhy
Rachel Reeves wriggled on the stalling economy today as she admitted ‘hard’ decisions are coming in the Spring Statement. Touring broadcast studios days before her crucial fiscal package, the Chancellor was forced to deny crushing activity by hiking taxes and talking…
Civil service will be ordered to slash £2.2bn from ‘back room’ budgets with jobs to go as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to avoid more tax rises in looming Spring Statement_Nhy
The civil service will be told to slash more than £2billion a year from budgets by the end of the decade as Rachel Reeves desperately tries to balance the books. Administrative costs must fall 15 per cent in Whitehall by the end…
Schools to give boys anti-misogyny lessons to stop toxic masculinity in wake of Netflix hit Adolescence_Nhy
Schools are set to give students anti-misogyny lessons in the wake of hit Netflix TV show Adolescence about a teen boy who murders a female classmate. The classes form part of the government’s new relationships, health and sex education (RHSE) guidance, which…
No austerity in No11! Rachel Reeves admits getting free £600 tickets to Sabrina Carpenter gig but blames ‘security’ issues – as she prepares to cut billions of pounds from public spending_Nhy
Rachel Reeves faced a Labour backlash tonight after blaming ‘security’ fears for taking £600 tickets to a Sabrina Carpenter gig. The Chancellor said accepting the freebie at the O2 Arena for her and a ‘family member’ was the ‘right thing to do’….
Disgraced ex-Labour MP Mike Amesbury is spotted for the first time carrying out his community service by painting metal railings after punching a constituent to the ground_nhy
With his middle-aged paunch, sagging jeans and tendency to stand around nattering, the bloke in the hi-vis jacket seemed every inch the typical British workman. To give him his dues, he proved a dab hand with a brush when he…