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UK living standards flatline as net migration wipes out real GDP economic growth

New data shows that Brits have suffered a decline in living standards, as GDP per capita has fallen due to migration outstripping growth. Real GDP per head has fallen by 0.3 percent between April and June 2024 compared to last…

Labour’s failing plan to end small boats crisis to cost taxpayers billions – warning

Labour’s failing plan to end the Channel migrant crisis will cost taxpayers billions over the coming years, critics have declared. Sir Keir Starmer was accused of planning to reopen hotels – with asylum seekers set to be housed in taxpayer-funded rooms for…

Nigel Farage says ‘the Conservative brand is broken’ as the final four Tory leadership hopefuls make their last pitches to conference

Nigel Farage said the ‘Conservative brand is broken’ as the final four Tory leadership hopefuls will make their last pitches to conference today. The Reform UK leader branded the remaining 121 Tory MPs delusional for thinking the Conservative Party could be back in power in…

Rachel Reeves’s £250bn Budget splurge will trap UK in ‘financial black hole’ – warning

Rachel Reeves is preparing for a “borrow-and-spend” Budget which risks leaving Britain in a “financial black hole”, with taxpayers ultimately footing the bill, a banking expert has warned. Bob Lyddon was commenting on reports that the Chancellor is considering changes to the government’s…

Keir Starmer and the Labour Party are punishing our Armed Forces heroes

With the threat of a wider war in the Middle East and multiple drone attacks on our heroic Ukrainian allies in Kyiv over the past week, I believe we must back our Armed Forces to the hilt. Why, then, has…

Keir Starmer biographer makes hilarious plea to scandal-hit PM – ‘I can’t keep up!’

Tory donor, peer and author Lord Ashcroft has been forced to issue a plea to Keir Starmer, ahead of the publication of his latest tell-all biography. Lord Ashcroft is writing an updated version of his book on the PM’s life, entitled…

New UK tipping law for pubs, hairdressers and restaurants comes into effect October 1

Restaurants, along with businesses like taxi services, hair salons, hotels, pubs, and cafes, may need to raise their prices to adjust to a new tip-sharing law that takes effect this Tuesday (October 1). A new UK tipping law for pubs,…

Shocking graphs show exact date Keir Starmer’s freebies rocketed from £900 to £100k

Gifts to Prime Minister Kier Starmer sky-rocketed from £900 to over £100,000 as he was lavished with hospitality ahead of his election victory, analysis by the Express has shown. Keir Starmer’s appearance at the Euro 2020 final sparked a spree…

Rachel Reeves ‘war on pensioners’ continues with £16bn tax raid ‘being considered’

Rachel Reeves could launch a £16 billion pension tax raid and hit retirement incomes, a report has warned. The Chancellor may consider charging employers National Insurance for retirement contributions in October’s Budget, according to pensions consultancy firm Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP)….

Kemi Badenoch compares herself to Margaret Thatcher and says she’s misunderstood

Kemi Badenoch compared herself to Margaret Thatcher following a backlash after she suggested maternity pay was “excessive”. The Tory leadership contender insisted yesterday (MON) that she believes paying new mothers is “quite important” after rivals attacked her comments. Kemi Badenoch…