Labour MP Rosie Duffield resigns as she slams Keir Starmer’s ‘cruel’ winter fuel axe
Rosie Duffield has resigned as a Labour MP citing the party’s “cruel and unnecessary policies” in a bitter blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. In doing so, Duffield, 53, becomes the fastest MP to resign following a general election victory in…
Andy Burnham turns on his own party to slam ‘terrible mistake’
Labour made a “terrible mistake” by pushing young people to enter higher education without an ambitious plan for those who would not go to university, according to Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham. Andy Burnham regrets the lack of ambition…
Almost a quarter of Tory voters who backed Boris Johnson in 2019 abandoned the party for Reform UK at this year’s general election
Nearly a quarter of voters who backed Boris Johnson in 2019 abandoned the Conservatives in July’s General Election for Nigel Farage‘s Reform UK, an authoritative analysis has found. Research by Lord Ashcroft, conducted immediately after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer secured his landslide win, reveals than only…
Keir Starmer is accused of breaking ‘gold-plated promise’ over plans to hike university tuition fees by more than £1000
Labour is drawing up plans to hike university tuition fees by more than £1,000 – even though Sir Keir Starmer once promised to scrap them. Ministers are understood to be looking at raising the £9,250-a-year charge in line with inflation, meaning it could…
LORD ASHCROFT: Don’t be gulled by Labour’s rocky start. The Conservatives have a huge task to restore their reputation for competent government
The Tories will gather in Birmingham on Sunday, for their first conference since July’s General Election disaster, in a much more cheerful mood than anyone could have expected. Labour‘s approval ratings have plunged, following the grasping hypocrisy of ‘freebiegate’ and a string of unpopular…
Famous Pittsburgh sandwich shop faces boycott over its treatment of JD Vance
A well-known Pittsburgh restaurant is now facing calls for a boycott after it turned vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance away from its doors. On Saturday afternoon, Senator Vance tried to make a campaign stop at Primanti Bros in North Versailles, but…
‘I’d like to pretend this is my apartment’: Keir Starmer jokes with US business leaders amid row over his undeclared use of Labour donor’s £18m London penthouse to address the nation on TV
Keir Starmer joked about pretending a flash UK government building in New York was his own home today – amid questions over whether he used a Labour donor’s opulent penthouse as his own home. The PM made the off-the-cuff remark as he entertained…
Sir Keir Starmer had ANOTHER £16,000 of clothes given to him by Labour peer Lord Alli as row over Prime Minister’s freebies deepens
The freebies row engulfing Sir Keir Starmer deepened on Friday night as it emerged he was given another £16,000-worth of clothes by Labour peer Lord Alli. Two donations, one for £10,000 in October 2023 and another for £6,000 in February this year, were quietly…
Tory leadership race could be cut short to allow Rishi Sunak’s successor to tackle Labour’s budget
The Tory leadership contest is set to be cut short to allow Rishi Sunak‘s successor to take on Rachel Reeves at next month’s Budget. Senior Conservatives are in talks about bringing forward the announcement of the party’s new leader by a week from its current…
Labour to hike university tuition fees to £10,500 despite previous pledge to scrap them altogether – amid fears the current system is ‘unsustainable’
University tuition is set to rise with inflation to £10,500 under the new Labour government, despite the party previously vowing to scrap them altogether. Officials have put together plans that would see tuition fees, which have been frozen for the last seven…