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Angry, Ange? Chancellor Rachel Reeves gets the keys to government’s plush 18th-century grace-and-favour mansion Dorneywood instead of Angela Rayner… despite it going to previous Labour Deputy PM John Prescott

She enjoyed raving on the Spanish island of Ibiza, but Angela Rayner is unlikely to be able to hold any country house parties. For the Daily Mail understands that Dorneywood, a 21-room grace-and-favour mansion, has been given not to Ms Rayner, the…

Junior doctors vote to accept pay deal after two years of strikes that brought the NHS to its knees

Junior doctors have voted to accept a pay deal after two years of strikes which brought the NHS to its knees. The deal from the Government will see their pay increase by 22.3 per cent on average over two years, the British Medical…

Sir Keir Starmer vents ‘anger’ at prisoners who celebrated early release from jail

Sir Keir Starmer said he was “angry” to see prisoners released early from jail celebrating their freedom. The Prime Minister told how he “didn’t want to take” the drastic measure of letting thugs out sooner than their sentences required. Sir Keir…

Keir Starmer suggests he will continue accepting gifts from millionaire Labour donor

Sir Keir Starmer has defended accepting gifts from a millionaire Labour donor who was later given a pass to access No 10 Downing Street. Sir Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria (Image: Getty) The Prime Minister suggested he would continue to…

Lee Anderson takes swipe as Lib Dems to sing sweary anti-Brexit song at conference event

Lee Anderson has taken a swipe at the Lib Dems as they prepare to sing an expletive-laden anti-Brexit song at their conference tonight. Reform MP Lee Anderson (Image: GETTY) Activists have rewritten a version of Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from Mary Poppins featuring the lyric: “It’s b******s-b*****y-b****r-knackers-f*****g-c**t to Brexit,…

Labour plot to slash inheritance tax bands by staggering £350,000 per family

Lately I’ve been highlighting how a string of left-wing think tanks are urging Labour to slap new taxes on ordinary people who have built up a bit of wealth. The Resolution Foundation is particularly active on this front. Families could lose a…

UK hands Italy £4 million to tackle ‘root causes’ of illegal migration

Sir Keir Starmer has handed Italians millions of pounds in a bid to clamp down on migrants arriving illegally into Europe. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meeting with his Italian counterpart (Image: Getty) The Prime Minister announced the UK will…

Sales of one item soar as pensioners losing winter fuel payments rush to shops

Electric blanket sales are soaring across the UK following Labour’s move to means-test the £300 Winter Fuel Allowance, it has been revealed. Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial policy appears to have sparked a surge in electric blanket sales (Image: GETTY) John Lewis &…

Sir Keir Starmer appoints chief of Border Security Command unit to tackle small boats

Sir Keir Starmer has appointed a former senior police officer to “lead a new era of international enforcement” in a bid to tackle the small boats crisis. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty) Martin Hewitt, who led the UK’s policing…

Labour civil war as Angela Rayner’s workers’ rights reforms are opposed by top colleague

The Labour Party is facing an enormous row over plans to introduce extreme workers reforms, which businesses have already warned could do “real damage” to the economy. Angela Rayner is reportedly in a row with Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds about the…