Labour peer faces investigation after being accused of lying during a debate about Keir Starmer’s private-school VAT plans
Sir Keir Starmer‘s former ethics adviser faces an investigation by the parliamentary authorities after being accused of lying during a House of Lords debate about Labour‘s plans to slap VAT on private-school fees. In an emotionally charged speech earlier this month, Baroness Ramsey of…
Free childcare pledge in England in peril after Tories ‘recklessly rushed out’ plan
Ministers are facing stark warnings that a key pledge on childcare is in serious peril, amid mounting concerns over staff shortages, a fall in the quality of care and fears that parts of the plan are simply undeliverable. Just weeks…
Charities demand to meet UK ministers as 1.6m disabled OAPs set to lose winter fuel payments
Groups representing disabled people are demanding urgent meetings with ministers after it was revealed that 1.6 million pensioners with disabilities will lose their winter fuel payments because of government cuts. A pensioner struggles to keep warm at home. Photograph: Studio Romantic/Shutterstock…
Financial leaders and party insiders warn Starmer: we need less gloom, more optimism
The government’s gloomy diagnosis of the state of Britain is imperilling the private investment needed to secure economic growth, City figures are warning, amid widespread calls for Keir Starmer to inject more optimism in his Labour conference speech later this month. Starmer…
Shocking poll reveals what Labour MPs really care about – and it’s not pensioners
A new poll of sitting Labour MPs has revealed their legislative priorities for the first time since the King’s speech, and one landmark bill receives a surprising response. Labour MPs have set out their legislative priorites (Image: PA) Polling firm Survation…
Keir Starmer ‘breaches rules’ by failing to declare gifts as Tories demand probe
Sir Keir Starmer is alleged to have broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his wife Victoria Starmer. Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria (Image: Getty) The gifts, from prominent Labour donor Lord Alli, were not initially declared…
Humiliation for Keir Starmer as PM’s popularity plummets to record low in bombshell poll
Sir Keir Starmer’s popularity is as low as it has ever been, according to pollsters Ipsos. Almost half of those surveyed have an unfavourable view of the Prime Minister, barely two months after he came into office. Labour Party leader…
Keir Starmer has given me one reason to be thankful he’s our Prime Minister
I want to thank the new Prime Minister. Having seemingly decided – in Labour’s honeymoon period – to dish out the bitter medicine in the (presumably cynical) hope that all will be forgotten in five years, when the next election…
You have no plan Starmer! Tories blast PM as man with no ideas to stop migration
THE Prime Minister goes to Rome on Sunday as a man without a plan to solve the migration crisis, according to a former foreign secretary and an ex-immigration minister. Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has stirred controversy with her approach to migration (Image:…
Pensioners terrified as Labour to leave them £1,000 worse off with ‘widow tax’ to come
Keir Starmer in France (Image: Getty) LABOUR’S “assault on pensioners” would leave older people almost £1,000 worse off as temperatures plummet for winter. Campaigners fear the vulnerable and the elderly will be forced to cut back on food and heating, while…