Labour warned it risks breaking the law if Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu is arrested in the UK over Gaza crimes – as ministers are accused of ‘dithering’_Nhy
The Government risks breaking international law if Benjamin Netanyahu is arrested in the UK on Gaza war crime charges, ministers were warned today. Labour has suggested it will not intervene if a UK court rules that an International Criminal Court warrant against the controversial Israeli prime minister is valid….
Rachel Reeves brushes off business: Chancellor tells angry business chiefs nobody has any ‘alternatives’ to her massive Budget tax raid – despite half of firms warning of job cuts_Nhy
A bullish Rachel Reeves today dismissed business anger over her monster Budget tax raid by insisting no-one has any better ideas. The Chancellor acknowledged anxiety about the impact of the measures in her bombshell fiscal package as she was grilled at the…
Labour wipes out a tenth of defence budget boost through Rachel Reeves’ hike in National Insurance_Nhy
Almost a tenth of Labour’s £2.9billion defence budget boost will be wiped out by the Chancellor’s decision to hike employers’ National Insurance contributions (NICs), the Mail can reveal. Ministers admitted the 1.2p rise would impact the Ministry of Defence directly – costing the…
Privacy crusade peer Tom Watson lands job at US ‘spy tech’ firm which is at the centre of an NHS row over patients’ data_Nhy
Labour peer Tom Watson has become a paid adviser to a ‘spy tech’ firm at the centre of an NHS privacy row over patients’ data. Lord Watson, who has long campaigned for victims of Press intrusion, has joined Palantir – a CIA-linked data mining company….
Spiking is to be made a specific criminal offence for the first time – with bar staff set to be trained on how to spot tell-tale signs_Nhy
Spiking is to be made a specific criminal offence for the first time with bar staff being trained to spot tell-tale signs. the prime minister confirmed on Sunday night. Drinks spiking sees perpetrators secretly administer knock-out drugs to victims without…
Labour’s Budget tax bomb will hit growth, investment and jobs, business chiefs warn – as Rachel Reeves’ £25billion National Insurance raid undermines her aim of boosting economic growth_Nhy
Labour‘s Budget tax bomb will hit growth, investment and jobs, the CBI is set to warn. The employers’ organisation says that the £25billion National Insurance raid has directly undermined the Chancellor’s stated aim of boosting economic growth. Addressing the CBI’s annual conference…
Tax expert used by BBC Verify to back its analysis of the inheritance tax row with farmers now says Labour’s policy needs to change_Nhy
A tax expert used by BBC Verify to back its analysis of the inheritance tax row with farmers now says the policy needs to change. Dan Neidle, who was quoted by the broadcaster’s ‘truth checking’ unit, had criticised ‘over-the-top’ coverage on the…
Sick note Britain! Business chiefs urge Labour to end UK’s worklessness crisis – as ministers set to unveil radical welfare reforms to get Brits back into work_Nhy
Young people who refuse to take a job will have their benefits cut, Labour said yesterday – despite previous pledges to halt ‘cruel Tory sanctions’ on the unemployed. Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall said that claimants had a ‘responsibility’ to take…
Labour is a risk to Britain’s national security and it’s ‘deeply’ worrying, a former MI6 chief claims_Nhy
A former MI6 spy chief has accused Labour of putting national security at risk following its ‘deeply’ worrying cuts to defence spending. Sir Richard Dearlove, who was head of MI6 between 1999 and 2004, has claimed the new government is showing no urgency in…
DOMINIC LAWSON: Labour’s attack on farmers is part of a cynical plan to cover the country in solar panels and turbines_Nhy
Fashionable as it is to presume that Labour’s attack on farmers is just class war against wicked landowners (even those who work all hours to provide food for the nation), there is a different purpose behind it. Sir Keir Starmer actually believes in…