Homeowners face six months wait for heat pumps being pushed by Labour because councils are overwhelmed by demand and red tape_Nhy
Homeowners trying to get ‘eco-friendly’ heat pumps being pushed by the Labour government are facing a six month wait to have them installed. Bureaucracy is being blamed for the delay with some people needing planning permission to have the system…
Labour ministers pledge to deliver more ‘London-style’ buses across England as part of a £1 billion funding boost_Nhy
Ministers have pledged to deliver more ‘London-style’ buses across England as part of a £1 billion funding boost. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh confirmed £712million for local authorities and £243million for bus operators to overhaul services across the country. Leicester, the…
Keir Starmer is accused of ‘kowtowing’ to China as PM reveals ‘pragmatic’ plan to trade with the communist regime – ahead of meeting with Xi Jinping at G20_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer was last night accused of ‘kowtowing’ to China as he prepared to cosy up to the country’s authoritarian leader later today. The Prime Minister signalled a thaw in relations as he said he will take a ‘pragmatic’ approach towards Beijing’s communist regime….
Sue Gray was blocked from taking a new Downing Street job after she demanded a pay rise – following her ousting as Keir Starmer’s top aide on £170,000 per year_nhy
Sue Gray was blocked from taking a new Downing Street job after she demanded a pay rise, it was reported today. The former chief of staff to the Prime Minister was offered a ‘regions envoy’ role – but demanded more money to take…
Pensioners ‘will die’ after Labour’s winter fuel allowance cuts as snow is predicted to grip parts of the UK this week_Nhy
A former pensions minister has warned that pensioners could freeze to death waiting to see if they are eligible for the winter fuel allowance after Labour scrapped the universal payment earlier this year. Baroness Altmann said the decision to make the winter fuel…
Government credit cards used for high-street spending spree at John Lewis, Moss Bros, Halfords and Argos_Nhy
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall faced calls last night to explain why her department’s Government ‘credit cards’ were funding a high-street spree. The spending at stores including John Lewis, Moss Bros, Halfords and Argos appeared on the first post-election disclosures of how staff at…
DAVID GOODHART: Why Kemi Badenoch should put two-parent families at the heart of her drive to rebuild the shattered Tories_Nhy
When Labour was drawing up its 2015 election manifesto, the party’s then MP Jon Cruddas, a somewhat socially conservative politician, made many references to the importance of the family. However, most of them were struck out of the final document. These days,…
Record numbers of asylum seekers have been allowed to stay in Britain after claiming they are gay, official figures reveal_Nhy
A record number of asylum seekers have managed to secure their stay in the UK by claiming to be gay, official figures have revealed. The figure almost trebled last year from 762 in 2022 to 2133 in 2023, of people…
David Blunkett is hurt in Tube station accident after 77-year-old fell into platform gap while boarding a train – as blind former Home Secretary brands some platforms ‘death traps’_Nhy
David Blunkett has called for safety improvements at London Underground stations after falling into a platform gap while boarding a train. The blind former Home Secretary, 77, needed hospital treatment for ‘excruciating pain’ in his legs and branded some platforms ‘death traps’….
Keir Starmer brags that his dad was a toolmaker – so why is he taxing us out of existence? Craftsmen like PM’s father hammer Labour over crippling Budget_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer’s countless mentions during the election campaign that his father was a toolmaker became such a recurring theme that audiences began to laugh whenever he mentioned it. On one such occasion, he retorted that when he was a young…