Sir U-turn strikes again! Keir Starmer adds tuition fees to his list of broken promises after hiking student fees – having vowed to scrap them altogether_Nhy
Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing backlash over Labour‘s decision to increase tuition fees for the first time in eight years, as he is accused of yet another policy U-turn. The PM is under pressure after yesterday’s announcement that from the start…
Keir Starmer braces for Trump impact amid ‘toss-up’ US election: Labour MPs quietly hope for Kamala Harris victory after spats with Republicans and Elon Musk – as ministers take vow of silence_Nhy
Keir Starmer is braced for the fallout from a possible Donald Trump presidency today as Labour MPs quietly hope for a Kamala Harris win. The US election is on a knife edge as voting begins, with the outcome seen as a defining moment globally. But UK ministers…
Households could be forced to restrict when they boil the kettle to help Labour achieve 2030 clean energy targets_Nhy
Households face having to ration electricity under Labour’s fast-track plans for decarbonising the energy network by 2030. The warning comes in official advice which says the Government’s net-zero blueprint means firms and households will have to be more ‘flexible’ about when…
Students’ fury as Labour hikes tuition fees for the first time in eight years – and university chiefs call the plans ‘morally wrong’ and merely a ‘sticking plaster’_Nhy
Labour‘s plans to rise tuition fees for the first time in eight years are ‘morally wrong’ and merely a ‘sticking plaster’, university chiefs have warned. Furious education leaders accused Sir Keir Starmer’s government of asking already debt-ridden students to ‘foot…
Labour’s ‘flawed’ decision to scrap the £2 bus fare cap is the same as 1p income tax rise on working people who commute, analysis claims_Nhy
Labour’s ‘flawed’ decision to scrap the £2 bus fare cap will put the equivalent of a penny on income tax for commuters, new analysis has shown. Employees who take the bus to and from work every day of the week will fork…
New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch gives ally Laura Trott education brief as she starts appointing shadow cabinet – with rival Robert Jenrick ‘set to be offered a big job’_Nhy
Kemi Badenoch has started appointing her top team as the new Tory leader insists she can defeat Labour at the next election. The ex-Cabinet minister has handed her ally Laura Trott the job of shadow education secretary in time to grill the government…
Labour panic over Starmer’s ‘blind spot on race’: Senior figures ‘alarmed at lack of black faces in heart of government’ after Kemi Badenoch takes Tory leadership_Nhy
Keir Starmer is facing a backlash over a ‘blind spot’ on race after Kemi Badenoch was elected as Tory leader. Senior Labour figures have raised alarm that the lack of black staff members at the heart of government is a ‘serious embarrassment’. The Guardian reported the…
Keir Starmer suggests stopping Channel boats is as important as tackling climate change as he urges the world to ‘wake up’ to crisis_Nhy
Keir Starmer suggested stopping the Channel boats is as important as tackling climate change today as he urged the world to ‘wake up’ to the crisis. The PM insisted it is his ‘personal mission’ to bring down smuggling gangs as he unveiled a…
Patients could find it even harder to see a GP after Labour’s hike in National Insurance, health leaders warn_Nhy
Patients could find it harder to see their GP because of the rise in national insurance – with 5million a month already unable to do so, health leaders warn. Doctors say they will be forced to cut back on staff…
Keir Starmer to unveil ‘personal mission’ to smash people-trafficking gangs using new counter terrorism-style tactics – but Tories say they mean ‘absolutely nothing’ without a wider plan like Rwanda_Nhy
Keir Starmer will today set out his ‘personal mission’ to smash people-trafficking gangs using new counter terrorism-style tactics. The Prime Minister – who scrapped the Conservatives‘ Rwanda asylum deal as one of his first acts in office – will vow to tackle the ‘vile…