Budget hammer blow to shops: Retail sales slumped 0.7% last month as jittery Brits feared huge Labour tax raid – with business warning of job cuts and price rises to come_Nhy
British shops saw sales slump last month as jittery Brits braced for the massive Budget tax raid. Retail volumes were down by 0.7 per cent, far more than expected, as consumers waited for Chancellor Rachel Reeves to drop the hammer. In a fresh blow,…
Return of the Asbo… Labour drawing up new ‘respect orders’ in bid to crack down on anti-social behaviour_Nhy
Ministers are resurrecting the ‘Asbo’ in a bid to crack down on anti-social behaviour. Labour is drawing up new laws to create ‘respect orders’ plus enhanced police powers to confiscate nuisance vehicles, including e-scooters and e-bikes ridden dangerously on the pavement. Yobs will be…
NHS must stop using ‘gendered vocabulary’ to describe people who get pregnant to avoid discriminating against trans men who have babies, Labour MP for Leeds tells Commons _Nhy
A male Labour MP believes the NHS should abandon ‘gendered vocabulary’ when treating pregnant women. Alex Sobel, Leeds Central and Headingley MP, urged doctors to use gender-neutral language when speaking to expectant parents so it includes transgender men. He claimed that failing to ask a…
Britain in the Red: Labour racks up the highest EVER borrowing outside of Covid in October as Rachel Reeves splurges on public sector pay and piles money into services_Nhy
Britain has racked up the highest ever October borrowing outside of Covid as Labour splurges on public sector pay and services. Government borrowing hit £17.4billion last month, far higher than the £13.3billion pencilled in by analysts. The official figures have…
Middle class rioters with well-paid jobs and comfortable lives ‘lost everything’ after getting swept up in summer of violence, policing chief claims_Nhy
A Labour policing chief has claimed that some middle class people with well-paid jobs ‘lost everything’ when they got drawn into taking part in the summer riots. Matt Storey, the commissioner for Cleveland, said they had ‘really settled lifestyles’ which…
MPs blast Defence Secretary John Healey over delay in Labour revealing date for UK military spending hitting 2.5% of GDP saying UK allies need ‘clarity’ as Russia flexes its muscles_Nhy
Labour was taken to task by one of its own MPs today over the slow pace of revealing when it will increasing defence spending on Britain’s Armed Forces. Defence Secretary John Healey was quizzed by new Defence Committee chairman Tan…
King Charles’ private school Gordonstoun raises fees by up to £9,200 to £70,000 a year after Labour ended VAT exemption for paying schools_Nhy
A private Scottish school which was deemed fit for royalty will raise its fees by up to £9,200 a year in response to the government’s decision to end the VAT tax exemption for private schools. When King Charles first attended Gordonstoun School on…
Diane Abbott and Sir Edward Leigh warn that plan to legalise assisted dying will put vulnerable people at risk as they ask to reject proposal ahead of next week’s Commons vote_Nhy
Britain’s two longest-serving MPs have come together from opposite ends of the political spectrum to urge the Commons to reject the proposed law that would legalise assisted suicide. Left-wing Labour veteran Diane Abbott and Tory Sir Edward Leigh made the highly unusual joint intervention…
Millions hit with mortgage blow due to bigger-than-expected rise in inflation – crushing hops of interest rate cut_Nhy
Interest rate cut hopes were crushed yesterday after a bigger-than-expected rise in inflation to a six-month high – in a blow to millions of borrowers. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said inflation climbed to 2.3 per cent in October, its highest…
More than 40% of Britons think they are worse off since Labour was elected, poll reveals_Nhy
Two in five Britons think they are worse off since Labour was elected, a damning new poll has revealed. A majority of voters (56 per cent) believe the country is heading in the wrong direction, and only 28 per cent expect to…