Outrage as Keir Starmer removes Shakespeare portrait from No 10.l
PM accused of ‘consigning Bard to the dustbin’ by changing the artwork in Downing Street A William Shakespeare portrait has been removed from No 10 (Image: PA) The course of true power never did run smooth – and now Sir Keir Starmer is…
Wes Streeting’s two-word response to fining patients missing NHS appointments.l
NHS figures show around eight million hospital appointments are missed annually at a cost of more than £1billion. Wes Streeting has said he is “open-minded” to fining people who miss NHS appointments. Figures from the NHS show around eight million hospital appointments are…
Serial returners send back £6.6bn of online purchases a year in UK, report finds! B
Industry bodies say over-ordering is eroding profitability as big sellers clamp down on practice Younger shoppers are more likely to over-order with the intention of returning a high proportion of the items. Photograph: Tang Ming Tung/Getty Shoppers with a habit of…
Starmer urged to open reparations talks at Commonwealth summit! B
Five Labour MPs call on PM and foreign secretary to address issue of reparatory justice for slavery and colonialism Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Labour MP for Clapham and Bristol Hill: ‘The UK has both a moral and legal duty to address the…
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Five Labour MPs call on PM and foreign secretary to address issue of reparatory justice for slavery and colonialism Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Labour MP for Clapham and Bristol Hill: ‘The UK has both a moral and legal duty to address the…
Historic UK seaside town in financial crisis after Labour-run council splurges £6.9m.H
One of Britain’s most historic seaside resorts is on the financial “edge” after Labour-run Blackpool Council’s cash reserves plunged from £7 million … to just £76,000. Labour claims victory in 2024 Blackpool South by-election The Lancashire town drew in visitors…
Rachel Reeves warned inheritance tax plans will backfire! B
Move will increase bureaucracy for bereaved families and ‘unlikely to raise additional revenues’, experts say Senior Labour figures urged Rachel Reeves to replace inheritance tax with lifetime wealth taxes Credit: ANTHONY DEVLIN/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Rachel Reeves has been warned that her planned inheritance tax…
Labour risks breaking manifesto pledge by Budget cut to farming fund! B
Senior Tories urge Chancellor not to cut £100m from Elms which encourages greener land management The Government risks breaching its manifesto promises if it cuts a flagship farming fund at the Budget, critics have claimed. The Chancellor has been warned that…
Gang made £500k from illegal tip that filled village with ‘toxic fumes’! B
Clean-up will cost £1.2m after members of illegal waste ring are jailed for a total of 11 years Lorry-loads of waste were ‘regularly’ taken to site at Long Bennington, Lincs, where it was burnt and buried Credit: Environment Agency/SWNS A gang…
Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts set to hit 84% of disabled pensioners, poll shows! B
Exclusive: New poll reveals 84% of pensioners with a long-term health condition or disability are set to lose the lifeline. Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts will see 84% of pensioners with a long-term health condition or disability lose out, new…