Labour prepares for £2.3m payout to 40,000 pensioners
Potential payouts could average around £55,000 each. Labour prepares for £2.3m payout to 40,000 pensioners (Image: Getty) Labour is reportedly preparing to hand £2.3billion to retired coal miners by the end of the year, in a move that could see up to…
One in 10 new homes built under Labour needed to house asylum seekers
Local councils have warned efforts to move asylum seekers out of hotels are contributing to a housing crisis Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp (Image: Getty) At least one in 10 new homes built under Labour have been needed to house asylum seekers…
‘Three-homes’ Angela Rayner is today neck-deep in sleaze allegations
Angela Rayner’s posh new £800,000 home in Hove has triggered sleaze inquiry calls over claims of sharp tax practices. OPINION Angela Rayner should get her houses in order say critics (Image: Getty) The baffling impossibilities of quantum physics tells us that…
Female police officers face daily assaults, with over 12 injured every day in the UK
Around 9,000 female officers were assaulted last year, which is about 35% of all attacks on the police. Handout photo issued by the solicitor CCTV footage (Image: PA) At least 12 female police officers are left injured after assaults by criminals…
Rachel Reeves accused of delivering ‘final nail in coffin’ for struggling seaside towns
EXCLUSIVE: Arcade owners across the country have warned against a proposed gambling tax hike that would hit already vulnerable seaside businesses. Arcade owners in already struggling seaside towns have warned a fresh tax raid would be “the final nail in…
Migrant grins and gives protesters middle finger as he taunts crowds from asylum hotel
A migrant made the gesture just hours after the Home Office won its appeal to continue housing asylum seekers in the Bell Hotel. A migrant standing in a hotel window in Bournemouth put up his middle finger to protesters. (Image: Max…
Major UK driving licence change could impact 42 million people
It will come into force later this year A UK driving licence (Image: Yau Ming Low via Getty Images) A major change to driving licences is set to impact millions of people across the UK, with the government preparing to “simplify…
Exact dates state pension age change could affect people in their 60s
The state pension age will start rising from next year, with the phased approach giving people different collection dates based on their birthday People currently in their sixties will be most affected by the age change (Image: GETTY) Next year, the state…
To my fellow gobby Mancunian Angela Rayner – here’s why you’re no ‘woman of the people’
We’re all familiar with Rayner’s schtick – but it’s high time she dropped this undeserved, untrue get-out. OPINION Angela Rayner is no woman of the people (Image: PA) There’s a running (unfunny) joke in our house about Angela Rayner. Whenever the…
Nigel Farage to showcase Reform UK’s continuing surge at landmark conference
Record numbers are are expected to attend Reform UK’s biggest ever event next week Nigel Farage (Image: Getty) Politics is a numbers game. Whether it’s counting votes, poll ratings, calculating budgets or seats in the house of Commons, it all comes…