This is why Starmer has shot himself in both feet over crucial Gorton by-election battle
COMMENT: Backbenchers are angry, voters are revolting and Labour is facing another disastrous result in this month’s key Gorton by-election Nigel Farage and Matt Goodwin campaigning in Gorton, Greater Manchester (Image: Getty) The PM really has shot himself in both feet…
Panic in France as economy spirals towards ‘third world status’
The French economy is in an “infernal spiral” due to “costly and inefficient” policies, commentators have warned. France’s economy is in an ‘infernal spiral’, a former civil servant has warned (Image: Getty) France is sinking down the European Union‘s wealth list and…
NHS alert for common blood pressure medication — pharmacies ‘pushed to the edge’
Pharmacies have warned of serious supply constraints and an unsustainable funding model. Blood pressure medications have been affected by shortages (Image: Getty) Pharmacies are facing worsening shortages of vital medication including blood pressure drugs and aspirin due to serious supply constraints and NHS underfunding, sector…
Major NHS vaccination change from April 1 for all pensioners over 80
Millions of older people are being urged to get a key jab for the first time. Respiratory syncytial virus can cause severe illness in older adults (Image: Getty) Millions more older Britons will be eligible for a key vaccine from April as the NHS expands…
Bombshell Brexit betrayal on cards as Brussels opens door to new UK trade deal
Eurocrat says bloc is ready to discuss customs union with Britain after latest round of trade talks Chancellor Rachel Reeves and EU Commisisoner Valdis Dombrovskis (Image: Getty) Brussels would be “open-minded” to a customs union with Britain, the bloc’s finance chief…
Farage pledges to rescue Britain’s pubs by slashing the cost of a pint and axing hated tax
Imagine a world where your local pub thrives, not just survives. Nigel Farage’s bold plan could be the lifeline Britain’s pubs desperately need. Pint prices could fall by 5p under a multi-billion pound lifeline (Image: Getty) Pint prices could fall by…
Keir Starmer just made his biggest mistake yet – there’s only one thing left to do
PM Sir Keir Starmer’s judgement has been questioned yet again after more lurid details of Labour grandee Lord Mandelson’s relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Mandelson has been forced to resign – again – this time over his links to paedophile…
Labour 2-child benefit windfall ‘to hand unemployed families £25,000’
Tories warn “work is being punished while worklessness is rewarded” under Sir Keir Starmer Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Image: Getty) Labour‘s scrapping of the two-child benefit cap will see an unemployed families handed an average of £25,000, according to new analysis. The…
Afghan migrant on trial for child rape insists he believed 12-year-old girl was aged 23
Ahmad Mulakhil denies child abduction and rape charges while Mohammad Kabir denies strangulation and other offences at Warwick Crown Court trial CCTV stills show Ahmad Mulakhil and Mohammad Kabir in a supermarket a day after the alleged rape (Image: PA Media)…
New calls for DWP Bonus to increase to £171
Over 4,500 people have signed an online petition calling for the DWP Bonus to be increased to around £171 in line with inflation The annual £10 for people on the State Pension or benefits launched over 50 years ago in…