In the rain of King Charles: royal couple touch down in Australia_P
Amid a downpour at Sydney airport, the monarch arrives with Queen Camilla for a five-day visit King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in Sydney on Friday night. Photograph: Dean Lewins/EPA Minutes after a drenching downpour came to an end at Sydney…
Labour to bring in ‘own reforms’ to benefits system to save £3bn_P
Work and pensions minister says government will not go ahead with Tory plans but needs to make savings Alison McGovern: ‘We will bring forward our own reforms because the last 14 years have been a complete failure when it comes…
Home Office hires 200 staff to clear huge backlog of UK modern slavery cases_P
More than 23,000 files were left open by the last government, says minister, with delays of up to four years in assigning victim status Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, said survivors of modern slavery had not been given the attention…
‘New report confirms what Tories have been saying all along on winter fuel payments’! B
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride says latest revelations show Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have to reverse disastrous policy Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Image: Getty) The Government’s own independent advisory committee has confirmed…
Tory councillor’s wife jailed for two and a half years for inciting racial hatred! B
Lucy Connolly sentenced at Birmingham crown court after pleading guilty to offence on day of Southport attacks Lucy Connolly, the wife of West Northamptonshire Conservative councillor Raymond Connolly, was sentenced to 31 months in jail The wife of a Conservative…
Starmer would lose majority if Jenrick were Tory leader, poll shows! B
Survey suggests former immigration minister could take more seats from Labour than leadership rival Kemi Badenoch Sir Keir Starmer would lose his Commons majority if there was a snap election with Robert Jenrick as the leader of the Tories, according to…
Will Great British Energy herald UK’s green revolution?_P
National energy company, which launched this week, is Labour’s strategy to end dependence on fossil fuels GB Energy is one of the few new spending commitments Labour is planning. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Aberdeen, the centre of the UK’s North Sea oil…
Keir Starmer accused of ‘weakening’ Britain by pushing for UN Security Council reform! B
Sir Keir Starmer has come under fire over his support for reform in the UN Security Council’s membership, with critics arguing it could ‘weaken’ Britain Sir Keir Starmer has come under fire for pursuing reforms to the UN Security Council (Image:…
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are making one key mistake on economy! B
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are making one huge mistake (Image: PA) The yawning chasm between lofty rhetoric and grubby reality is a prime reason for the public’s disillusionment with our political system. With shameless professional ease, ministers regularly adopt policies…
Sir Tom Hunter confirms he paid for Alex Salmond’s body to be flown home_P
Scottish multimillionaire said the former first minister had ‘devoted his life to Scotland’ Hunter, right, with Alex Salmond in 2007 at the launch of a university entrepreneurship programme. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Sir Tom Hunter, one of Scotland’s wealthiest men, has…