‘I just about make ends meet on £21,500 a year’
Hannah Clarke The Budget on Wednesday will reveal how much tax each of us will pay and how much the government will choose to spend on services like the NHS,…
MP Liz Twist faces calls to resign Age UK Gateshead role over Winter Fuel Payment vote
BBC Blaydon and Consett MP Liz Twist supported the government’s plans to cut Winter Fuel Payments to millions of people An MP has faced calls to resign as chair of…
Just Stop Oil activists banned from London protests by judge
Three Just Stop Oil activists have been banned from protesting in London ahead of their trial for allegedly throwing soup at two Vincent Van Gogh paintings at the National Gallery.…
PM ‘shocked’ by CCTV appearing to show Mike Amesbury MP punch man
The Prime Minister has said video footage that has emerged of MP Mike Amesbury appearing to punch a man to the ground is “shocking”. Mr Amesbury has been suspended from…
Tommy Robinson jailed for contempt of court
Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after admitting contempt of court by repeating false claims against a Syrian refugee. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, admitted 10…
How UK is preparing for new US president
Reuters “To everyone’s astonishment, the vulgar insurgent has won!” So wrote a British foreign minister in his diaries on 9 November 2016 after Donald Trump unexpectedly beat Hillary Clinton to…
Working people know who they are
The prime minister says “working people know exactly who they are” in a speech ahead of the Budget. Speaking in the West Midlands, Sir Keir Starmer stressed that working people…
CCTV appears to show Labour MP punching man to the ground
CCTV footage has emerged appearing to show Labour MP Mike Amesbury punching a man to the ground. In footage obtained by the Daily Mail, the Runcorn and Helsby MP is…
Education secretary ‘open minded’ on England smacking ban
Getty Images The education secretary has said she is “open minded” to a ban on smacking children in England, but that there are no imminent plans to change the law.…
Can Rachel Reeves use her defining Budget to escape UK’s ‘doom loop’?
BBC “This is it. This is what it’s all for.” In four days Rachel Reeves will stand outside No 11 holding the red Budget box up for hordes of press…