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…
Some Home Office staff to get pay rise of over 9%
Some Home Office staff are getting an inflation-busting 9% pay rise, the department has confirmed. The union representing civil servants, PCS, welcomed the deal, which is nearly double the 5%…
Many African kings opposed eradicating slavery
The government should “unequivocally reject” calls for the UK to pay reparations for its role in the slave trade, Tory leadership candidate Robert Jenrick has said. He said calls for…
Couple given go-ahead to sue governments over winter fuel payment
A Scottish couple have been given permission to proceed with a legal bid to overturn the scrapping of the universal winter fuel benefit for all pensioners. Peter and Florence Fanning,…
Chess fanatic playing Labour’s first big gambit
Reuters “Serious” and “determined” are words often used to describe Rachel Reeves, the UK’s first female chancellor. But colleagues and friends have suggested the Labour MP’s public persona does not…
Keir Starmer struggles to define ‘working people’ tax pledge
Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer has attempted to define who “working people” are, amid renewed scrutiny of his tax plans ahead of next week’s Budget. Labour promised at the general…