Rachel Reeves put on spot over David Lammy Palestine fringe event Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s obsession with Liz Truss has been mocked by a former senior Downing Street adviser. Watching the speech at the Labour Party conference by the woman who hopes to be taking […]

He said the party must “step up another gear” as jubilant MPs and activists gather in Liverpool after their win in Thursday’s Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. A new patriotic membership card will be unveiled today with the ­slogan “putting the country first”. “Labour is […]

Rishi Sunak’s decision to cancel the high-speed rail line from Birmingham to Manchester was a centrepiece of the PM’s party conference speech. He said it would free up £36billion for hundreds of new transport projects, with “every region receiving more investment than they would have […]

Killer parents will have the rights over their children stripped away under a new law that is set to go before Parliament. Known as Jade’s Law, the new legislation would see people stripped of their parental rights if they have been found guilty of murdering […]

Scotland’s First Minister has urged a union to listen to its members after it warned there could be further strike action by school support staff. Unison members in 24 local authorities in Scotland walked out for three days this week, leading to school closures across […]

After initial estimates put it at 0.1percent, Gross Domestic Product for the first three months of this year actually rose by 0.3 percent. The UK economy is now thought to have grown by 1.8 percent between the final quarter before the pandemic hit and the […]

Rishi Sunak mocked Boris Johnson, Nadine Dorries, Liz Truss and Matt Hancock in a speech to political journalists tonight. The Prime Minister was addressing a packed Westminster correspondents’ dinner in central London made up of journalists who work in the Parliamentary lobby. Mr Sunak was […]

The Labour leadership can’t be trusted to stick to its promises, a commentator has said after the party performed yet another embarrassing U-turn. Sir Keir Starmer wanted to end private schools’ charitable status under a flagship policy to end the tax breaks they enjoy. Shadow […]

A damehood and a knighthood have been bestowed on two stalwarts of Boris Johnson’s former Cabinet at Windsor today. Ex-Home Secretary Priti Patel has been made a Dame and Jacob Rees-Mogg has been made a Sir for both their political and public service. The politicians […]

Inheritance tax labelled ‘unfair’ and ‘cruel’ by expert Ranil Jayawardena, Tory MP for North East Hampshire, called for the “death tax” to be abolished. The ex-Environment Secretary said: “Let’s celebrate, not penalise, people who are trying to do the right thing. Hardworking families should be […]