Month: September 2024

‘I’m picking up bad vibes’: voters unimpressed by Labour after three months in power! B

Widespread opposition to winter fuel payments cut but some are perplexed by furore over freebies for ministers Labour’s party conference, or indeed any sense of what the new government was going to do to make their lives better, had barely…

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Why Keir Starmer’s support is dwindling – and how it will be lost at record speed _ Hieuuk

Keir Starmer’s support is dwindling (Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) It usually takes Prime Ministers a few years to lose their political antennae. In Keir Starmer’s case, though, it took only days. Removing winter fuel payment from all but the poorest pensioners has turned out…

Former Bank economist advises Labour to reconsider non-dom tax crackdown! B

Andy Haldane says there should be ‘cause to pause’ amid Treasury fears policy will not raise any money Haldane said he could understand if Rachel Reeves still wanted to press ahead, but she should consider business confidence. Photograph: James McCauley/Rex/Shutterstock A…

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EUAN MCCOLM: Labour’s shameless troughing will lead voters to a damning verdict… you’re just like the rest of them _ Hieuuk

I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but are we absolutely sure the Labour Party hasn’t been infiltrated by political opponents bent on destroying it from the inside? Can we say with certainty that lifelong Scottish nationalists haven’t planted themselves in the government’s…

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Sorry, Labour: it’s not one rule for you, and another for the rest of us! Hieuuk

Sue Gray and Dominic Cummings must both be held to the same standards Starmer has defended Gray’s pay Oli Scarff/AFP Remember Dominic Cummings? The man who was the bête noir of the British Left after he led the victorious campaign to leave the European…

40 unglaublich kolorierte Fotos von Berlin im späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert.H

Die Industrielle Revolution veränderte Berlin im 19. Jahrhundert; Wirtschaft und Bevölkerung der Stadt wuchsen dramatisch und sie wurde zum wichtigsten Eisenbahnknotenpunkt und Wirtschaftszentrum Deutschlands. Bald entstanden weitere Vororte und vergrößerten die Fläche und Bevölkerung Berlins. Im Jahr 1861 wurden benachbarte Vororte wie…

Faszinierende Vintage-Fotos von Menschen, die das Oktoberfest in den 1960er Jahren feiern.H

Schauen Sie sich 15 Vintage-Fotos an, um zu sehen, wie die Menschen in München in den 1960er Jahren das größte Bierfest der Welt feiern: 1960. (Bildparade) 1960. (Georg Göbel) 1960. (Herzog) 1961. (Stan Wayman) 1961. (Stan Wayman) 1961. (Stan Wayman)…

Fears Rachel Reeves is plotting ‘pension death tax’ as Chancellor looks to scrounge cash_l

A pension inheritance tax reform has been described as a possible “low-hanging fruit ready to be picked.” Fears Rachel Reeves is plotting ‘pension death tax’ as Chancellor looks to scrounge cash (Image: Getty) As Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces increasing pressure to address fiscal…

Labour’s route to recovery.H

Public confidence is falling quickl y. The party must do far more to win it back. What is Labour for? That was the question that confronted the party following an uneasy start in government. After his first conference as Prime…

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Reform UK MP erupts as UK hands out another £15.3bn in foreign aid_l

Rupert Lowe said Reform would slash foreign aid and instead prioritise British taxpayers and pensioners. Rachel Reeves outlines likelihood of tax rises in October   A Reform UK MP has criticised foreign aid spending after new figures showed the UK handed out…