Police fear further action to tackle prison overcrowding will leave them ‘unable to make arrests’ if Operation Brinker is triggered by Labour amid influx of convicted rioters _ Hieuuk
Police have warned the Government may need to introduce further emergency measures to tackle the UK’s prison overcrowding crisis which could leave forces ‘unable to make arrests’. Senior officers believe there is a risk that the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)…
Sir Keir Starmer faces fresh questions about the influence of union barons over his government – as kingpins now make up a third of Labour’s governing body _ Hieuuk
Keir Starmer was last night facing fresh questions about the influence of union barons over his Government as analysis showed they account for a third of Labour’s governing body. Some 13 barons sit on the party’s powerful National Executive Committee, including…
Fresh cronyism row erupts after former Labour think tank staffer given top job at the heart of Whitehall _ Hieuuk
A fresh cronyism row erupted last night after a Labour think-tank director was given a top job in the heart of Whitehall. Jess Sargeant has spent the past year as Director of Constitutional Change at Labour Together, which has close…
Labour’s tax bombshell: Rachel Reeves sets her sights on levy hikes in October as figures show a shock £3bn surge in Government borrowing last month _ Hieuuk
Chancellor Rachel Reeves saw a £3billion surge in Government borrowing last month as she sets her sights on tax rises in her first Budget this autumn. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), public sector net borrowing stood at £3.1billion in…
Labour faces a winter of discontent over fuel payment cuts _ Hieuuk
There is anger and anxiety among MPs over Rachel Reeves’s austerity measure. Photo by Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images in the twilight of his premiership, Gordon Brown delivered an impassioned defence of Labour’s record. “If anyone says… that politics can’t…
Government borrowing above expectations and highest since pandemic as public sector pay rose _ Hieuuk
Expectations are that taxes will rise and public spending will be further cut in the October budget as the Labour government attempts to bring down the national debt. Image:Chancellor Rachel Reeves gives a speech at the Treasury. Pic: Reuters overnment…
Labour will raise two taxes for UK households from October _ Hieuuk
The new Labour Party Chancellor will reportedly look to raise cash from IHT and CGT to raise the new Labour Party government’s coffers. Labour will raise two taxes for UK households in Autumn Budget Rachel Reeves is reportedly set…
King Charles visibly moved as he met Southport survivors – and troubled by unrest that followed attack _ Hieuuk
Calls of “thank you for coming” followed the monarch as he made his way towards Southport Town Hall for a meeting with the brave children who’d survived the knife attack three weeks ago. Flowers and teddies were tenderly placed outside…
King Charles tells of his profound ‘shock’ at killing of three young girls in Southport stabbings and expresses his ‘sympathy and empathy’ for local community and emergency workers as he meets survivors of fatal knife attack _ Hieuuk
The King expressed his profound ‘shock’ at the killing of three little girls in Southport and the resulting riots today. But he also spoke of his heartfelt appreciation of the way in which the local community has rallied around its…
King Charles receives a sweet gift from a ‘very kind’ child as he greets well-wishers in Southport after meeting survivors of fatal knife attack _ Hieuuk
King Charles received a thoughtful gift from a child in Southport today as the monarch visited the town to pay tribute to the victims of the horrific stabbings which killed three young girls at the end of July. The King, 75,…