More than 9 million Britons vulnerable to reliance on food banks, research finds_P
One million more people are in what Trussell charity defines as ‘hunger and hardship’ than five years ago Trussell say the rapid growth in recent years of households in this kind of deep poverty has driven food bank use to…
Rachel Reeves considers cut to tax-free pension withdrawals! B
Lump-sum limit may be reduced by two thirds to £100,000 after recommendations from think tanks Rachel Reeves risks accusations of another attack on pensioners after the winter fuel raid Anthony Devlin/Bloomberg Savers face a cut to the tax-free lump sum they can take…
Rachel Reeves renews war on pensioners by considering cut to tax-free pension withdrawals! B
Treasury officials are now looking at another way of raiding pensioners this budget, after the Chancellor was forced to ditch another option. Pensioners could be whacked by yet more Labour Party blows in the forthcoming October Budget as Rachel Reeves reportedly considers up another tax…
Cleverly emerges as Tory leadership frontrunner after third round of voting_P
Tom Tugendhat knocked out of contest as Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch remain in running for final MPs’ ballot The three remaining candidates: James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images James Cleverly has shot to the top…
Trump took ‘British naval secrets’ to Mar-a-Lago, says Christopher Steele! B
Former UK spy says in new book Trump ‘apparently unauthorizedly’ took secrets with him Donald Trump speaks at a 7 October anniversary event in Doral, Florida. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters Donald Trump took “British naval secrets” to Mar-a-Lago after he left the…
Now pensioners have a new reason to be afraid – there’s a reason so few vote Labour! B
Starmer and Reeves seem set on making the economy worse than it was (Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Labour politicians have an uncanny ability to leave the economy in a worse state than they found it. PM Keir Starmer has already got to work…
No misconduct by Rooney lawyers in ‘Wagatha Christie’ case, judge rules_P
Coleen Rooney’s barrister says tab ran to two bottles of water, after Rebekah Vardy’s lawyers call Rooney’s legal costs ‘extraordinary’ Coleen Rooney and her husband, Wayne, outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London in May 2022. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters Coleen…
Scapegoat Sue Gray’s exit leaves Starmer’s No 10 with nowhere to hide_P
Downing Street reset means PM and his team only have themselves to blame if they fail to communicate purpose and vision Relations between Sue Gray and some others in the early days of Keir Starmer’s government were, if anything, worse…
How low will a Tory go in order to stand out?! B
Kemi Badenoch is hellbent on distinguishing herself in the battle to lead the Conservatives, but even she seems to realise how futile it all is Illustration by David Foldvari. Have you ever played a party game called “Margaret Thatcher’s dinner…
Cleverly emerges as Tory leadership frontrunner after third round of voting! B
Tom Tugendhat knocked out of contest as Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch remain in running for final MPs’ ballot The three remaining candidates: James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images James Cleverly has topped the latest MPs’…