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Peter Mandelson Epstein investigation on brink of collapse -- Scotland Yard believes it is unlikely the Department of Justice will release the unredacted...

7 minutes ago

Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband 'plot £13bn foreign aid splurge – tax rises likely'

7 minutes ago

Nigel Farage celebrates by-election win but loses seats to Labour and Lib Dems -- Reform UK were victorious in a seat previously held by Andy Burnham's party, but were defeated...

10 hours ago

OPINION -- Tories imposed Net Zero and boasted about it – don't be fooled by new energy policies

7 minutes ago

OPINION - 'King' Andy Burnham has slapped British public in face – only Reform UK will sort this out

12 hours ago

ANALYSIS - Taxpayers will be furious if they have to pay for Harry's security - they must be told - The cost of Harry and Meghan's security is estimated at £5m every year.

10 hours ago

SNP's John Swinney blasted over eye-watering cost of World Cup trip - 'Remember this!'

1 day ago

Andy Burnham defends shocking new guidance telling asylum seekers not to rape -- Prime Minister defends new advice for asylum seekers on sex and consent

1 day ago

Sunday deadline for £150 2026 cash boost for people on 4 benefits

1 day ago

Labour's net zero madness 'pushes up supermarket prices and costs taxpayers £877m' -- Conservatives vow to scrap electric lorry rules costing millions

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OPINION - The Government just admitted too many migrants are ignoring our laws - it's so dangerous

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Home Office forced to teach migrants that rape is wrong and women are equal to men -- Exclusive: The Home Office has issued new guidance to asylum seekers telling them 'this means...

1 day ago

Andy Burnham called out live on ITV and accused of making sweeping statement -- Andy Burnham has been called out live on ITV after he said councils are to be given powers to...

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Andy Burnham urged to cut taxes as inflation pushes up costs for households -- The Prime Minister and his Chancellor deliver their first Budget on October 28

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Andy Burnham blasted over North Sea oil and gas – 'too chicken!'

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ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham's man-of-the-people image in doubt over lavish freebies – 'not a good look' Prime Minister accepted £345,000 in donations and freebies in the past 12 months as he tries to...

2 days ago

Reform UK in huge poll boost after Nigel Farage's by-election victory

2 days ago

POLL - Should Labour scrap net zero?

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Andy Burnham just got torn to shreds AGAIN - his own advisers are in full revolt -- Andy Burnham has been skewered. By one of his own financial advisers.

2 days ago

Wake up, Andy Burnham – it's simple-minded Greens, not UK public, risking wildfires

2 days ago

Andy Burnham announces 'absolutely massive' change to buses in UK city -- The Prime Minister's move "will leave taxpayers across the country on the hook".

3 days ago

UK borough on brink of England's biggest ever council tax increase - a whopping £2,650

3 days ago

Andy Burnham issues three-word response after Vladimir Putin's chilling threat to UK -- Russia warned the UK could face a "higher price" for its involvement in the Ukraine conflict

3 days ago

Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham have declared war on countryside - they will pay for this

3 days ago

Labour's jobs nightmare worsens as new figures paint 'dire' picture for UK -- New figures show that unemployment remains stubbornly high while vacancies have slumped.

3 days ago

Pensioners warned they may face tax demands after £500 state pension boost in April

3 days ago

POLL - POLL: Should benefit claimants be made to clean up high streets? Have your say in our online poll on whether long-term benefit claimants should do community work.

3 days ago

Sadiq Khan under fire as London covered in 'ugly tower blocks - 'stop building them'

3 days ago

Andy Burnham's intervention on migrant crisis proves PM has missed point completely -- OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: The Prime Minister's plan confirms that he fundamentally misunderstands...

2 days ago

Migrants sleep under bridges in UK town as fears of 'Calais Jungle-style' camps soar

4 days ago

Andy Burnham's texts to fake Trump aide 'most likely Iran, China or Russia spy op' -- EXCLUSIVE: An expert has said the Prime Minister has been made to look a fool after exchanging...

4 days ago

ANALYSIS - Robert Jenrick just announced massive plan to change benefits system – it's about time

4 days ago

POLL - Should foreign nationals be banned from claiming UK benefits? Have your say on whether arrivals from other countries should be blocked from state handouts in...

4 days ago

Labour are destroying UK farming – Andy Burnham offers only smoke and mirrors

4 days ago

OPINION - Kemi Badenoch joined an Establishment stitch-up to make a mockery of voters

3 days ago

OPINION - Kemi Badenoch could scupper Andy Burnham's dream of Labour rule into 2030s

4 days ago

Burnham warned historic parks 'at risk' of destruction after major reforms -- EXCLUSIVE: There are warnings the reforms will put treasured green spaces at 'immediate risk of...

4 days ago

Louise Haigh sent deafening wildfire alert as fury erupts over 'misuse'

4 days ago

Lee Anderson issues damning verdict on huge scandal - 'Out of control!' -- OPINION: Reform UK's Lee Anderson warns that the UK benefits bill is completely out of control

4 days ago

Andy Burnham issued huge demand over Labour's hated farm inheritance tax raid

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Reform UK unveils plan to cut £50 billion a year from soaring benefits bill -- Reform's Treasury spokesman said the plan would be the biggest shake-up of the welfare state in...

5 days ago

OPINION - The scale of pensioner poverty in Britain shames us all

5 days ago

I exposed migrant smugglers' plot - and the worst is yet to come -- I revealed in January 2025 how smugglers were planning to cram boats with more than 100 people....

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OPINION -- Westminster insider names 3 MPs you'd never want to go to the pub with – and 3 you would

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OPINION -- Voters want change as animal welfare no longer a niche concern

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Parents say say raising vaping age to 21 will protect kids -- Parents are in no doubt about the most effective ways of tackling the scourge of youth vaping

5 days ago

Andy Burnham warned new Labour tax bomb would 'destroy investment' in Britain

6 days ago

Andy Burnham wanted to knock Farage out - but he's back on his feet -- Cack-handed attempts to cast Farage out into the wilderness will only make a supporters like him...

5 days ago

Farage and Badenoch battle for survival - but there can be only one winner

6 days ago

Full list of 43 UK towns and villages where households are set for £250 boost -- Some bill-payers could ultimately get £2,500 off their electricity bills over 10 years.

6 days ago

Sadiq Khan blasted over 'bonkers' £2m a year project 'almost nobody is using'

7 days ago

Nigel Farage issues huge warning to rivals in your Express after Clacton by-election win - Nigel Farage has been re-elected as the MP for Clacton following a by-election.

5 days ago

Richard Tice slams 'cowardly chickens' after Nigel Farage wins Clacton by-election

7 days ago

'Clacton's patriots stuck two fingers up at the establishment - I'm just getting started'

6 days ago

I walked the streets of Clacton hours after Farage's win - locals didn't want to know

7 days ago

Andy Burnham's migrant plan 'about punishing people for not voting Labour' -- The Tory leader accused the Prime Minister of copying Nigel Farage by targeting areas run by...

7 days ago

Parliament's probe into Nigel Farage's finances restarts hours after Reform win in Clacton

7 days ago

Lee Anderson fumes at BBC host over Nigel Farage grilling - 'you're very rude' -- The Reform chairman said voters had "stuck two fingers up to the establishment" after Nigel...

7 days ago

More than ONE MILLION people back calls to keep PC Andrew Harper's killers locked up

7 days ago

Raging Nigel Farage's bombshell Clacton-on-Sea announcement leaves supporters stunned -- Nigel Farage dramatically announced he would boycott the Clacton by-election count after...

7 days ago

What about the exit poll for the Clacton by-election?

7 days ago

Nigel Farage wins Clacton by-election as Count Binface gets over 9,000 votes - The Reform UK leader has won the Clacton by-election.

4 days ago

Reform UK and Tory councils vow legal war over Burnham's asylum plan

7 days ago

OPINION - Andy Burnham loyalists are already fretting about one of PM's habits - Could it be time for a rethink?

8 days ago

Britain's asylum seeker hotspots MAPPED: See the areas housing 1,000+ migrants

8 days ago

ANALYSIS - John Healey is 'Reeves with a packet of pork scratchings' - we could all pay the price

7 days ago

POLL: Do you trust Andy Burnham to cut number of small boat migrants arriving in UK? -- The Prime Minister has pledged to "change tactics" to prevent migrants from illegally entering...

8 days ago

Andy Burnham issued stark warning over UK economy

8 days ago

Only one country has ever made a wealth tax work – and it's not Britain -- OPINION - NICK PERRETT: A wealth tax might tick all the right buttons, but take it from me, they...

8 days ago

OPINION - I watched Ann Widdecombe's funeral - 1 thing will stay with me

9 days ago

Andy Burnham 'shows how out of touch he is' over 'disgraceful' migrant plan - Prime Minister has sparked fury after claiming 'all parts of the country need to play their...

8 days ago

Zack Polanski's as dim as a cave – here's what he said that convinced me we're doomed

9 days ago

OPINION - Nigel Farage is far from done – and Andy Burnham's cowardly dithering proves it

9 days ago

Should middle-class areas be forced to house more migrants? -- Have your say in our online poll after the PM insisted wealthy areas must "play their part".

9 days ago

Is Andy Burnham right to insist Middle Class towns and villages take more small boats -- Over 900 small boat migrants have arrived in the UK in just three days.

9 days ago

Andy Burnham giving middle classes 'vindictive punishment' in latest migrant plans - It comes after a 'mega-dinghy' arrived on Monday carrying 230 people across the Channel from France.

9 days ago

Andy Burnham slammed by every police chief in Britain over latest blunder

9 days ago

Andy Burnham calls emergency Cobra meeting as UK faces crisis -- The Prime Minister will hold an emergency Cobra meeting this afternoon

9 days ago

Revealed: 43 areas where households are set to get up to £2,500 off electricity bills

9 days ago

Andy Burnham 're-traumatising victims' as he's blasted for constant U-turns -- The Prime Minister insisted "there is more that can be done" after previously claiming he has...

9 days ago

Government breaks silence as Andy Burnham 'could scrap hated Rachel Reeves policy'

10 days ago

Migrants told basic rule on relationships with under-16s in latest advice

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DWP PIP benefit claims for acne are insane – there's nothing compassionate about this

6 hours ago

Andy Burnham just proved he's clueless - unless he wakes up, Britain will be bankrupt

1 day ago

Andy Burnham's in danger of missing out on one of Britain's strongest assets

1 day ago

Assault rifles found in migrant camps in France, sparking huge security fears

7 hours ago

New Reform UK advisor said state pension triple lock is 'unsustainable'

7 hours ago

Rachel Reeves is back! She's still wreaking havoc and Andy Burnham just lets it happen

11 hours ago

Nightmare for Andy Burnham as new figures show debt soaring and tax rises likely

12 hours ago

Watch the moment the French intercept a dinghy as shock new stats emerge -- Officials on Thursday claimed France has prevented 185 small boat crossings in the first three...

1 day ago

Angela Rayner blasted after taking £20k from oil lobbyist - despite 'cheering on' Net Zero -- The Housing Secretary is facing criticism for accepting the £20,000 donation.

1 day ago

Huge blow for Sadiq Khan as new poll reveals what Londoners really think of him -- New polling suggests most Londoners do not want him to contest the next mayoral election.

1 day ago

Fury as ex-archbishop of Canterbury launches 'divisive' attack on Nigel Farage

1 day ago

Home Office translates guidance telling asylum seekers not to rape into multiple languages

1 day ago

Secretive committee to decide who pays Harry and Meghan's £2m security bill -- A committee known as RAVEC makes decisions about royal security

1 day ago

Andy Burnham breaks silence on Meghan Markle and Harry ahead of shock UK return -- The Sussexes are returning to Britain six years after they stepped back as full-time working royals.

14 hours ago

Richard Tice slaps down Reform UK critics as civil war rages -- Nigel Farage's deputy lashed out following criticism of Zia Yusuf

14 hours ago

ANALYSIS -- Andy Burnham just made a surprising but very dangerous enemy as prison plan unravels

1 day ago

Shabana Mahmood reveals what she really thinks about France's failure to stop small boats

1 day ago

Andy Burnham just ran out of time – now a terrifying storm is about to sweep him away

14 hours ago

Labour breaks silence on Meghan Markle and Harry's return with 'reconciliation hope'

1 day ago

Andy Burnham's already suffered one fate that few if any politicians survive -- OPINION - VIRGINIA BLACKBURN: Have we already seen the moment it all went wrong?

1 day ago

How 'diabolical' London roadworks became sad summary of all that's wrong with the UK today -- EXCLUSIVE: The vital road has been completely closed or partially shut for more than a year.

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The huge sum Angela Rayner earned outside Parliament - despite attacking 'second job' MPs

2 days ago

Criminal gangs dumping waste to have cars and houses seized

2 days ago

Andy Burnham makes huge announcement on giving away some of his £182k salary

2 days ago

Reckless Russian and Iranian spies 'could spark mass-casualty attack in UK'

2 days ago

Angela Rayner misses the point yet again – this Tory fix can't come soon enough

2 days ago

Reform's new £429 PIP payments for claimants on table in DWP overhaul

2 days ago

Bombshell poll reveals Nigel Farage's 'true chances' in new by-election

2 days ago

Reform rebel vows to fight to stay in party as civil war rages

2 days ago

Labour urged to close 'dangerous' child sex doll loophole -- Possession of a child-like sex doll is not an offence in the UK, but those who import them can...

2 days ago

Andy Burnham's shocking £345,000 in donations EXPOSED - from Aintree to Glastonbury -- The Prime Minister's donations from the last 12 months have recently been revealed.

2 days ago

POLL - POLL: Should the speed limit on UK motorways be raised to 80mph?

2 days ago

Reform's Zia Yusuf issues furious 'blanket ban' threat to Pakistan as grooming row grows

3 days ago

Andy Burnham slammed after new shock in Labour sentencing row - 'utterly shambolic'

3 days ago

Dropping net zero targets could cut £200 off household electricity bills

3 days ago

ANALYSIS - State pension triple lock is a vital lifeline - but it's under threat like never before - The state pension is on course to increase by £500 under the triple lock but there are question...

3 days ago

Andy Burnham on brink of snap election - one nightmare scenario should terrify us all -- Andy Burnham is seriously considering going to the country. It could end in chaos.

2 days ago

Andy Burnham breaks silence after 'exchanging messages' with 'fake Trump official'

3 days ago

POLL -- POLL: Is Angela Rayner right to soften laws on 'illegal' traveller sites? Vote now

3 days ago

James Cleverly is right to recoil at council's absurd move – get a flaming grip!

3 days ago

Reform UK civil war erupts as key party figure suspended

3 days ago

Nigel Farage handed major poll boost after Clacton by-election victory

3 days ago

Angela Rayner's big boast is a complete fantasy - it's about to blow up in Burnham's face

3 days ago

Angela Rayner blasted over 'disastrous' policy after 'dire' unemployment figures -- Critics have blamed Labour's tax hikes and workers' rights legislation for the unemployment figures

3 days ago

Angela Rayner accused of making it easier for travellers to set up 'illegal' sites -- Tories warn Labour is "making it easier for travellers to set up illegal sites".

3 days ago

Free bus pass rule to end on August 31 for over 14 million people - update from govt

3 days ago

Labour MP suspended after questions over taxpayer-funded Covid loan

4 days ago

John Healey's big gamble will end in disaster - and rain hellfire on Andy Burnham

4 days ago

Tories to scrap EU red tape to 'save' summer jobs for youngsters

4 days ago

Reform's Robert Jenrick just exposed this - it's a major betrayal of hard-working Brits -- MARTYN BROWN - ANALYSIS: It's not just economically illiterate; it is plain immoral.

3 days ago

Reform announces huge plan for unemployed to clean parks and repair council houses -- Claimants could clean high streets and work in libraries as part of radical proposal to slash...

4 days ago

Andy Burnham warned 'virtue-signalling' 2030 ban will 'cripple economy'

4 days ago

Andy Burnham faces bombshell decision - and he's walking straight into a trap

4 days ago

Bans on swimming pools and window cleaning to save water - even if it rains

4 days ago

Major Andy Burnham blunder as PM 'exchanged messages' with 'fake Trump official'

4 days ago

Robert Jenrick sets out bombshell Reform UK plans to end 'foreign welfare rip-off' -- Reform UK sets out plans to slash the welfare bill

4 days ago

Andy Burnham's depressing idea will breed a low-aspiration generation of children -- OPINION - MIEKA SMILES: I'm absolutely horrified by this sad plan for four-year-olds.

3 days ago

David Lammy keeps taxpayer-funded home for summer despite being sacked

5 days ago

Reform UK pledges to ban foreign nationals from claiming almost all benefits

5 days ago

Tories pledge major crackdown on illegal traveller sites to end 'two-tier treatment'

5 days ago

Blow to Andy Burnham as his popularity takes hit in new poll

5 days ago

State pension triple lock update as new report exposes huge crisis -- Opponents of the anti-poverty safeguard are told to 'slink away in shame' as hikes in hardship...

5 days ago

Plan for new generation of defence factories across North East o UK can tackle threats -- The plan for defence enterprise zones has been welcomed by local leaders and is intended to...

4 days ago

Reform faces the next big challenge to make Farage Prime Minister

5 days ago

Teenage criminals in balaclavas are plaguing our town centres - 1 thing must be done now!

5 days ago

A 'girls' trip' to Kyiv turned this British activist into Putin's enemy

5 days ago

Andy Burnham warned military need answers on funding as enemies marvel at UK complacency

6 days ago

OPINION - 'Andy Burnham is repeating Starmer's biggest mistake and putting UK in danger'

6 days ago

High street pharmacists warn of 'medicines shortages crisis' with supply system 'broken' -- Labour is accused of a 'disgraceful' silence as pharmacists say medicines shortage should be...

6 days ago

Full list of banned items after 'severe' nationwide alert - it's not just barbecues -- The emergency alert issued an immediate ban on certain things including disposable barbecues

5 days ago

Andy Burnham warned to scrap woke green policies as they 'make wildfires worse'

6 days ago

British farmers finally set for extra funding to tackle UK's horror droughts

6 days ago

This damning stat tells us all we need to know about Burnham's thoughts on small boats

6 days ago

Andy Burnham's nightmare begins now - his 'bounce' may not last

6 days ago

Petition to ban halal slaughter reaches huge milestone as Government responds -- The Government says it "would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter".

7 days ago

Andy Burnham creates brand new government role as UK devastated by wildfires -- More than 1,000 wildfires have been recorded across Britain this week.

7 days ago

Labour makes huge call on banning petrol and diesel cars

7 days ago

Reform insider makes huge second Clacton by-election prediction - Tories should be worried

7 days ago

PC Andrew Harper's mum slams 'injustice' as bombshell polling rocks Andy Burnham

7 days ago

Nigel Farage's victory has exposed stupidity of haters who didn't have guts to take him on

7 days ago

ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham's latest asylum seeker plan reveals why he can't be trusted on immigration - The answer isn't to move asylum seekers from British cities to British villages, writes Jonathan...

7 days ago

Andy Burnham thinks his new migrant plan is genius - but it's about to blow up in his face -- Bonkers calls for brothels for asylum seekers show just how ludicrous the small boats crisis has...

6 days ago

Richard Tice claims Reform has evidence of threat to Farage but won't hand it to police

7 days ago

Andy Burnham bombshell as poll shows fewer than one in 10 back controversial policy

7 days ago

Farage breaks silence with defiant statement after missing Clacton by-election results

7 days ago

Clacton by-election results in full as Nigel Farage re-elected MP

7 days ago

Nigel Farage won't attend Clacton by-election count after police warning -- The Reform UK leader will not make an appearance at the Clacton by-election count.

7 days ago

'Am I angry? I'm very angry' - Furious Farage declares victory and erupts at establishment -- Nigel Farage claiming his family has been targeted during the campaign.

7 days ago

ANALYSIS - Nigel Farage wins Clacton by-election but now faces one big question

7 days ago

Fury grows at pro-immigration Labour MP now upset at migrants moving to her town

8 days ago

Yvette Cooper reveals Keir Starmer migrant bombshell in astonishing attack

8 days ago

Kemi Badenoch issues warning to water companies over unexpected bill hikes

8 days ago

Andy Burnham says he's 'angry' water bills have shot up - but he's doing nothing about it

8 days ago

Andy Burnham urged to u-turn on Rachel Reeves era to rescue economy

8 days ago

Zia Yusuf blasts Vodafone CEO over illegal migrant scandal - 'liable to go to prison' -- It comes after left-wing charity Care4Calais revealed it has dished out 2,221 pre-paid Vodafone...

8 days ago

Andy Burnham expecting us to cheer asylum policy is sickening – nobody voted for this -- OPINION - LEO MCKINSTRY: Our politicians are gripped by a kind of institutional schizophrenia.

6 days ago

Trump just put US on brink of meltdown - now he'll shoot Andy Burnham down in flames

8 days ago

Labour 'building up a mountain of debt' – Andy Burnham has 'no idea how to fix the mess'

8 days ago

John Healey goes all in on Rachel Reeves's pensions grab - brutal 67% inheritance tax rate

8 days ago

Andy Burnham calls for major summer ban on high street staple amid national emergency -- Some 1,017 wildfires have been recorded in England and Wales this year, according to data shared...

9 days ago

Terrifying warning over Andy Burnham's jail release plan - 'may lead to murder' -- Martin Jones, the chief inspector of probation services, admitted officers may not be able to...

8 days ago

Ann Widdecombe laid to rest at Buckfast Abbey as friends pay heartbreaking tribute

9 days ago

New parcel rules for Royal Mail, Evri, Amazon deliveries - legislation bid set out

9 days ago

Early general election fears erupt as Andy Burnham urged to call snap vote

9 days ago

Police dogs and Taser armed cops surround Buckfast Abbey ahead of Ann Widdecombe's funeral

9 days ago

Labour tax anything that moves – blame for hollowed-out high streets lies at their feet

9 days ago

Andy Burnham just got slapped in the face - by the experts hired to tell us he was great

9 days ago

'Woke' policies could cost Britons tens of thousands of pounds in retirement

9 days ago

Angela Rayner's children 'disgusted' over 1 thing she does

9 days ago

Labour's migrant failure EXPOSED as mega-dinghy chaos explodes – 'we've lost control'

10 days ago

Fury as Andy Burnham admits small-boat crosssings could continue for YEARS - 'it's chaos!' -- The rise of the so-called 'Burnham boats' shows the Channel migrant crisis is getting worse,...

10 days ago

Andy Burnham demands 'all parts of the country' have homes for asylum seekers -- The Prime Minister warns more asylum seeker "houses of multiple occupation" will open in areas...

10 days ago

Andy Burnham under pressure to call COBRA meeting as UK on course for hottest summer ever

10 days ago