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Daily Express - Politics

Andy Burnham is no different to Keir Starmer – he's failing to protect our borders -- Men who abuse women should not be granted the right to settle here, and those who abuse after...

6 hours ago

OPINION - Labour's absurd marriage proposals are pure comedy – a legal fudge no one asked for

6 hours ago

Andy Burnham under fire for past comments as feared green belt blitz threatens countryside

6 hours ago

Home Office knows threat to our women from asylum seekers - and their answer is a leaflet

11 hours ago

Warning not to sexually assault Brits shows fearful families are owed apology

16 hours ago

Major sacrifice millions of Britons are willing to make - even if it harms the economy

6 hours ago

Epic driving test backlog blamed for triggering a major national crisis

6 hours ago

Andy Burnham just got another slap in the face – and his big plan is falling apart - Andy Burnham had a plan to win over financial markets. It's falling to pieces.

6 hours ago

Labour MP branded 'stupid' by senior Tory over claims Britain is racist and sexist

13 hours ago

NHS warned not to sacrifice patient care on 'altar of net zero'

11 hours ago

ANALYSIS - Meghan and Harry are creating a security nightmare for the Home Office

6 hours ago

Reform is on fire - the civil war now raging inside Nigel Farage's party -- Tensions erupted last week as a high profile party figure was booted out for criticising Zia...

6 hours ago

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

1 day ago

Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband 'plot £13bn foreign aid splurge – tax rises likely' -- The Prime Minister and his Foreign Secretary have privately committed to the plan, which is...

1 day ago

Migrants told basic rule on relationships with under-16s in latest advice -- EXCLUSIVE: Document published by the North East Migration Partnership also tells asylum seekers...

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Nigel Farage celebrates by-election win but loses seats to Labour and Lib Dems

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Rachel Reeves is back! She's still wreaking havoc and Andy Burnham just lets it happen -- Rachel Reeves is safely on the back benches but her dire legacy lives on.

1 day ago

DWP PIP benefit claims for acne are insane – there's nothing compassionate about this -- OPINION - AMEER KOTECHA: We need to be honest about those abusing the system.

11 hours ago

Nightmare for Andy Burnham as new figures show debt soaring and tax rises likely -- The Government is spending nearly £7.7 billion every month just on interest - more than it...

1 day ago

OPINION - 'King' Andy Burnham has slapped British public in face – only Reform UK will sort this out - And the Tories have a cheek weighing in on this too!

1 day ago

ANALYSIS - Taxpayers will be furious if they have to pay for Harry's security - they must be told

1 day ago

Watch the moment the French intercept a dinghy as shock new stats emerge

1 day ago

Huge blow for Sadiq Khan as new poll reveals what Londoners really think of him

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Home Office translates guidance telling asylum seekers not to rape into multiple languages -- Exclusive: Fury intensifies over Home Office guidance telling migrants not to rape or beat women

2 days ago

Andy Burnham just proved he's clueless - unless he wakes up, Britain will be bankrupt -- OPINION - LEO MCKINSTRY: Indiscriminate welfare has not only put an intolerable strain on our...

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Andy Burnham breaks silence on Meghan Markle and Harry ahead of shock UK return

2 days ago

Richard Tice slaps down Reform UK critics as civil war rages

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Shabana Mahmood reveals what she really thinks about France's failure to stop small boats -- The Home Secretary issued a surprising verdict about small boat migrants leaving France

2 days ago

Andy Burnham just ran out of time – now a terrifying storm is about to sweep him away -- Andy Burnham dreamed of becoming PM for decades. He got there at the worst possible time.

2 days ago

Labour breaks silence on Meghan Markle and Harry's return with 'reconciliation hope' -- The bombshell news about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's return to the UK came to light last night.

2 days ago

Labour's net zero madness 'pushes up supermarket prices and costs taxpayers £877m'

2 days ago

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

2 days 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?

2 days ago

How 'diabolical' London roadworks became sad summary of all that's wrong with the UK today

3 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

Criminal gangs dumping waste to have cars and houses seized

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Home Office forced to teach migrants that rape is wrong and women are equal to men

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham's man-of-the-people image in doubt over lavish freebies – 'not a good look'

3 days ago

Reform UK in huge poll boost after Nigel Farage's by-election victory -- Latest YouGov opinion survey puts Reform back in the lead after falling behind to Labour

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

POLL - Should Labour scrap net zero?

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Reform rebel vows to fight to stay in party as civil war rages -- Tim Montgomerie was suspended after repeated public criticism of Reform UK.

3 days ago

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.

3 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...

3 days ago

Andy Burnham's shocking £345,000 in donations EXPOSED - from Aintree to Glastonbury

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

POLL - POLL: Should the speed limit on UK motorways be raised to 80mph? A politician says UK motorway speed limits should rise after almost 60 years at 70mph.

3 days ago

Andy Burnham announces 'absolutely massive' change to buses in UK city

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

Andy Burnham issues three-word response after Vladimir Putin's chilling threat to UK

4 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...

4 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.

3 days ago

Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham have declared war on countryside - they will pay for this -- OPINION: Labour, led by the champion of a big city, launched a tax raid on farming families and...

2 days ago

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

4 days ago

Labour's jobs nightmare worsens as new figures paint 'dire' picture for UK

4 days ago

Pensioners warned they may face tax demands after £500 state pension boost in April -- The state pension is set to increase above the personal income tax allowance for the first time

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

Reform UK civil war erupts as key party figure suspended

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

Angela Rayner's big boast is a complete fantasy - it's about to blow up in Burnham's face -- Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham are treating us like mugs. But they won't fool us for long.

4 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.

4 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

4 days ago

Angela Rayner accused of making it easier for travellers to set up 'illegal' sites

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

Free bus pass rule to end on August 31 for over 14 million people - update from govt - Government responds to question over extension as scheme sees 200% increase in usage

4 days ago

Andy Burnham's intervention on migrant crisis proves PM has missed point completely

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

Labour MP suspended after questions over taxpayer-funded Covid loan

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

Andy Burnham's texts to fake Trump aide 'most likely Iran, China or Russia spy op'

5 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.

4 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...

5 days ago

ANALYSIS - Robert Jenrick just announced massive plan to change benefits system – it's about time - Whitehall Editor Jonathan Walker was in the room for the dramatic announcement

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

POLL - Should foreign nationals be banned from claiming UK benefits?

5 days ago

Labour are destroying UK farming – Andy Burnham offers only smoke and mirrors -- OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: Burnham's plans are designed to look good on a press release and nothing...

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

Major Andy Burnham blunder as PM 'exchanged messages' with 'fake Trump official' -- The Prime Minister reportedly believed he was speaking to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

5 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...

5 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

5 days ago

Andy Burnham's depressing idea will breed a low-aspiration generation of children

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

David Lammy keeps taxpayer-funded home for summer despite being sacked -- The Labour MP has not had to move back to his Tottenham constituency.

6 days ago

OPINION -- Lee Anderson issues damning verdict on huge scandal - 'Out of control!'

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

Reform UK unveils plan to cut £50 billion a year from soaring benefits bill

6 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...

6 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...

5 days ago

OPINION - The scale of pensioner poverty in Britain shames us all - Millions of pensioners face relentless anxiety relentless anxiety as they wonder where the next...

6 days ago

Reform faces the next big challenge to make Farage Prime Minister

6 days ago

I exposed migrant smugglers' plot - and the worst is yet to come

6 days ago

Westminster insider names 3 MPs you'd never want to go to the pub with – and 3 you would -- EXCLUSIVE: The comments form part of a forthcoming handbook written under the pseudonym The...

6 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

OPINION - 'Andy Burnham is repeating Starmer's biggest mistake and putting UK in danger' Kemi Badenoch, writing exclusively for the Express, warns Burnham to stop wasting money on...

6 days ago

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

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...

7 days ago

Full list of banned items after 'severe' nationwide alert - it's not just barbecues

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

Andy Burnham warned to scrap woke green policies as they 'make wildfires worse' Countryside campaigners are calling for a rethink of environmental rules they claim could leave...

6 days ago

Andy Burnham wanted to knock Farage out - but he's back on his feet

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

7 days ago

Full list of 43 UK towns and villages where households are set for £250 boost

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".

8 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.

8 days ago

Sadiq Khan blasted over 'bonkers' £2m a year project 'almost nobody is using' -- Critics have told the Mayor of London and Chair of TfL to scrap the costly scheme that they say...

7 days ago

Labour makes huge call on banning petrol and diesel cars

8 days ago

Nigel Farage issues huge warning to rivals in your Express after Clacton by-election win

8 days ago

Richard Tice slams 'cowardly chickens' after Nigel Farage wins Clacton by-election -- Richard Tice accused Reform UK's Westminster rivals of 'cowardice' after boycotting the Clacton...

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

I walked the streets of Clacton hours after Farage's win - locals didn't want to know -- EXCLUSIVE: Just hours after Nigel Farage reclaimed his seat in parliament, Clacton's locals...

8 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...

6 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

Richard Tice claims Reform has evidence of threat to Farage but won't hand it to police - Richard Tice MP has told the media he does not trust the police, or 'anyone else' more than...

8 days ago

Lee Anderson fumes at BBC host over Nigel Farage grilling - 'you're very rude'

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

Raging Nigel Farage's bombshell Clacton-on-Sea announcement leaves supporters stunned

8 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.

8 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.

8 days ago

What about the exit poll for the Clacton by-election? -- The Clacton by-election took place on Thursday (August 13) with Nigel Farage looking to retain...

8 days ago

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

8 days ago

Nigel Farage wins Clacton by-election as Count Binface gets over 9,000 votes

6 days ago

Reform UK and Tory councils vow legal war over Burnham's asylum plan -- Andy Burnham reportedly faces legal action from Reform UK and Tory councils if he goes ahead...

9 days ago

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

9 days ago

Yvette Cooper reveals Keir Starmer migrant bombshell in astonishing attack

9 days ago

Kemi Badenoch issues warning to water companies over unexpected bill hikes

9 days ago

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

9 days ago

Andy Burnham urged to u-turn on Rachel Reeves era to rescue economy -- Miserable growth this year could be followed with an even worse performance next year. Labour is...

9 days ago

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

9 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...

9 days ago

Andy Burnham expecting us to cheer asylum policy is sickening – nobody voted for this

9 days ago

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

9 days ago

ANALYSIS - John Healey is 'Reeves with a packet of pork scratchings' - we could all pay the price - Rachel Reeves made it more expensive to give someone a job but now her successor is on the verge...

8 days ago

POLL - POLL: Do you trust Andy Burnham to cut number of small boat migrants arriving in UK?

9 days ago

Andy Burnham issued stark warning over UK economy

9 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

9 days ago

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

9 days ago

Only one country has ever made a wealth tax work – and it's not Britain

9 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...

10 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...

9 days ago

OPINION - I watched Ann Widdecombe's funeral - 1 thing will stay with me - Express reporter Adam Toms was at Buckfast Abbey during the former Conservative MP and Reform UK...

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

Andy Burnham 'shows how out of touch he is' over 'disgraceful' migrant plan

10 days ago

Zack Polanski's as dim as a cave – here's what he said that convinced me we're doomed -- OPINION - ESTHER KRAKUE: When a politician's as daft as this one, the signs for Britain's future...

8 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

10 days ago

Labour tax anything that moves – blame for hollowed-out high streets lies at their feet - OPINION - VIRGINIA BLACKBURN: The same Labour Party that wrecked the economy is now whingeing...

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".

10 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.

10 days ago

Andy Burnham giving middle classes 'vindictive punishment' in latest migrant plans

10 days ago

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

10 days ago