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Daily Express - Politics

Reform's Zia Yusuf issues furious 'blanket ban' threat to Pakistan as grooming row grows -- Exclusive: Reform home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf says Pakistan will pay a heavy price if Nigel...

17 minutes ago

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

17 minutes ago

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

1 hour ago

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

9 hours ago

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

23 hours ago

Reform's Robert Jenrick just exposed this - it's a major betrayal of hard-working Brits

23 hours ago

Andy Burnham on brink of snap election - one nightmare scenario should terrify us all

45 minutes ago

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

1 hour 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.

17 minutes ago

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

4 hours ago

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

45 minutes ago

Reform UK civil war erupts as key party figure suspended

4 hours ago

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

6 hours ago

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

6 hours 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.

7 hours 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

45 minutes 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".

8 hours ago

Sadiq Khan under fire as London covered in 'ugly tower blocks - 'stop building them' -- The Tories are calling on the London Mayor to stop building high rise tower blocks in the capital.

10 hours ago

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

9 hours ago

Labour MP suspended after questions over taxpayer-funded Covid loan

23 hours ago

John Healey's big gamble will end in disaster - and rain hellfire on Andy Burnham -- The new Chancellor has a plan - but it's so risky we should all be worried.

6 hours ago

Tories to scrap EU red tape to 'save' summer jobs for youngsters -- Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch backs changes to employment law

6 hours 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...

1 day ago

Reform announces huge plan for unemployed to clean parks and repair council houses

1 day ago

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

23 hours ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

23 hours ago

Kemi Badenoch joined an Establishment stitch-up to make a mockery of voters -- The Conservative Party is a washed-up failure.

1 day ago

Kemi Badenoch could scupper Andy Burnham's dream of Labour rule into 2030s -- Kemi can't afford to be complacent - she must take this chance for the good of Britain.

1 day ago

Andy Burnham faces bombshell decision - and he's walking straight into a trap - Our new PM is being pushed into making a brutal choice. And he'll be damned whatever he does,...

1 day ago

Bans on swimming pools and window cleaning to save water - even if it rains -- Some rain may come this week, but that won't solve the water shortage

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Burnham warned historic parks 'at risk' of destruction after major reforms

1 day ago

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

23 hours ago

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

1 day ago

Louise Haigh sent deafening wildfire alert as fury erupts over 'misuse' -- One person claimed the thunderous wildfire emergency alarm was an 'absolute abuse' of the alert...

1 day 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.

1 day ago

OPINION - 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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Tories pledge major crackdown on illegal traveller sites to end 'two-tier treatment' The Conservatives have promised to end the 'two-tier treatment' of travellers

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

State pension triple lock update as new report exposes huge crisis

2 days ago

Plan for new generation of defence factories across North East o UK can tackle threats

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Reform faces the next big challenge to make Farage Prime Minister

2 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....

1 day 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...

1 day ago

Voters want change as animal welfare no longer a niche concern -- Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation co-founder Chris Platt argues that animal welfare is a...

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Andy Burnham warned military need answers on funding as enemies marvel at UK complacency -- The Prime Minister has been challenged to commit 3% of GDP to defence by 2030 as former top...

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Parents say say raising vaping age to 21 will protect kids

3 days ago

High street pharmacists warn of 'medicines shortages crisis' with supply system 'broken'

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

This damning stat tells us all we need to know about Burnham's thoughts on small boats - OPINION - NICK FERRARI: And he's already managed to contradict himself!

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Petition to ban halal slaughter reaches huge milestone as Government responds

3 days ago

Andy Burnham creates brand new government role as UK devastated by wildfires

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Labour makes huge call on banning petrol and diesel cars

4 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.

2 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...

3 days ago

Reform insider makes huge second Clacton by-election prediction - Tories should be worried -- EXCLUSIVE: Insiders have told The Express what they think would happen should another poll be...

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

Nigel Farage's victory has exposed stupidity of haters who didn't have guts to take him on -- OPINION - CAROLE MALONE: His haters are showing with each and every utterance just how out of...

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

Andy Burnham's migrant plan 'about punishing people for not voting Labour'

4 days ago

Andy Burnham's latest asylum seeker plan reveals why he can't be trusted on immigration

3 days ago

Andy Burnham thinks his new migrant plan is genius - but it's about to blow up in his face

4 days ago

Parliament's probe into Nigel Farage's finances restarts hours after Reform win in Clacton -- The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has re-opened its investigation into the Reform UK...

4 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...

4 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...

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

Farage breaks silence with defiant statement after missing Clacton by-election results - Nigel Farage won with 22,239 votes, with Count Binface in second place on 9,455 votes.

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

Nigel Farage won't attend Clacton by-election count after police warning

4 days ago

'Am I angry? I'm very angry' - Furious Farage declares victory and erupts at establishment

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 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.

2 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...

4 days ago

Fury grows at pro-immigration Labour MP now upset at migrants moving to her town -- The Labour MP has fumed at the Government's plan to house 1,200 migrants in North Yorkshire.

4 days ago

Yvette Cooper reveals Keir Starmer migrant bombshell in astonishing attack

4 days ago

Kemi Badenoch issues warning to water companies over unexpected bill hikes

5 days ago

Andy Burnham says he's 'angry' water bills have shot up - but he's doing nothing about it -- Fury has erupted as millions of people could pay more for their water bills, writes Shadow...

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

OPINION - Andy Burnham loyalists are already fretting about one of PM's habits

5 days ago

Zia Yusuf blasts Vodafone CEO over illegal migrant scandal - 'liable to go to prison'

5 days ago

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

4 days ago

Britain's asylum seeker hotspots MAPPED: See the areas housing 1,000+ migrants - Exclusive: Analysis of Home Office records shows nearly every area in the UK has seen a sharp...

4 days ago

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...

4 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...

5 days ago

Andy Burnham issued stark warning over UK economy

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

Labour 'building up a mountain of debt' – Andy Burnham has 'no idea how to fix the mess' In a worst-case scenario, debt interest could spiral to nearly half of government revenue,...

5 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

Andy Burnham calls for major summer ban on high street staple amid national emergency

5 days ago

Terrifying warning over Andy Burnham's jail release plan - 'may lead to murder'

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 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...

5 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...

4 days ago

New parcel rules for Royal Mail, Evri, Amazon deliveries - legislation bid set out -- The new regulations would apply to all delivery companies

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

Police dogs and Taser armed cops surround Buckfast Abbey ahead of Ann Widdecombe's funeral -- The former Conservative MP and Reform UK spokeswoman was killed in her own home in July.

6 days ago

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

5 days ago

Should middle-class areas be forced to house more migrants?

6 days ago

Is Andy Burnham right to insist Middle Class towns and villages take more small boats

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

Angela Rayner's children 'disgusted' over 1 thing she does - Rayner has addressed the habit in an interview.

5 days ago

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

6 days ago

Andy Burnham 're-traumatising victims' as he's blasted for constant U-turns

6 days ago

Fury as Andy Burnham admits small-boat crosssings could continue for YEARS - 'it's chaos!'

6 days ago

Andy Burnham demands 'all parts of the country' have homes for asylum seekers

6 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

6 days ago

ANALYSIS - Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have been sent a blunt message by terrified voters - There may be only one way to prevent a lefty coalition taking over Britain

6 days ago

John Healey about to unleash '£25bn Budget tax blitz' - it's worse than Rachel Reeves -- Chancellor Rachel Reeves has gone, but John Healey will be just as bad.

6 days ago

Nigel Farage hit by poll blow days before Clacton by-election -- The new polling comes ahead of Thursday's by-election in Clacton

7 days ago

Andy Burnham call to raise £18,000 personal tax allowance hits key threshold

7 days ago

OPINION - I've been reluctant to write this but how are 200,000 small boat arrivals not an invasion?

7 days ago

Nigel Farage slaps down Reform ally Zia Yusuf for branding ex-Defence Secretary 'traitor' -- Nigel Farage broke his silence on the issue after a war of words erupted between Zia Yusuf and...

6 days ago

Donald Trump discovery at her own family home left Stormy Daniels appalled

7 days ago

Andy Burnham breaks silence on PC Andrew Harper's killers with massive announcement

7 days ago

Andy Burnham needs to grow a pair - tell us killers WILL be kept locked up

7 days ago

Andy Burnham just went too far – Britain already has one monarch

7 days ago

Andy Burnham's gimmicks will barely touch the sides as Brits pay for Labour's policies -- OPINION - TIM NEWARK: There's no need for the Prime Minister to go on tour to understand why...

6 days ago

PC Andrew Harper's killers set to remain in prison as top Labour figure makes announcement -- Two out of three of Pc Harper's killers, Cole and Bowers, are currently set to be released half...

6 days ago

Andy Burnham's latest announcement slammed as PM kicks off summer tour -- The Prime Minister is making the first visit on his summer tour.

6 days ago

Inside France's most notorious migrant camp with our expert - Q&A

6 days ago

ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham is set to stab Leave voters in the back – he really hates Brexit

7 days ago

Reform UK's Lee Anderson tells us his dream job – and rival MPs will worry - MPs who are terrified at the thought of Nigel Farage entering Number 10 will hold their heads in...

7 days ago

Huge blow for Polanski as Green councillor defects and says he is 'not fit to be PM'

7 days ago

Brexit fury as new minister admits Labour about to drag UK closer to EU under Burnham

7 days ago

Ann Widdecombe major update as police investigate new link to Nigel Farage

7 days ago

Andy Burnham's high streets plan torn apart - 'will create more empty shops!'

7 days ago

Channel migrant crisis could become like the Mediterranean, Nigel Farage rages

7 days ago

Kemi Badenoch confronts Andy Burnham over Budget plans - 'more hardship on the way'

7 days ago

UK drought latest as huge chunks of England swelter in latest heatwave -- A scorching start to August and lack of rainfall takes a 'real toll' on farming

7 days ago

Wealth tax fears erupt as Andy Burnham dealt huge blow -- Prime Minister said to be struggling to recruit a key economic adviser due to levy fears

8 days ago

Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe in huge row over Reform UK deal with Restore Britain -- The pair's ongoing argument about a pact between their two parties rumbles on

8 days ago

Nigel Farage's bombshell new migrant policy is the real deal - and this is how I know

7 days ago

Kemi Badenoch issues major Andy Burnham demand in your Express ahead of Budget

7 days ago

Andy Burnham issued urgent warning over flagship policy -- The Prime Minister is promising to devolve power to local areas

8 days ago

Andy Burnham urged to end scandal of shops refusing to accept cash

8 days ago

New Labour is to blame for the march of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion madness

7 days ago

Huge migrant dinghy carrying 230 people pictured as French do nothing to stop boats

8 days ago

John Healey's next tax grab could be pure madness – even Reeves wasn't this unhinged

8 days ago

Nigel Farage's bombshell deportation plan revealed as talks with third country emerge -- Reform UK have unveiled new plans to deal with foreign nationals in Britain's jails.

8 days ago

Nigel Farage breaks silence on bombshell Reform-Restore deal -- The Reform UK leader has said one thing must happen for him to strike a deal with Lowe's Restore...

8 days ago

OPINION - Kemi's making a big mistake trying to outflank Nigel Farage on issues like immigration - OPINION - JONATHAN SAXTY: Sorry Kemi but the Tories had 14 years to fix things and look where it...

8 days ago

Nigel Farage makes bombshell foreign prisoners announcement

7 days ago

I met a Swedish couple in my deprived town centre - you won't believe what they thought

7 days ago

Nigel Farage's chance of becoming PM revealed in new bombshell poll - The results land as Andy Burnham enjoys an early "bounce" after succeeding Keir Starmer.

8 days ago

David Lammy eyes major new role after Andy Burnham sacked him

8 days ago

Nigel Farage reveals what he will do with foreign criminals serving time in UK jails

8 days ago

Andy Burnham declares war on 'fake' sales that rip off shoppers

8 days ago

Farage rages police chiefs are turning UK into Communist Russia after Polanski decision

9 days ago

Ed Miliband just launched a massive power grab - Andy Burnham has unleashed a monster

9 days ago

Andy Burnham handed blueprint to reverse Brexit with UK joining 'European Confederation'

9 days ago

Farage warns France exactly what he plans to do on migrants - 'you will have to lump it!' -- The Reform UK leader isn't backing down over tough plan to deal with cross-Channel migrants

8 days ago

Polio 'could return' after vaccination funding cut -- Experts issue warning after polio funding was cut

8 days ago

Burnham blasted for 'breathtaking hypocrisy' as PM poses as champion of UK high streets -- The Prime Minister is about to go on a 'summer tour' of the United Kingdom to present himself as...

8 days ago

Ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday's claims are wild - but he's not the only one who lied

9 days ago

'Literally lunatics' - Lee Anderson's scathing verdict on 'nutjobs' in Parliament

9 days ago

ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham faces energy bills nightmare - pensioners will suffer this winter - Pensioners are already fearing how they will afford to heat their homes this winter despite the...

8 days ago

Tice erupts at police after bombshell Ann Widdecombe 'murder' update - 'they've messed up'

9 days ago

Bombshell new TV licence proposal would give households influence over BBC

9 days ago

'Disgraceful!' Rupert Lowe blasted over royal warrant after King attack

10 days ago

Reform UK hikes pressure for new inquiry into grooming gang atrocities

10 days ago

Labour finally admits U-turn on Ed Miliband's Net Zero 'lunacy' -- Eco zealot targets could not be relaxed after Labour finally admitted

10 days ago

Gordon Brown placed a timebomb under Britain - it's set to blow up in Andy Burnham's face -- New PM Andy Burnham is a happy man today. It won't last.

10 days ago

Ann Widdecombe counter-terror police 'reopen investigation at Nigel Farage's home' -- Police said they identified a line of inquiry not pursued that "may have been relevant".

10 days ago

Stars warn Labour risks killing Olympic hopes if school sports funding cut

10 days ago

Treasury urged to reverse Rachel Reeves's gin and tonic sabotage

10 days ago