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Tories demand SNP face inquiry into £400k Murrell theft -- The SNP has been called to face an inquiry into Peter Murrell's embezzlement, with Conservatives...

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Tories to ban criminals from blowing benefits on booze and cigarettes

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RAF may have to wait until 2040s for £12bn Typhoon replacement fleet

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Starmer's EU reset could force Brits to ditch 'steak' for bureaucratic Brussels label

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Nicola Sturgeon continues to plead ignorance - but now she's down to her last card

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This is what young need if we're going to tackle UK's growing unemployment crisis

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Nigel Farage will NEVER be invited on Desert Island Discs, BBC insider claims

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M&S boss to the rescue as youth worklessness crisis set to surge - Marc Bolland has the task of lifting the million young people not in work, education and...

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Reform's Robert Kenyon: 'Labour's taking people for granted - let's show them democracy'

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Reform candidate Robert Kenyon launches three-word brutal attack on Andy Burnham

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Horror in Dover as lorry driver makes desperate escape attempt after migrant discovery

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Shock migrant figures with 'jobs being denied to UK youngsters'

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Ed Miliband told to do one thing now after calls to axe 2030 car ban

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Andy Burnham poised to 'call snap general election' if he becomes leader -- The speculation comes as Andy Burnham prepares for what could be a dramatic return to...

18 hours ago

OPINION - Five steps to solve Britain's energy crisis securing warm homes and affordable power - Expensive energy is not an accident. It is the result of policy. And if policy caused it, policy...

20 hours ago

Pollster finds worrying fact about Rupert Lowe that will infuriate Nigel Farage -- A recent Survation poll put Reform on 29% in Makerfield, narrowly behind Labour's Andy Burnham...

21 hours ago

POLL - POLL: Should Ed Miliband be the next Chancellor? According to reports, allies of Chancellor Rachel Reeves have been lobbying Labour MPs to...

21 hours ago

Row erupts as Nigel Farage outlines Reform UK's grooming gangs plan

21 hours ago

Labour 'hiding the facts' on civil servants at Iranian embassy celebration of revolution

22 hours ago

Patriotic Brits want to keep up pressure on Putin rather than axe sanctions for cheap oil

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Ed Miliband's dream is just about to come true - and it's a nightmare for the rest of us

22 hours ago

'Miliband would be a disaster for UK!' Panic as Burnham poised to make Ed chancellor -- Miliband is accused of making Britain an 'energy vassal state' as fears mount Andy Burnham could...

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Andy Burnham has bombshell plan for 'unfair' asylum hotels if he becomes PM -- Labour's Makerfield by-election candidate is preparing to upend asylum accommodation

1 day ago

Nicola Sturgeon faces yet more humiliation after ex-husband's embezzlement shame -- Peter Murrell is expected to pay back the £400,000 he stole from the SNP.

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Keir Starmer is planning a new tax to hit holidays - and there's outrage - The Government's plan to allow mayors to levy tourism taxes could devastate the holiday industry...

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Keir Starmer warned his Brexit 'reset' EU deal will push up cost of food and drink

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This is the weapon authorities need in battle against dodgy barbers and vape shops

20 hours ago

ANALYSIS - How Rupert Lowe and Restore UK could be about to change history

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Major UK police reforms slammed as Labour 're-invents the wheel to make it look good'

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Everyone's waiting to see if there'll be a leadership challenge - except one man

22 hours ago

Keir Starmer seems to be competing with himself to come up with most ridiculous policies -- OPINION - ROBERT FISK: Are Labour determined to show how bad a job they can do?

1 day ago

Keir Starmer you are pitiful! Response to Tony Blair lays bare the awful state of Britain -- OPINION - NICK FERRARI: Starmer drifts when we need him to deliver.

20 hours ago

Ed Miliband's Net Zero zealotry will collapse - and it's for these bombshell reasons -- OPINION - ROSS CLARK: Miliband's mad obsession has no legs - unfortunately for us, he's there to...

20 hours ago

Latest polls in Makerfield by-election as Labour, Reform and Restore fight - who will win? -- The by-election in the north west constituency could be one of the most historic the UK has ever...

4 days ago

Major Rachel Reeves ISA changes delayed after flaw revealed

1 day ago

Migrant smuggler taunts Starmer over deportations as he reveals staggering loophole

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Starmer and Burnham couldn't run a bath – Tony Blair knew Labour had to change to win

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OPINION - King of the North? More like King of U-turns – and Andy Burnham's at it again

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Keir Starmer breaks silence as Russian drone strikes building in NATO country injuring 2 -- Two people were injured overnight in the strike.

2 days ago

'Reeves is bringing in a new 22% HMRC tax and it's like punishment' -- While the policy has been known for a while, the details are now emerging

1 day ago

Farmers must protect UK food security by avoiding key thing -- Ministers are under pressure to decarbonise the transport sector but a farming boss has warned...

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Andy Burnham is ditching Rachel Reeves – and replacing her with somebody far worse

2 days ago

Starmer bombshell as he just admitted his three biggest mistakes

2 days ago

Tony Blair's a preening, self-serving globalist – but he's right about Labour -- OPINION - MARK DOLAN: His record might be terrible, but this time he's bang-on.

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POLL -- POLL: Would you like Tony Blair to return as Labour leader? Vote here

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Britain's armed forces battle fraud crisis as 'culture change' demanded

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Peter Murrell's embezzlement shame raises three questions that must be answered

2 days ago

Major bombshell as huge new Labour cover-up exposed

2 days ago

Rejoiners target Makerfield by-election in campaign to reverse Brexit as milestone passed

2 days ago

Nicola Sturgeon moans about 'worst week of my life' after estranged husband found guilty

2 days ago

Andy Burnham issues furious 1,500-word response to Tony Blair attack -- The Greater Manchester Mayor has reacted to the former prime minister's intervention.

2 days ago

ANALYSIS - Labour's big beasts are fighting a nasty civil war while the rest of us suffer - Voters are waiting for answers to the problems hitting their wallets, jobs and futures - all...

2 days ago

Labour migrant deal 'descending into farce' as activists target detention centre -- Shabana Mahmood pledged to help Paris pay for the facility near Dunkirk so that deportations can...

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Keir Starmer hits back at Tony Blair as Labour civil war explodes

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We asked who should be the next Labour leader – and the results gave a shocking favourite

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Rachel Reeves wrecked winter fuel payment and state pension - now she's after your ISA -- Everything Rachel Reeves touches falls to pieces. Then she makes it worse.

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Police who handcuffed murder victim Henry Nowak branded 'disgace' as killer jailed

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Ed Miliband suffers huge blow as Brits reject net-zero agenda

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Andy Burnham makes yet another U-turn in Labour leadership shambles

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Labour jobs tsar Alan Milburn warns social media 'doomscrolling' is destroying young lives

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Labour jobs watchdog warns employers using cheap migrant workers instead of British talent -- Government job tsar Alan Milburn has warned employers are using cheap foreign labour instead of...

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ANALYSIS - Keir Starmer's weakness ruined the lives of a million young people - this scandal must end - Britain's benefits system is pushing young people into lives of loneliness and meaninglessness,...

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Social media ban for kids is a no-brainer - but does Starmer have the balls? -- There is little doubt Big-Tech billionaires have been using our children as guinea pigs in a...

3 days ago

Pension warning issued to 1 group of people - check if you're affected

3 days ago

Fury as petition to undo Brexit and rejoin EU passes major milestone - 'We've had enough'

3 days ago

Tony Blair thinks he's our saviour – but there's only one thing we really need from him - OPINION - LEO MCKINSTRY: His ugly record has done nothing to lessen his arrogance.

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UK households warned of 67% 'double tax' as Rachel Reeves makes change

3 days ago

Ed Miliband just went too far - even Keir Starmer has had enough now

3 days ago

London Mayor Sadiq Khan shares photo from his Hajj pilgrimage

3 days ago

Labour welfare bonanza will lead to 'lost generation' of young people, report says

3 days ago

National service plan to tackle youth unemployment crisis

2 days ago

Immigration madness as 27 young foreign workers hired for every one Brit

3 days ago

POLL - POLL: Should Labour call a snap general election if Keir Starmer is ousted? Readers can vote in our online poll on whether there should be a snap general election if the PM...

3 days ago

Surging bills and Ed Miliband's energy zealotry will push Labour out of power -- ANALYSIS - DAVID WILLIAMSON: Leaving UK oil and gas fields untapped when bills are skyrocketing...

2 days ago

Brexit betrayal fears surge as Rejoin petition hits huge milestone -- Wes Streeting previously described Brexit as a "catastrophic mistake" that has left Britain...

3 days ago

OPINION - Tony Blair sowed seeds of this catastrophic Labour Party - how dare he chip in now

2 days ago

Labour civil war explodes as Andy Burnham takes savage dig at Tony Blair

3 days ago

Ed Miliband's net zero policies branded 'fantasy' by Tony Blair in blistering attack -- Sir Tony Blair called on Sir Keir Starmer to rip up Energy Secretary Ed Miliband's net zero...

3 days ago

Major update in grooming gang scandal as experts make key legal move

3 days ago

OPINION - Labour are incapable of the reform our welfare system desperately needs

3 days ago

Top spy chief reveals Britain is a critical race - as she reveals Russia's death toll

3 days ago

Ed Miliband is refusing to budge on net zero obsession - this is the reason why

3 days ago

Labour given urgent migrant crime warning as sentencing plans come under fire -- A leading defence solicitor has warned the statistics "pale in comparison to the amount of crime...

3 days ago

Tony Blair is the ghost Labour MPs want to go away – and he's absolutely spot-on -- OPINION - ESTHER KRAKUE: Whatever Ministers think of Blair, it had to hurt reading his latest...

3 days ago

Tony Blair just showed us why Labour should NEVER be in power – especially Ed Miliband -- I blame Sir Tony Blair for the disaster that is PM Keir Starmer.

3 days ago

Nigel Farage demands snap general election if Labour ousts Keir Starmer

3 days ago

OPINION - Rachel Reeves' latest big idea is nothing but a short-term headline grabber

3 days ago

Nicola Sturgeon's estranged husband confirms SNP are just a bunch of second-raters -- OPINION - VIRGINIA BLACKBURN: Nicola Sturgeon's estranged husband is back in the headlines.

3 days ago

Andy Burnham just said the one thing no PM should ever say – it spells disaster for UK

4 days ago

OPINION -- Kicking Keir Starmer out won't change Labour's smoke and mirrors migration policy

3 days ago

Restore Britain backer claims Jews are foreign as Rupert Lowe faces racism storm

4 days ago

POLL - Is Labour lurching dangerously to the left?

4 days ago

Nightmare for Keir Starmer as Tony Blair criticises Labour over 3 major failures

4 days ago

Labour chaos as Tony Blair declares war on Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting

4 days ago

Conservatives vow to end ban on air conditioning as temperatures soar - Conservatives say they will end an effective ban on air conditioning as Britain swelters in...

3 days ago

Rachel Reeves is presenting herself as the champion of UK business - who is she kidding? -- Rachel Reeves presents herself as the champion of British business but critics say she's done...

3 days ago

'Deluded' Keir Starmer has made huge mistake and these three words prove it -- Express reporter Adam Toms argues that the PM should have more of an appreciation for the nature...

3 days ago

Outrage as Labour hands over more taxpayer cash to Mauritius: 'Beggars belief'

4 days ago

Terror warning as communities become more 'polarised' and extremists 'more empowered'

4 days ago

Andy Burnham just revealed he will tax you to oblivion - 1 big lie exposed -- Andy Burnham's push for PM is built on a massive lie. The truth is going to cost you.

4 days ago

Keir Starmer's dithering is putting British children at risk - even his own team know this

4 days ago

Reform's Robert Kenyon warns Labour against treating Makerfield as 'pawn' in its civil war

4 days ago

Rachel Reeves issued dire warning – 'risk causing major collapse'

4 days ago

Alarming new small boat tactic as heatwave encourages Channel crossing record

4 days ago

JK Rowling mocks Nicola Sturgeon's claim she didn't know about husband's embezzlement -- JK Rowling has mocked Nicola Sturgeon's claim she didn't know about how her husband's paid for a...

4 days ago

Sorry Sturgeon... the independence movement must now confront a very awkward truth -- OPINION - AARON NEWBURY: Peter Murrell's theft exposes a culture of corruption in the SNP that...

4 days ago

Headache for Nigel Farage as top Reform UK politicians clash over migration policy -- Nigel Farage's economic spokesman, Robert Jenrick, said migrants would not be automatically...

5 days ago

New figures show net migration at lowest since 2012 - but this is why I'm not celebrating

4 days ago

Teenage rapists who avoided jail to have sentences reviewed following furious backlash

5 days ago

Reform issues 'English-only' demand after Islamic prayer at council meeting - Reform said it was 'inappropriate' for any readings to be in a language 'many residents do not...

4 days ago

Desperate Rachel Reeves scrambles to stop key contracts going abroad

5 days ago

Andy Burnham faces nightmare left-wing challenge if he wins by-election

5 days ago

Politician says he 'should have punched reporter' after immigration question

4 days ago

Nicola Sturgeon has destroyed her legacy - 'how could she not know?'

4 days ago

POLL: Should Restore Britain stand aside for Reform in Makerfield by-election?

4 days ago

Rachel Reeves's days are numbered - but she'll leave us a very nasty parting present

5 days ago

UK removes 600 sex offenders as nationals from 4 countries lead deportations -- Almost 100 murderers have been removed from the UK, Home Office figures show

4 days ago

Fury as small boat 'child migrants' revealed as adults -- Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp warned: 'This puts children already in foster or children's...

5 days ago

Nicola Sturgeon urged to 'come clean' on what she knew about husband embezzling £400k -- The ex-SNP leader has insisted she "had no knowledge or suspicion whatsoever that personal items...

5 days ago

John Curtice issues dire by-election warning to Nigel Farage

5 days ago

'Astonishing!' Fury that men with multiple wives are allowed to claim extra state benefits

5 days ago

Forget Milburn report, this is real reason nearly one million young people are not working -- OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: We don't need another report from a Blairite dinosaur to tell us things...

5 days ago

OPINION - Labour's failures on immigration and housing are two sides of the same problem

5 days ago

'I have a brain tumour at 20 and I'm scared — MPs must back assisted dying'

5 days ago

Peter Murrell splashed out £400k of SNP cash on £4.2k pen and 2.5k salt and pepper pots

5 days ago

Reform councils blasted over £16million spent on diary managers and PAs

5 days ago

Andy Burnham secret plot to take control of Britain revealed -- Allies of the Greater Manchester mayor insist he remains laser-focused on winning Makerfield,...

5 days ago

Russian elite fear 'catastrophe is coming' as Vladimir Putin 'loses faith' in Donald Trump -- Putin is said to be in the "most challenging period" of his nearly 30 years in power amid claims...

5 days ago

Ex-SNP chief executive Peter Murrell pleads guilty to embezzling £400k from party -- Peter Murrell arrived at the High Court on Monday wearing a black suit with a black tie.

6 days ago

Andy Burnham plots Budget from hell - here's how he'll hike your taxes as PM

6 days ago

Labour transport bosses splashed £5,000 on canapés for MPs while passengers tighten belts

6 days ago

Labour could pay parents already on benefits extra cash -- Labour is weighing extra cash for parents on benefits at the same time as a government tsar...

6 days ago

OPINION -- 'Reform's DOGE is nothing more than a populist PR stunt - and here's the evidence'

5 days ago

Major blow to Rachel Reeves as key figure crashes to near 30 year low

6 days ago

OPINION - Brace for impact – Andy Burnham is more dangerous than you think

6 days ago

Starmer blasted as PM 'too scared of left-wing MPs' to carry out migration crackdown

6 days ago

Andy Burnham might be our next PM – but who is he and what does he really believe?

5 days ago

EXPOSED: Huge number of Labour's new homes wiped out by immigration demand

5 days ago

Andy Burnham hypocrisy exposed as 'man of the people' claimed £17k on freebies -- The potential Labour leadership challenger has been accused of 'hypocrisy' as it emerged he had...

6 days ago

POLL - Should Britain cut benefit payments? Vote now - Ministers are said to be worried that parts of the current welfare system create incentives for...

5 days ago

Nigel Farage in furious row with Elon Musk billionaire - 'What's he trying to achieve?' -- Elon Musk and Nigel Farage are engaged in a bitter row as the billionaire backed rival Restore...

6 days ago

Migrants rush to secure British citizenship before Shabana Mahmood's crackdown

6 days ago

Keir Starmer reacts as teen girls' rapists spared jail

6 days ago

This northerner is sick of Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner's patronising parlour games -- OPINION - SEBASTIAN MURPHY: Is this really all that the Labour Party has to offer the north of...

5 days ago

Andy Burnham is perfect example of the huge problem plaguing Labour Party

5 days ago

Ed Miliband told to scrap solar farms on Britain's fertile farmland or risk food security

5 days ago

Fury as most migrants appealing to stay in UK don't even have court date

6 days ago

Musk backs Restore Britain in Burnham by-election as party vows to 'dismantle the system'

6 days ago

Almost 700 migrants cross Channel in 48 hours as 'summer of chaos' warning issued -- Hundreds of migrants have made the perilous journey in small boats in the past two days.

6 days ago

POLL - POLL: Do you support the UK rejoining the EU single market? Readers can vote in our online poll on whether they think Britain should return to the EU single...

6 days ago

Labour chaos fuels 133% surge as investors put their money in 'safe bet' -- An expert says people are changing tack as Britain could enter a period whereby "nobody knows...

7 days ago

Angela Rayner is raising hell - she's set to plunge the country into chaos

7 days ago

GB News halts for breaking announcement - and it's bad news for Keir Starmer

7 days ago

Moment Camilla Tominey explodes at Labour minister in brutal GB News clash - 'hang on!' -- GB News presenter tells Labour minister: "You've created this problem, haven't you?"

6 days ago

Andy Burnham 'taking voters for idiots' as Manchester mayor's roots face scrutiny

7 days ago

ANALYSIS -- Wes Streeting is desperate to become Prime Minister - here are 68 reasons to worry

6 days ago

'Culture of fear' exposed in music industry dominated by big players

7 days ago

Britain has less than two weeks of gas reserves as Labour blocks new North Sea exploration

7 days ago

Keir Starmer accused of steering clear of Benefits Street to 'save his own skin'

7 days ago

Andy Burnham costs UK £5m as Keir Starmer finally puts Britain first

6 days ago

Labour tries new tactic to remove most difficult Channel migrants - but few return home -- But as the Express has revealed previously, only 14 have been sent back to Afghanistan since 2018.

6 days ago

Bombshell new poll boost for Andy Burnham and nightmare for Nigel Farage -- A first poll has dropped from the battleground constituency set to fought over by Reform UK and...

7 days ago

Asylum seeker deported to France in Labour '1-in-1-out' scheme is back in Britain -- The migrant revealed he had left Britain under a new Labour scheme but came back to the UK...

7 days ago

Nigel Farage announces huge tax break for hard working Brits

7 days ago

Andy Burnham dealt huge blow as Brit voters hit back in major Labour crisis

7 days ago

Prime Minister urges Champions League Final to be free to watch -- The Arsenal-loving prime minister has issued a plea for his team's showdown with Paris...

7 days ago

Andy Burnham plots to unleash new £35bn tax hell on Britons

7 days ago

Labour feels the wrath of pensioners as tax raid squeezes elderly's incomes

7 days ago

EU slaps down Labour's bid for Single Market access

7 days ago

Labour's foot-dragging on osteoporosis means '4,000 people have died needlessly'

7 days ago

Huge blow to Burnham as voters think one leader would be a better PM - and it's a surprise -- The Tories say 'Andy Burnham would just be Starmer in a different suit'

7 days ago

UK households told of £16,000 HMRC allowance as Rachel Reeves told to scrap hated tax -- An expert has reminded savers of current rules that enable them to pass on some money to their...

8 days ago

Fears more than 1,000 pupils were given the wrong GCSE maths grade -- Conservatives call for papers to be re-marked after teacher spots problem with exam marking

8 days ago

UK tourists could face £300 bills under Rachel Reeves' proposed staycation tax

7 days ago

Andy Burnham has a plan for change - and I guarantee you will hate it

8 days ago

England's largest lake at risk of toxic algal bloom as hot weather hits - A combination of treated sewage released into Lake Windermere and high temperatures means algal...

7 days ago

Brexit betrayal warning as Burnham and Streeting 'need to answer' 3 key questions

8 days ago

UK heading for pensions nightmare and it spells disaster for anyone born from 1965-80

8 days ago

Moment Andy Burnham lost his cool – he'll have to do better in Makerfield pressure cooker

8 days ago

Keir Starmer is doing a deal with the devil – and his own MPs are fuming

7 days ago

ANALYSIS - Nigel Farage hit by three massive blows that could stop him becoming prime minister

7 days ago

Andy Burnham teases higher UK taxes as he reveals 'undertaxed' bombshell ahead of PM bid

8 days ago

Green Party candidate drops out of by-election over Golders Green attack conspiracy theory -- The party said he was standing down for 'personal reasons'

8 days ago

Bigoted Bridget Phillipson doesn't give a damn about women's safety -- OPINION - CAROLE MALONE: And one development is sure to stick in her craw!

8 days ago

Six times Andy Burnham shamelessly flip-flopped – number three shows some real brass neck -- Greater Manchester Mayor was recently dubbed King of the U-turn by his opponents

8 days ago

Andy Burnham issues savage five-word attack on Sir Keir Starmer as by-election begins

8 days ago

Rachel Reeves warned 'Soviet-style' food price caps could make weekly shop more expensive

9 days ago

UK draws up WW3 plans with 'mass mobilisation' of civilians -- Defence chiefs spoke openly to an inquiry in Parliament

9 days ago

Big state pension £25,140 tax threshold decision update as MP showdown set

9 days ago

Rachel Reeves plots £1bn family holiday 'stealth tax' - as summer savings plan is launched

9 days ago

Rachel Reeves just issued an urgent warning - she knows the crazy truth about Ed Miliband

9 days ago

Live-event - Andy Burnham sets out plan to replace Keir Starmer as Brexit row continues

9 days ago

Andy Burnham's attacks on a dead woman show why he is not fit to be prime minister -- OPINION - SAM LISTER: The Greater Manchester Mayor feasts on past grievances instead of looking...

8 days ago

Fury as government pours billions of taxpayers' cash 'down drain' - migrant chaos blamed -- Complacency at the heart of Whitehall is condemned as fraud, write-offs and the cancellation of...

9 days ago

Woke groupthink is plaguing UK arts – and this latest row proves it -- OPINION - LEO MCKINSTRY: A depressing bout of wokery is dragging down a once great institution

8 days ago