The Chancellor has vowed to stop the “vicious circle of ever-rising taxes” by shaking up public services and the benefit system. Jeremy Hunt’s remarks come as the Conservatives prepare for their party conference. More than 30 Tory MPs, including former PM Liz Truss and former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel, have said they won’t approve any plans that see taxes […]

Rishi Sunak named fifty-five “rundown” towns chosen to benefit from his Levelling Up windfall. Reviving these neglected “red wall” communities is key to the PM’s chances of winning the general election expected next autumn. He sees this investment as vital in transforming towns plagued by yobs and a lack of opportunity. By dealing with eyesore empty shops and improving transport […]

Labour is planning to introduce “devastating” inheritance tax changes to raid millions from families and farmers. The party is reportedly planning to scrap two exemptions – agricultural and business property relief – that currently allow farms and businesses to be passed down at death without their families paying the divisive 40 percent charge. The move is part of a plan […]

Rishi Sunak mocked Boris Johnson, Nadine Dorries, Liz Truss and Matt Hancock in a speech to political journalists tonight. The Prime Minister was addressing a packed Westminster correspondents’ dinner in central London made up of journalists who work in the Parliamentary lobby. Mr Sunak was introduced by the Daily Express’s Political Editor Sam Lister who is chair of the parliamentary […]

Civil servants have been accused of trying to undermine the Prime Minister’s resetting of net zero policies around heat pumps and clean energy. The Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA), a trade association which lobbies for the gas industry, has claimed civil servants in the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) are working against Rishi Sunak’s bid to reset […]

Suella Braverman delivers speech in Washington DC Left-wing critics of Suella Braverman’s have spent the last day or so hammering the Home Secretary for her hardline speech in Washington DC, in which she blasted “absurd” asylum treaties, including the UN 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention, for creating “huge incentives for illegal migration”, and demanded reforms. The easily outraged brigade has also […]

Gordon Brown urged the government not to ditch the triple lock “midstream” as our crusade to protect it reached 260,000 backers. The former prime minister insisted it would not “make sense” to scrap the system older people rely on for a decent rise now. Our petition with Silver Voices calling on the government to leave the formula untouched when it […]

Suella Braverman has spoken out in support of police after an officer appeared in court over the fatal shooting of an unarmed dad-to-be. The Home Secretary said officers “mustn’t fear ending up in the dock for carrying out their duties” and said she would do everything in her power to “support them”. Chris Kaba, 24, was shot and killed in […]

Ed Davey grilled on if Lib Dems want to rejoin EU Former Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable took a swipe at Sir Ed Davey over the party’s reluctance to talk about Brexit. Sir Vince insisted the Liberal Democrats need to be vocal about their pro-EU credentials as he joked about the focus on sewage. Pollster Professor Sir John Curtice […]

PUEBLO — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s removal from the audience at a performance of “Beetlejuice” at Denver’s Buell Theatre last week for inappropriate behavior caught the attention of voters in her district. But whether the incident will be a deciding factor at the ballot box a little more than 13 months from now is uncertain. Several voters in a small […]