Keir Starmer’s top team is unapologetic about the cut to the winter fuel payment for millions of pensioners as the party chair warned “we have to get the money from somewhere” on the eve of Labour’s conference in Liverpool. Rising star in the cabinet Ellie Reeves, who is due toContinue Reading
When Neil Kinnock’s Labour suffered a humiliating shock defeat to John Major’s Tories in 1992, he would not have known that a school mock election coinciding with the national vote would launch two of his party’s future stars. At Cator Park School for Girls, in Beckenham, a 13-year-old Rachel ReevesContinue Reading
Channel 4 is facing demands to stop running betting companies’ adverts ahead of attempts to bring in a full ban on the “harmful” commercials. A letter from Leeds Central and Headingley MP Alex Sobel has been sent to chief executive Alex Mahon, pushing for an end to accepting paid advertsContinue Reading
Diane Abbott has accused Keir Starmer of being “in the pocket of millionaires” as senior party insiders fear that Labour is being put on trial over the freebies saga. The claim by the veteran leftwing Labour MP, who Sir Keir’s allies attempted to block from standing in the recent election,Continue Reading
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering increasing alcohol duties in next month’s Budget, it has been reported Ms Reeves has not ruled out putting up tax on beer, wine and spirits as part of a plan to restore public finances. She has been presented with forecasts that show that putting upContinue Reading
Reform UK’s conference had the buzz of a party punching well above its weight. And that is exactly what the party’s leadership is attempting to do. Nigel Farage and other senior figures spent today’s conference – the largest it has ever held – trying to persuade its members, and theContinue Reading
Keir Starmer has said he will not accept any more free clothes from donors after days of negative headlines over “wardrobe-gate”. Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves have also made the same pledge, in an abrupt change of policy just before Labour’s annual conference opens this weekend. But the move stillContinue Reading
Nigel Farage has said Reform UK must “model itself on the Liberal Democrats” if it wants to succeed in upcoming elections. He outlined plans to “professionalise and democratise” the party, saying it was “amateurism” that let Reform down at this year’s general election. Mr Farage used his speech at hisContinue Reading
Watch live as Nigel Farage addresses the Reform UK party conference in Birmingham on Friday, 20 September. The party secured five seats at this year’s general election and is expected to say it plans to win the next time the country goes to the polls. Deputy leader Richard Tice, chairmanContinue Reading
Cherie Blair has opened up about how she was pushed down the stairs by a domestic abuser while representing his vulnerable victim. The leading barrister said her attacker was out of control and clearly felt entirely justified in his attack on her, which took place when she was a youngContinue Reading
