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10 days ago

'Secret tape' heard Post Office bosses knew Horizon IT system could be accessed remotely

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More than 10,000 sex offence trials yet to go trial in court backlog

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Soldiers given go-ahead to grow beards as Army axes 100-year-old rule

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Andrew Bridgen ordered to pay Matt Hancock £44,000 in legal costs in libel battle

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UN accused of 'irony and double standards' after calling for Rwanda to be scrapped - again

8 hours ago

Is Nigel Farage eyeing an "historic opportunity"? He gives his strongest hint yet.

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'No sympathy': Jacob Rees-Mogg says Thames Water 'should be left to go bankrupt' Thames Water is facing collapse after investors pulled £500m of emergency funding amid a...

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Keir Starmer accused of being 'weak and dangerous' and 'papering' over threat of extremism

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'Disgrace!' Fat cat water bosses under fire for threat to hike bills by 40%

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Laurence Fox's hopes of becoming London mayor scuppered as he 'filled in forms wrong'

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Nigel Farage backed for bombshell comeback by Lee Anderson after biggest hint yet

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Nigel Farage 'playing mind games' with Tory MPs as he toys with running for Parliament

14 hours ago

Is your train the most cancelled service in Britain? -- Commuters have been hit by 237,000 morning rush hour cancellations since 2019.

3 hours ago

Pensioner fury boils over at Triple Lock being 'wiped out' -- There's a growing backlash against the Chancellor's Budget that it didn't do enough to help...

3 hours ago

What's happened to Blackpool? Residents rage at how once booming town is struggling -- The seaside resort will soon be in the political spotlight with a by-election on May 2 to...

5 hours ago

Charity Commission to investigate 'anti-Israel' cinema over Eurovision party cancellation -- EXCLUSIVE: A cinema which cancelled its Eurovision Song Contest party over Israel's...

7 hours ago

Keir Starmer in Angela Rayner tax 'hypocrisy' row after refusing to say she should quit

17 hours ago

Rishi Sunak's crisis behind the scenes as No 10 insider gives 'summer election' verdict

17 hours ago

Outrage at Sadiq Khan over London bloodbath as Good Samaritan forced to 'do police's job'

16 hours ago

'Show me yours... I'll show you mine': Angela Rayner's cheeky reply to council house probe

19 hours ago

'Something is happening out there': Nigel Farage pinpoints reason for Reform UK explosion -- The Nigel Farage-linked party reaches record 16% in new poll in a major headache for Rishi Sunak.

10 hours ago

Fury as hated new SNP law compared to 'Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia' -- The Hate Crime Act has been torn to shreds from all quarters, but it's poised to come into...

11 hours ago

'This isn't true': Alastair Campbell gets brutally silenced as bitter Tory rant backfires -- Sir Tony Blair's former spin doctor has been publicly ridiculed for his latest rant and false...

12 hours ago

Latest figures show UK economy is still shrinking in major recession blow to Rishi Sunak - The UK appears to be in recession according to the latest figures published by the Office of...

17 hours ago

Rishi Sunak says 'toughest' part of job is being a good father to his daughters

1 day ago

Overweight fisherman given permission to sail again after backlash

1 day ago

Pension fears over Tory plans to scrap National Insurance

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Next general election - when will it happen? Where will the key battlegrounds be fought?

19 hours ago

Michael Gove blasts Labour attempts to exploit Tory divisions on levelling up Britain

1 day ago

Tory deputy chairman demands BBC to 'bin the licence fee' - 'Disgrace and abomination!' -- Next month the BBC licence fee will go up to £169.50, following two years on hold fording a raft...

17 hours ago

Church leaders urged to 'keep a closer eye' on migrants attempting to game asylum system -- Exclusive: The Home Office wants to create a 'working group' with senior members of the clergy...

19 hours ago

Keir Starmer drops plan to re-write Brexit deal after humiliation by EU -- Brussels' refusal to consider reopening the agreement has forced the Labour leader to change tack

19 hours ago

Esther McVey claims Labour has been captured by 'woke extremists' -- The Common Sense Minister said she is inundated with messages from voters frustrated with...

20 hours ago

'Thank god we left!' Brexit vindication as UK freed from dealing EU-style blow to Ukraine

1 day ago

Peter Mandelson destroys Remoaners' dream of rejoining EU in five words

1 day ago

Bungling Just Stop Oil get wrong house when trying to deliver letter to MP Wes Streeting

1 day ago

Kemi Badenoch 'banging her head against a brick wall' as Trudeau slaps on trade tariffs

1 day ago

'Absolute joke!' Carrie Johnson's friend blasts Met for dropping theft investigation -- The godmother to one of Boris and Carrie Johnson's children slammed the force as an "absolute joke".

1 day ago

Tory MP celebrates free speech victory in trans row as police wipe 'hate incident' -- The row came after the Tory Party deputy chairman shared a post accusing a trans Green Party...

1 day ago

The three huge countries in Europe which have always refused to join the EU -- In one country in particular, enthusiasm for joining the European Union is "incredibly low", the...

1 day ago

Irish referendum shows public will not be browbeaten by woke minority

1 day ago

Parents call for £100,000 fines for selling vapes to children ahead of Government ban

1 day ago

Top Red Wall MP silences Remoaner-in-chief by posting single humiliating photo - Jonathan Gullis was promoted in yesterday's mini reshuffle, and is already facing criticism from...

1 day ago

Record number of migrants cross Channel in small boats since start of 2024

1 day ago

Police re-assessing claims Angela Rayner broke electoral law in council house row

1 day ago

Top pollster puts astonishing new figure on how likely Labour is to take power

1 day ago

Just Stop Oil issues grim warning to Wes Streeting sparking major security concerns

1 day ago

'I've had enough!' Nigel Farage loses it over 'nannying' NHS Easter egg advice

1 day ago

Sadiq Khan accused of blackmailing voters with desperate plot to 'bail out mayoralty'

1 day ago

Tories slump to lowest poll rating since last days of Truss - with Reform holding steady -- Rishi Sunak is running out of time to avoid an "electoral wipeout", warns Savanta's Chris Hopkins.

1 day ago

BBC blasted over 'absolutely monstrous' proposed reform to licence fee -- Conservative MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg criticised suggestions the annual charge could be made more...

1 day ago

Humza Yousaf savaged as 'weak leader' and a 'disaster' in scathing assessment -- Humza Yousaf replaced Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and First Minister exactly one year ago.

1 day ago

Raw sewage spills doubled in 2023 with heavy rainfall blamed

2 days ago

Children's Parliament now a charity in honour of murdered MP

2 days ago

ANALYSIS - Tory intrigue over 'stitch-up' in selecting candidates for safe seats is real civil war - ANALYSIS: A row in Southend highlights how the real Tory civil war is being fought in the...

1 day ago

Nigel Farage accuses David Cameron of turning Britain against Israel

2 days ago

MPs launch new campaign to skewer Keir Starmer over Speaker-gate scandal

2 days ago

Britain needs multi-billion pound military boost to defeat Putin's Russia, warns Shapps

2 days ago

Rishi Sunak makes 'important' promise on triple lock to reassure pensioners

2 days ago

'Anti Israel' cinema that cancelled Eurovision party should lose charity status, says MP -- A senior MP has written to the Charity Commission in a row over a cancelled Eurovision Party and...

1 day ago

Rishi Sunak's brutal response when asked about Liz Truss conspiracy theory -- Rishi Sunak livened up a dry Commons committee session with a hilarious quip about his predecessor.

1 day ago

Spain blasted 'turning the screw' on Gibraltar in post-Brexit border talks -- Madrid wants to have joint control of British airport in settlement for the Rock after the UK's...

1 day ago

'Something is clearly wrong': Failings at UK border exposed and branded 'scandalous'

2 days ago

Rishi Sunak suffers double blow as two senior ministers announce resignations

2 days ago

Reform triggers fresh nightmare for Tories with huge numbers of voters switching to party - Poll shows 22% of Conservative voters at the last general election now back the Nigel...

1 day ago

Lee Anderson warns UK now 'at breaking point' with mass immigration 'ruining country'

2 days ago

Help shoppers shun Chinese goods on Amazon, Iain Duncan Smith demands

2 days ago

Tory MP calls for crackdown on 'mindless' fly-tippers blighting communities across UK

2 days ago

'Proud' Rishi Sunak comes out fighting to defend triple lock in grilling by MPs

2 days ago

Furious Tory MSP threatens to sue police over 'hate incident' tweet row

2 days ago

British Army 'would run out of ammunition in just 10 days' if war broke out

2 days ago

'It is hopeless!' Furious Nigel Farage reveals why he has stopped going to church -- The former Ukip leader blasted the Church of England and said he no longer attends services.

2 days ago

Grammar schools braced for surge in demand as Labour plans to tax private fees -- Private schools could face an exodus of pupils under a plan to include education costs in VAT,...

2 days ago

Jet2 blasted for caving to animal rights 'extremists' PETA's plot to ruin Easter holidays -- Concerns have been raised that alleged threats by an extremist animal rights group have led to a...

15 hours ago

Nigel Farage in stitches as ULEZ protesters deploy 'innovative' tactic to thwart scheme

3 days ago

Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron urges "close friend" Israel to let aid into Gaza

3 days ago

Tories call on government to set date for Waspi compensation -- Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said he could not lay out a timetable for compensation...

2 days ago

OPINION - 'Timid' Metropolitan Police are too weak to protect the British Museum from leftwing mob

3 days ago

Furious farmers shut down London with angry tractor protest

3 days ago

Labour MP mocks Owen Jones over quitting party with brutal Elton John swipe

3 days ago

'Liar!' Labour MP left reeling as Ash Sarkar rips into Keir Starmer on BBC

3 days ago

Meet the man set to drive a bus through Tory hopes in a crucial election for Rishi Sunak -- The Tories are facing the prospect of coming third in Blackpool South after MP Scott Benton...

2 days ago

Ex-Nicola Sturgeon adviser demolishes SNP dream of Scottish independence -- The former adviser to the Scottish Government tore apart economic arguments in favour of...

2 days ago

Susan Hall blasts Sadiq Khan as she launches London Mayoral election campaign -- Conservative London mayoral candidate kicks off campaign ahead of election on May 2.

2 days ago

Rishi Sunak hails nuclear 'renaissance' by Tories as £20million funding boost unveiled

3 days ago

Suspended Tory MP resigns - plunging Rishi Sunak into yet another by-election nightmare

3 days ago

ANALYSIS - The unexpected MP who is positioned to defy the odds and take crown as next Tory leader - ANALYSIS: Tory MPs will decide on whether to replace Rishi Sunak depending on what happens with...

3 days ago

'Never coming!' James Cleverly promises that 'monster' Josef Fritzl will not come to UK

3 days ago

'Political cannon fodder!' Sneering Leftie's rant over St George's Cross change backlash

3 days ago

Rishi Sunak goes grey as stress takes it toll on the Prime Minister

3 days ago

OPINION - The problem with the Tories is that many MPs are in the wrong party, warns Lord Cruddas

3 days ago

'Petulant' Owen Jones blasted for claiming UK politicians 'not bothered' by Gaza deaths

3 days ago

Humiliation for SNP as poll predicts heavyweights to lose jobs in 30 seat election loss

3 days ago

Nonsense! Braverman fumes at 'awful Labour idea' to punish Brits with £1.6bn tax bombshell -- The top Tory has blasted Labour's "nonsense" plans to tax private school fees.

3 days ago

'In hiding!' Ed Miliband savagely mocked by BBC presenters for one reason -- Justin Webb and Nick Robinson added to accusations that Ed Miliband is being barred from public...

3 days ago

Oliver Dowden set to blame electoral roll cyber-attacks on China -- The Deputy Prime Minister is expected to link a 2021 cyber-attack on the Electoral Commission to...

3 days ago

Former EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella calls for longer sentences for domestic killers

4 days ago

Warning vegetable and grain shortages could soon hit supermarket shelves

4 days ago

Extremism and harassment is 'poisoning the lifeblood' of Britain, Government adviser warns -- "Chilling" levels of harassment are posing a "serious threat to our democratic way of life", the...

3 days ago

Jeremy Hunt defends cost of Rwanda boat plan as ministers launch new deterrance campaign

4 days ago

Angela Rayner shoots herself in the foot as bitter Michael Gove attack backfires

4 days ago

Michael Gove's 'Stalinist' leasehold reforms could deprive the Treasury of £1 billion

4 days ago

Fine Gael new leader confirmed as Simon Harris set to become Ireland's youngest premier

4 days ago

Jeremy Hunt confirms pension triple lock in Tory manifesto as Labour dithers on pledge -- Labour failed to confirm that the pension triple lock would be in its election manifesto.

3 days ago

'Moral disgrace!' Owen Jones loses it with Emily Thornberry over 'sickening' claim in rant -- Owen Jones, who quit the Labour Party this week, issued a scathing assessment of the current...

3 days ago

Rishi Sunak declares nuclear 'national endeavour' with £200m funding boost -- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit Barrow in Cumbria on Monday to unveil fresh nuclear funding.

3 days ago

Lee Anderson hails 'staggering' polling development after Reform UK smashes new milestone

4 days ago

Energy experts unveil 'true' £116bn cost of Labour's 'infeasible' 2030 net zero plan

4 days ago

Andrew Neil brutally tears apart Rachel Reeves over Labour's economic plans - The journalist warned there would be "more of what we've had too much of already" if Labour...

4 days ago

Jeremy Hunt warns UK must be 'on our guard' and 'vigilant' after Russia massacre

4 days ago

Labour MP squirms in Kuenssberg grilling over £58bn U-turn on WASPI women compensation

4 days ago

Jeremy Hunt makes Tory manifesto pledge over state pension triple lock on Laura Kuenssberg

4 days ago

Urgent calls for new bias probe into 'Hamas-supporting' BBC journalists

4 days ago

'Disgraceful!' George Galloway blasted by MPs for spreading conspiracy theories about Kate

4 days ago

Pollster reveals exact number of points Nigel Farage would boost Reform by with comeback

4 days ago

Warning Vladimir Putin 'could have been behind horror Moscow concert attack' -- The deadly Crocus theatre attack may have been planned by Russians intent on accelerating the...

4 days ago

Pollster pinpoints dire election danger for Tories after fresh Reform UK poll explosion -- EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK leader Richard Tice is going to make life very difficult for Rishi Sunak,...

4 days ago

Boris Johnson to be deployed as part of radical Tory plan to stop Labour winning election -- Tories hope Boris will campaign in the North while Cameron heads southwest

4 days ago

'Unfair' BBC licence fee fine blasted as Brits hit with £1,000 charge

5 days ago

Fury as families told to quit their homes as refugees move into UK village

5 days ago

Ministry of Defence losing 'staggering' £927m to fraud - enough to pay for 170 tanks -- Britain could have bought 170 tanks or three frigates with the cash.

4 days ago

Rishi Sunak unleashes plan to 'see off' Reform UK threat against Tories before election

5 days ago

'I'm on a mission to stop agonising condition wrecking lives after I had to quit my job'

5 days ago

This UK Parliament has just changed Prime Minister

6 days ago

MP 'severely bullied' by 'toxic' SNP bounces back with major award

6 days ago

'Disgraceful!' Labour blasted for blocking plan to overturn Khan's hated ULEZ expansion -- A Government-backed bid to overturn the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) expansion in London has...

4 days ago

Squirming Starmer cannot be trusted on pension triple lock, Tories warn -- Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer refused four times to commit to the pledge that guarantees a...

4 days ago

Rural Britons furious as new report issues warning over £15bn Vodafone and Three merger -- EXCLUSIVE: Rural Britons are "fed up" with poor access to mobile phone coverage as a new report...

4 days ago

'Taxi Tax' league table reveals where cab users will be hit most – will you be affected?

6 days ago

Keir Starmer adds voice to outrage over new England flag design on Euro 2024 kits

6 days ago

Tories face 'annihilation' and may not even be able to form front bench warns Geoffrey Cox - Sir Geoffrey Cox compared the situation facing Rishi Sunak to that faced by British and colonial...

6 days ago

Keir Starmer gave Angela Rayner his backing over tax row without seeing full legal advice

6 days ago

Rachel Riley asks Andy Burnham to probe claim Jewish boy mistreated by pro-Palestine staff

6 days ago

'Staggering' number of Tories switching to Reform in poll means 'all eyes on Nigel Farage'

6 days ago

Fresh blow for pensioners as Keir Starmer delivers triple lock bombshell

7 days ago

Foreign aid spending set to balloon under Labour in new bid to end Channel migrant crisis

7 days ago

BBC QT audience member silences 'idiots' blocking 'brilliant' Rwanda scheme

7 days ago

Rishi Sunak brutally slaps down 'stupid' SNP over bid to catch him out on Rwanda -- In a bizarre Parliamentary question, Scottish MP Patrick Grady asked the Prime Minister "for...

6 days ago

Reform UK candidate sacked after comparing Scotland to 'a turd that won't flush' -- Benjamin 'Beau' Dade was binned after also suggesting "smack and Irn Bru" were the country's...

6 days ago

Ministers told 'pay up now' after watchdog says Waspi women are owed thousands -- Women born in the 1950s could be owed up to £3,000 in compensation over failures to properly...

6 days ago

Humza Yousaf 'in for rude awakening' over desperate Nicola Sturgeon election campaign plot

7 days ago

David Cameron admits 'enormous frustration' at UK aid being unable to get in to Gaza

7 days ago

Outrage as SNP and Greens set to introduce 'fish and chip tax' in Scotland -- Folk living north of the border could be forced to chip into recycling costs when buying their...

6 days ago

ANALYSIS - Tory MPs believe that Rishi Sunak has lost control of 'the political nuclear button'

7 days ago

Pollster makes bombshell Nigel Farage prediction as Reform closes in on Tories in polls

7 days ago

'Migrant emergency' declared by No10 as Labour accused of blocking Rwanda boat plan

7 days ago

Tory outrage at 'sclerotic bureaucracy' of MoD chiefs putting 'wokery before weaponry'

7 days ago

Leo Varadkar's most likely replacement revealed – and he's already facing a major headache -- Numerous potential challengers have already ruled themselves out - with several backing Mr...

7 days ago

Irate Jeremy Vine Show caller sparks blistering row as she demands: 'Bring back Boris!' -- One panellist on the Channel 5 talk show was left stunned by the caller's admission, sparking a...

7 days ago

Furious Lee Anderson erupts at Archbishop for dodging MPs' questions in Church asylum row -- EXCLUSIVE: Archbishop of Canterbury blasted after attempting to cool row over the widespread...

7 days ago

British firm seals deal to make next-generation nuclear subs in 'major moment' for AUKUS

7 days ago

Top Tory candidate defects to Reform UK hours after new poll bombshell

7 days ago

Penny Mordaunt ridicules SNP over new hate crime laws in Commons takedown - The Commons Leader joked that she was completing a "hate-related report form" about her SNP...

6 days ago

Owen Jones reveals he has quit Labour as he launches brutal attack on Keir Starmer

7 days ago

Demands for recess to be cancelled as small boat crossings reach record 2024 high

7 days ago

Iceland sparks backlash as it replaces Christian symbol on hot cross buns with tick

7 days ago

Ireland on brink of political nightmare after Leo Varadkar's shock resignation – warning

7 days ago

'Butt out and leave her alone!' Sir Keir Starmer wades into Princess Kate row

7 days ago

Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson taunt Tories with brutal swipe over Reform UK 'insurgency'

7 days ago

'Customs Union by the backdoor!' Fury at new eco policy set to undermine Brexit -- Two senior Brexiteers, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lord Frost, have blasted a proposed climate policy...

7 days ago

POLL - Should the House of Lords be abolished after meddling Peers block Rwanda Bill AGAIN? Speaking yesterday, Tory MP Tom Hunt warned members of the House of Lords they were "totally out...

7 days ago

New poll predicts annihilation for Tories at election with Reform just four points behind -- The Tories have only polled under 20 percent with this top pollster once since 2019, but this...

7 days ago

Mental health culture 'risks normal anxieties of life' being labelled illness

8 days ago

Universal Credit helpline wait times are 15 times faster than HMRC

8 days ago

Labour's race adviser Baroness Lawrence 'wishes Keir Starmer listened' to her -- Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, is said to have...

7 days ago

Reform UK's Richard Tice blasts Robert Peston in ITV clash: 'It's not trivial!'

8 days ago

Humza Yousaf reveals Nicola Sturgeon will 'definitely' play key election role for SNP

8 days ago

Nigel Farage rages at major change to new England football kit: 'Absolute joke!'

8 days ago

'Out of touch' Lords warned they must respect 'democratic will' after delaying Rwanda plan

8 days ago

Pensioners fury that new fraud-busting powers could be used for snooping -- EXCLUSIVE: The government insists new powers won't be used to snoop on people's bank accounts

7 days ago

Rishi Sunak blasts minority of Tory rebels 'harming' MPs as party puts on united front -- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has rallied his MPs to unite following days of speculation about...

7 days ago

Britain takes major step towards £12 trillion trade bloc in massive Brexit boost -- Boost as new Pacific Trade Act receives Royal Assent paving the way for the UK to officially...

7 days ago

Lee Anderson rages over navy veteran's killing as criminal released from prison too early

8 days ago

Pro-Boris Tory MP slams colleagues before quitting WhatsApp Chat - but MPs beg for unity

8 days ago

Tories make huge state pension promise - and it millions of pensioners will be better off - EXCLUSIVE: Conservative insiders say the party introduced the 'triple lock' pledge and will...

8 days ago

David Lammy risks fury of Labour left as he gushes over Margaret Thatcher

8 days ago

Rishi Sunak dealt fresh blow as House of Lords amend Rwanda plan AGAIN

8 days ago

Humza Yousaf humiliated as 'skint' SNP can only afford £738 on major part of election

8 days ago

'Left wing snobbery!' Fury as Lib Dem candidate says Union Jack makes her 'shudder'

8 days ago

Esther McVey brutally torpedoes Penny Mordaunt leadership rumours with three simple words

8 days ago

Lee Anderson leads fury over new 'woke' St George Cross on official 2024 England kits

8 days ago

'We never hear far-left!' Nigel Farage lashes out at BBC for calling Reform UK 'far-right' -- The politician-turned-broadcaster took aim at the corporation after it made the claim about the...

8 days ago

ANALYSIS - The laughter at this Tory MP in PMQs shows Rishi Sunak has a big Nigel Farage problem - ANALYSIS: Giles Watling is no ordinary MP. He represents the flight of Tory voters to Reform UK.

8 days ago

Campaigners blast 'shocking' level of sexual abuse claims in youth jails -- Revelations about the level of alleged sexual abuse inside young offender institutions have...

8 days ago

SNP chief Stephen Flynn has Rishi Sunak in stitches with brilliant joke about Labour

8 days ago

Katya Adler slaps down Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey over calls to reverse Brexit

8 days ago

Hunt intervenes to order HMRC to abandon phone line closure after mass outrage -- The Chancellor has stepped in after it emerged that the tax body planned on shutting its phone...

8 days ago

'Woke Welby' sparks outrage for backing 'utter madness' plan to give illegal migrants jobs

8 days ago

Labour selects 26-year-old Gogglebox star to take on Deputy PM Oliver Dowden at election

8 days ago

Reform UK deputy leader issues 'simple message' to Tories after storming ahead in new poll

8 days ago

'Stand for election!' Jeremy Hunt in fiery showdown with Brexiteer tycoon James Dyson

8 days ago

Sadiq Khan's 'passion for migration' blamed for London's 'population explosion' -- EXCLUSIVE: Migration Watch chairman Alp Mehmet also believes the Government's promises to "take...

8 days ago

Kemi Badenoch says diversity should not come at the expense of white men -- The Business Secretary says Britain's diversity boost has been "counterproductive".

8 days ago

Rishi Sunak facing revolt from Tory councillors backing Reform UK on illegal immigration -- EXCLUSIVE: New poll reveals grassroots Tory politicians are unhappy with party over immigration.

8 days ago