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Daily Express - Politics

Labour civil war continues as 'weak and pathetic' Starmer blasted over Venezuela strike -- Furious Labour MPs have branded Keir Starmer 'weak and pathetic' over his statements on Trump's...

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OPINION - Keir Starmer's just sold out Brexit – his latest move gives 80m people a pass into the UK

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Keir Starmer 'hell bent' on Brexit betrayal as 'die hard remainer' PM eyes EU orbit

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Labour's surrender of Chagos Islands risks major blow to threatened environment

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OPINION - We must end the crisis in social care but this Government refuses to act

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Starmer refuses to apologise for 'delight' over Egyptian activist's arrival in UK

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Nigel Farage leads bombshell poll on next General Election while Labour plummets

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Keir Starmer's 6-word response over his future will make your heart sink - The Prime Minister is pinning his hopes on stability as he battles to stay in No.10.

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Keir Starmer reeling as Labour civil war erupts over fresh Brexit question

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Nightmare for Keir Starmer as he faces 'civil war' inside Labour over 'Brexit reversal'

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Labour civil war as MPs slam Starmer's 'shameful and reckless' Venezuela statement

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Keir Starmer breaks silence after Trump states US will 'run' Venezuela

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OPINION - Labour doesn't get how angry taxpayers are at benefits bill

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UK plummets down NATO rankings despite WW3 fears -- Britain has fallen to 12th place in NATO defence spending rankings despite global tensions...

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Ex-minister and 'UK's longest-living former MP' dies aged 105 -- The former MP died on Friday, January 2.

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OPINION - Iran's regime wants to crush dissent but is weaker than ever - While ordinary Iranians are pushed towards poverty, vast sums have been squandered on foreign...

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It's a make-or-break year for Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch – with a challenge for Farage -- The Labour, Tory and Reform leaders will face massive tests of their political lives in May

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Former Labour councillor pleads guilty to sex offences against 13-year-old girl

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Britons don't trust Labour and expect income tax hike plus end of Rachel Reeves this year

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Top Labour insider warns of 'monumental mistake' if Keir Starmer abandons benefits reform

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OPINION - We owe Trump huge thanks for his Venezuela attack - it's one up for the good guys

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New battle to protect veterans from prosecution to begin - 'treated worse than terrorists' -- A former paratrooper who served in Northern Ireland warns: 'Labour will pay a price for picking...

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Nightmare for Keir Starmer as General Election petition reaches milestone -- A petition calling on the Prime Minister to call a general election has received more than...

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Reform UK plans mandatory life imprisonment for child rape -- Zia Yusuf says it is 'shameful that this is not already the law'

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Reform vow to jail grooming gang rapists for life -- A total of 104,828 police investigations into child sexual abuse offences were concluded in 2023-24.

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BBC slammed by top Tory over Iran protest coverage - 'where's the impartiality?'

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ANALYSIS -- The one thing Keir Starmer must do if he wants to save his own skin

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Boris Johnson savages Keir Starmer over Union flags - 'not patriotic'

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Keir Starmer ordered to 'get a grip' as 6,000 Brits die waiting for social care

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Ex-Green Party leader humiliated on TV show after embarrassing blunder

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DWP responds to calls for change after damning charity report -- A new report has found that nearly half of respondents had bad experiences with the benefits system

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WASPI campaign in new key letter update as 'decision in February' -- The WASPI campaign is urging supporters to send one million letters to MPs ahead of the...

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OPINION - Keir Starmer is starting 2026 with a plot to tear up our freedoms with one atrocious move - Boris Johnson vowed to eat any ID card presented to him. Now Keir Starmer wants digital IDs on...

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Labour's unemployment crisis predicted to force interest rates even lower -- Britain's unemployment crisis could force the Bank of England to slash interest rates by summer,...

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Panic rises at lack of Labour plan to tackle Nigel Farage and Reform UK

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More humiliation for Starmer as adviser reveals Alaa Abd el-Fattah case was 'running joke'

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'They'll do anything to stop Nigel Farage becoming PM' as 'dirty tricks campaign' revealed

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Nightmare for Keir Starmer as migrant small boat crossings 'to go up' in 2026

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My mum's experience shows why Lords must respect will of Commons over assisted dying -- COMMENT: Given a choice, my mum Kate would've died peacefully... stories like hers show why...

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We've betrayed our military and squandered our global power - it's negligence -- LEO McKINSTRY: Successful diplomacy needs to be backed by force and the will to use it, not...

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Small boat gangs have not been smashed - the numbers make that plain -- The smuggling gangs have not been smashed. They continue to operate openly, and the numbers make...

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Andrew Neil makes dire prediction for Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer - 'dead hands'

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OPINION - Watch as the Left deploys these 2 ugly tactics against Farage and Reform in 2026

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Humiliation for Rachel Reeves as Uber 'taxi tax' fails before it is even launched -- The company had been liable to pay VAT on the entirety of fares following changes made in...

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Rachel Reeves's Budget to leave millions of workers '£505 worse off'

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OPINION -- Wes Streeting must stop puberty blocker trial - it is about right and wrong

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Nigel Farage rips into Keir Starmer over new small boat figures - 'complete disaster'

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Wes Streeting faces fresh demand to halt puberty blocker trial - 'shameful experiment'

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Labour's Shabana Mahmood told she has power to deport Egyptian 'extremist'

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Migrant small boat crossings hit HIGHEST in three years as 41,472 enter Britain

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Three reasons 2026 will be the year that remakes or breaks the Great Britain we love -- ESTHER KRAKUE: Managed decline or major renewal? Either way, this is why I fear we're running...

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WASPI launches fresh push for compensation as Labour warned of 'last chance saloon' -- The campaign group is urging supporters to write to their local MPs with the aim of sending one...

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Home Secretary vows to 'put UK first' and fight Europe over Shamima Begum's citizenship -- European judges have been pressing Britain over the decision to strip Begum of her citizenship.

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Labour slammed for 'embarrassing failures' in Egyptian prisoner fiasco

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Britain 'on brink of becoming police state under Labour'

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Voters 'loathe' Starmer and Reeves, as allies say his days are numbered -- Starmer and Reeves will enter the new year as the least popular occupants of their respective...

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Total embarrassment as astonishing figures show how few illegal migrants are sent home

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Labour blasted over plan to house migrants in new-build social homes – 'utter disgrace!'

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Keir Starmer makes startling admission in gloomy new year message

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Rachel Reeves slammed for 'shattering' business confidence as UK crashes to new low

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ANALYSIS - The UK may finally leave the ECHR... thanks to Shamima Begum - The European Court of Human Rights has just boosted the campaign to leave the ECHR by...

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Nigel Farage completely loses it over 'outrageous' Shamima Begum decision -- EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage has blasted the ECtHR as "outrageous" after judges told the Government...

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ISIS bride Shamima Begum's possible UK return sparks fury over 'concerning' ECHR meddling -- PM told woman who fled UK as a teenager 'must never be allowed to return to the UK', whatever...

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What is this Brit-hating Egyptian doing in Britain, Mr Starmer?

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Energy firms given permission to make an extra £45m profit from UK fuel bills

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Esther Rantzen's new year plea for 'compassion' on assisted dying -- EXCLUSIVE: Dame Esther has called on Express readers to help persuade peers that a change in the...

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POLL -- Should asylum seekers be required to wear electronic tags?

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Nigel Farage issues 'last chance' warning in New Year's message to nation

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SAS chiefs issue terrifying warning that Labour will destroy special forces

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Mass protests calling for Ayatollah's death spread across Iran

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OPINION - Keir Starmer has just made us a laughing stock - will he ever put the UK first?

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Anyone using UK trains told to snap up over half-price tickets – 196-mile journeys for £10

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ISIS bride Shamima Begum's new hope of UK return revealed after ECHR 'meddling' -- Begum's lawyers say the European Court of Human Rights has offered her an 'unprecedented...

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EXPOSED: The shocking number of migrants convicted of serious crimes in December alone -- Migrants have been found guillty of crimes including rape, attempted murder and attempted kidnap.

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Keir Starmer urged 'look at what's happening in New Zealand' or face another crisis -- This comes as the UK Government works on tougher legislation for buy-to-let investors.

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Tony Blair's secret plot for UK to ditch the pound exposed

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Difficult 2026 ahead as Brits fear riots and recession

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Keir Starmer on the brink as punters bet on him being out by the end of 2026 -- The heavy betting action caps a bruising 2025 for Sir Keir Starmer, whose net favourability...

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Jump in Brits saying you must be 'born British to be truly British'

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Labour accused of 'utter contempt' for pensioners in digital ID row

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Rachel Reeves handed £800bn warning for 'prioritising welfare over defence'

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OPINION - Rachel Reeves just promised UK towns £5bn - the problem is she's already killed them

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Rachel Reeves humiliated as UK investments reach lowest in the G7 -- The UK has lagged the G7 average for more than two decades, but the latest data highlights the...

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ANALYSIS - Brexit betrayal looms as weak Keir Starmer under pressure to surrender to EU - Loud and powerful voices on the Left want to pull the UK back into Brussels' orbit as Labour...

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Keir Starmer torn apart by union boss in brutal Labour leadership attack: 'Rudderless!' -- Unite boss says it is "inevitable" that "rudderless" Prime Minister will be ousted

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Net zero fanatic Ed Miliband plots £13bn solar panel plan for UK

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Keir Starmer isn't just cancelling elections – his latest power grab is even worse

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OPINION - These 2 things show just how out of touch Keir Starmer is with British public opinion - The Prime Minister's had a woeful year - but two late own goals show just how much Keir Starmer...

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OPINION - Britain has taken stock – and Starmer and Reeves have been found wanting

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Triple lock warning as 3m pensioners 'struggle to keep their homes warm'

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Labour issues bombshell update after Starmer celebrated 'extremist' returning to UK

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Piers Morgan launches blistering attack on 'incompetent' Keir Starmer after latest move

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Andrew Neil erupts over Alaa Abd El-Fattah row: 'We're lumbered with him!'

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Tag all male asylum seekers, says police boss

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OPINION - Alaa Abd el-Fattah's antisemitism is horrific – but don't forget his other dark prejudice - SOPHIE CORCORAN: Activist branded Britons 'dogs and monkeys' and called for Zionists to be...

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No10 refuses to apologise to farmers despite Keir Starmer's U-turn on tax raid -- Farmers across the UK have spent 14 months protesting against Rachel Reeves's inheritance tax raid.

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Panic for Sadiq Khan as Nigel Farage has London in his sights -- Reform UK will attempt to take control of six London councils in next year's local elections,...

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Keir Starmer humiliated at darts as fans sing brutal chant

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Alaa Abd El-Fattah claims tweets were 'twisted' as he breaks silence

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Rachel Reeves' 'unprecedented' tax grab on airports means Brits face airfare hikes -- Air fares could rise as regional UK airports face unprecedented business rate hikes under new...

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OPINION - Keir Starmer's four disturbing moves that prove he's hellbent on rewiring UK

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Labour MP questions Keir Starmer's Alaa Abd El Fattah decision - 'what vetting is done?'

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Pressure mounts on Starmer as Farage reports Abd El-Fattah to counter-terrorism police

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Keir Starmer faces huge backlash with demands to deport Egyptian dissident

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OPINION - Global power politics is back - and Britain is woefully unprepared - OPINION: Britain does not need to be reckless, but it must never be unready.

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Reform to prosecute civil servants who let foreign sex offenders into Britain -- Insurgent party sets out plans to prosecute civil servants who knowingly grant asylum to foreign...

7 days ago

Nigel Farage erupts at Keir Starmer over return of controversial activist -- Reform UK leader condemns PM for welcoming Britain-Egyptian activist

7 days ago

Migration chaos as Keir Starmer's plan destroyed by French unions

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Britain slaps first visa restrictions on country in illegal migrant crackdown

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OPINION - As if Rachel Reeves hasn't done enough damage - now she's giving Putin just what he wants - Rachel Reeves has fallen into the same trap as predecessors by slashing defence spending whilst...

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Keir Starmer nominates aide who supported paedophile for peerage

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Refugee chief sensationally claims Channel migrant crisis isn't that bad

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Labour bombshell as 'secret' method could be used to oust Keir Starmer in 2026

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Migrant crime fury as ex-cop slams 'cowardice' and demands stats be released

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Keir Starmer's future thrown into chaos with election 'battering' predicted

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Merry Theftmas! Shocking number of prisoners let out early in time for Christmas revealed

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Brexit betrayal as union boss urges Starmer to get closer to Europe -- TUC boss Paul Nowak says the Labour Government should explore entering the EU's customs union.

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OPINION - Will Donald Trump's next move be his craziest yet? We can't rule anything out - RICHARD MADELEY: With the narcissistic President's blind disregard for the rules, anything is...

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Hammer blow for Rachel Reeves as tax raid triggers biggest G7 hiring crash -- The UK's job market has suffered the largest decline by a significant margin among G7 countries.

7 days ago

Sadiq Khan claims Donald Trump is jealous of London in bitter feud

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Jeremy Clarkson issues huge warning after Labour's tax U-turn

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It's going to be a bumpy political ride in 2026 – especially for the beleaguered PM -- Keir Starmer's aides insist the PM will enjoy a turnaround - but these 4 colleagues waiting in...

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Keir Starmer's Cabinet just launched a Brexit rebellion – who will betray him next?

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The wildest moments in politics in a year that changed Britain

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The 'terrible tax' the Tories vow to abolish to stop Britain being a 'nation in decline'

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Rachel Reeves is Starmer's human shield – 'if she goes, PM will have to quit too'

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Nightmare for Rachel Reeves as UK living standards 'falling behind' tiny EU country -- Experts have predicted that the little island will overtake Britain in the coming years.

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Rachel Reeves breaks unwanted record for a UK chancellor – but no one is surprised -- Keir Starmer's pick for the Treasury has announced huge changes that critics say have hindered...

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James Dyson slams Rachel Reeves – 'my business is at risk!' -- The billionaire entrepreneur says the Chancellor's stance is damaging despite the watering down...

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WW2 hero says beating Nazis was a 'waste of time' as UK has 'gone downhill'

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Rachel Reeves 'to charge families £189m' for Christmas visits in road pricing shock

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ANALYSIS - 2026 will be Starmer's last year as PM but just look at the damage he'll do before he goes - Keir Starmer's days in Downing Street are numbered but he still has time to do enormous damage...

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OPINION - The wilful erosion of our cultural heritage and identity is reviving the nation's faith

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Teacher referred to terrorist watchdog after showing Trump videos to US politics students

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UK sees record-breaking arms exports as minister promises more in 2026

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Brits demand Keir Starmer stops neglecting the countryside in fresh damning poll

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Keir Starmer learned all the wrong lessons this year – three blunders prove he's lost it

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Labour has failed in its No 1 mission and it's only going to get worse

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Bombshell report shows full extent of UK economy slump - and only 1 person is to blame -- It has been a tumultuous year for the Chancellor amid mounting calls for her to be sacked

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Undercover cop EXPOSES grooming gangs cover up: 'It's disgusting!' -- EXCLUSIVE: A former police officer has told our podcast The Daily Express of 'appalling...

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Donald Trump says Merry Christmas to 'dead terrorists' as he launches Nigeria ISIS strikes -- The US President says 'perfect strikes' were carried out by US forces in northwest Nigeria on...

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DWP update over 'home visits' for benefit claimants -- Sir Stephen Timms responded to a parliamentary question about guidance for DWP staff visiting...

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Donald Trump bans two Britons from US for 'curbing American free speech'

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London councils lose £1m worth of laptops and phones sparking cyber security fears

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Starmer accused of 'Brexit betrayal' as UK set to rejoin EU electricity market

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Fury as Zack Polanski demands Brits pay millions to make migrants MORE comfortable

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Keir Starmer sneaks out major U-turn as 'personal cost won't be forgotten' -- Keir Starmer snuck out a major U-turn ahead of Christmas.

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Rachel Reeves urged to fix UK economy by 'getting over 60s back to work' -- A new report has warned that Britain is "alarmingly unprepared" for the economic impact of ...

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Iconic UK high street chain's founder slams Rachel Reeves' tax raid - 'I'll have to sell' -- Nick Wheeler said he had spent a lot of the last six months looking at restructuring and...

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Labour slammed as another Brit billionaire flees UK over 'Red Tape Rachel'

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Full list of Starmer's 11 screeching U-turns after farmer reprieve

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Angela Rayner 'could be PM next year' as Starmer fights for his political life -- Experts said that the likelihood of Angela Rayner becoming PM is "pretty high".

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3,000 jobs at risk in West Country town as UK's only helicopter maker warns of exit

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OPINION -- Keir Starmer fears toxic 'war on countryside' label amid fight with farmers

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Labour has created utter misery for farmers – this single, chilling question proves it

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Labour MPs now banned from over 1,000 pubs as bars join mass nation-wide tax protest

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Keir Starmer's finished – and his latest £1.5m U-turn won't save him

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Keir Starmer makes U-turn on inheritance attack on farmers

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Christmas shrinkflation sees chocolate tubs and crisps get smaller, new poll says -- Shrinkflation refers to when companies reduce the size, quantity or quality of a product while...

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Six immigration officers charged over alleged plot to steal from migrants -- It follows a Home Office probe into allegations of thefts from migrants and money laundering.

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Lee Anderson's scathing 3-word verdict as British Army appoints climate change officer -- The controversy was sparked when Mr Anderson shared a post from Reform UK leader Richard Tice,...

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OPINION - More signs a civil war may be looming for Labour

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Non-crime hate incidents to be scrapped after outrage over controversial arrests

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David Lammy issued prison drug drone deadline after another life lost -- The likes of "Spice" or "Black Mamba" is being smuggled into UK prisons with drones.

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Poll shows major breakthrough for Kemi Badenoch as Reform support flatlines

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OPINION - Be warned! Three ways dictator Starmer is turning Britain into a banana republic

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Police finally see sense as hated law 'documenting playground spats' is scrapped

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Andrew Neil blasts Wes Streeting with 6-word putdown for plotting coup despite NHS crisis

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Andrew Neil says Keir Starmer's Labour authority 'shot to hell!' -- The veteran journalist said Keir Starmer's authority is "shot to hell" as Labour ministers...

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Bombshell Labour plan to 'take over Reform UK council' -- Reform UK have claimed the government is trying to take control of the flagship local authority.

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Blow for Royal Navy as Macron announces huge £8.7bn project -- Britain's largest aircraft carrier will be dwarfed by France's newest nuclear warship

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Rachel Reeves tax hike means product 'more expensive than frankincense and myrrh'

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Channel migrants who crossed since 2018 could cost taxpayers £67bn, watchdog warns

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OPINION - Now Keir Starmer and Labour really have gone too far – not leadership, cowardice - COMMENT: Calling off local elections in the name or protecting democracy is the most sick-making...

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Kensington mansions should be inspiration for fixing housing crisis, Tories argue

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ANALYSIS - The real reason we should be alarmed by EHRC migrant row - we've been here before

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Treat child abusers like rapists - put them on a register and monitor them

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Labour MP slams Wes Streeting's 'opportunistic' leadership plot as civil war erupts

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Keir Starmer just gave even more homes to migrants – Brits have finally had enough

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The 1 reason we know just how scared Labour and Tories are of Reform and Nigel Farage

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'Disgrace!' Tories slam Keir Starmer's equality chief over defence of mass migration -- The head of the EHRC has condemned the demonisation of immigrants.

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Rachel Reeves suffers new hammerblow as UK economy barely grows again -- The UK economy only grew marginally in the most recent three-month period.

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Wes Streeting pushes for Brexit unravelling claiming Britain should join EU customs union -- The Health Secretary suggested the UK would be better off re-joining part of the European Union.

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Keir Starmer's ECHR chief says migration shouldn't be called a threat to Britain

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OPINION - Labour's boy-bashing nonsense leaves me with one huge question about REAL misogyny

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Kemi Badenoch is giving Starmer kicking he deserves – she'll have one hope this Christmas -- DUNCAN BARKES: Kemi Badenoch is proving herself in a huge way, but there's one present that...

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Shop staff being put at risk by Labour's Christmas shoplifting epidemic

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Brexit was right: And EU's spineless capitulation to Putin shows why

14 days ago

Wes Streeting 'worried' about NHS strike recovery as voters slam selfish doctors

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Nigel Farage slams Labour's latest attack on countryside - 'might as well ban dog walks!'

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Rachel Reeves torn to shreds on GB News after another bombshell for Chancellor -- Rachel Reeves was the subject of debate on this morning's GB News following another humiliating...

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Rachel Reeves humiliated as she's barred from her local pub -- "Our clientele seems quite happy with the ban," the landlord said as 'No Labour MPs' signs go up...

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Nightmare for Starmer as new union boss threatens to bring UK to its knees with strikes -- The new Unison boss has demanded that the Labour Party move further left if it wants to keep...

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