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Daily Express - Politics

Andy Burnham warned to scrap woke green policies as they 'make wildfires worse' -- Countryside campaigners are calling for a rethink of environmental rules they claim could leave...

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Andy Burnham wanted to knock Farage out - but he's back on his feet

1 hour ago

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch face a battle for survival - there can be only one winner

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Andy Burnham's nightmare begins now - his 'bounce' is already fading

5 hours ago

Nigel Farage issues huge warning to rivals in your Express after Clacton by-election win

19 hours ago

Nigel Farage's victory has exposed stupidity of haters who didn't have guts to take him on

19 hours ago

British farmers finally set for extra funding to tackle UK's horror droughts

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Petition to ban halal slaughter reaches huge milestone as Government responds - The Government says it "would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter".

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Andy Burnham creates brand new government role as UK devastated by wildfires

14 hours ago

Sadiq Khan blasted over 'bonkers' £2m a year project 'almost nobody is using'

19 hours ago

Labour makes huge call on banning petrol and diesel cars

19 hours ago

Richard Tice slams 'cowardly chickens' after Nigel Farage wins Clacton by-election

19 hours ago

Reform insider makes huge second Clacton by-election prediction - Tories should be worried -- EXCLUSIVE: Insiders have told The Express what they think would happen should another poll be...

18 hours ago

OPINION - 'Clacton's patriots stuck two fingers up at the establishment - I'm just getting started' EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage writes direct to Express readers after sealing his return to the Commons...

19 hours ago

PC Andrew Harper's mum slams 'injustice' as bombshell polling rocks Andy Burnham -- Exclusive: Debbie Adlam, thanked the public for a "phenomenal response" in the fight against...

21 hours ago

I walked the streets of Clacton hours after Farage's win - locals didn't want to know

19 hours ago

Andy Burnham's migrant plan 'about punishing people for not voting Labour'

22 hours ago

Andy Burnham's latest asylum seeker plan reveals why he can't be trusted on immigration

19 hours ago

Andy Burnham thinks his new migrant plan is genius - but it's about to blow up in his face

1 day ago

Parliament's probe into Nigel Farage's finances restarts hours after Reform win in Clacton -- The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has re-opened its investigation into the Reform UK...

1 day ago

Richard Tice claims Reform has evidence of threat to Farage but won't hand it to police -- Richard Tice MP has told the media he does not trust the police, or 'anyone else' more than...

1 day ago

Lee Anderson fumes at BBC host over Nigel Farage grilling - 'you're very rude' -- The Reform chairman said voters had "stuck two fingers up to the establishment" after Nigel...

19 hours ago

More than ONE MILLION people back calls to keep PC Andrew Harper's killers locked up - Fury has erupted after it emerged Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, who were jailed in connected...

1 day ago

Andy Burnham bombshell as poll shows fewer than one in 10 back controversial policy

1 day ago

Farage breaks silence with defiant statement after missing Clacton by-election results

1 day ago

Clacton by-election results in full as Nigel Farage re-elected MP

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Raging Nigel Farage's bombshell Clacton-on-Sea announcement leaves supporters stunned

1 day ago

Nigel Farage won't attend Clacton by-election count after police warning

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'Am I angry? I'm very angry' - Furious Farage declares victory and erupts at establishment -- Nigel Farage claiming his family has been targeted during the campaign.

1 day ago

What about the exit poll for the Clacton by-election? -- The Clacton by-election took place on Thursday (August 13) with Nigel Farage looking to retain...

1 day ago

ANALYSIS - Nigel Farage wins Clacton by-election but now faces one big question - The Reform UK leader has won the 'people versus the establishment' by-election.

1 day ago

Clacton by-election results LIVE: Farage wins but Count Binface gets over 9,000 votes -- Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election - follow live

1 day ago

Reform UK and Tory councils vow legal war over Burnham's asylum plan

1 day ago

Fury grows at pro-immigration Labour MP now upset at migrants moving to her town

1 day ago

Yvette Cooper reveals Keir Starmer migrant bombshell in astonishing attack

1 day ago

Kemi Badenoch issues warning to water companies over unexpected bill hikes

1 day ago

Andy Burnham says he's 'angry' water bills have shot up - but he's doing nothing about it -- Fury has erupted as millions of people could pay more for their water bills, writes Shadow...

1 day ago

Andy Burnham urged to u-turn on Rachel Reeves era to rescue economy -- Miserable growth this year could be followed with an even worse performance next year. Labour is...

1 day ago

OPINION - Andy Burnham loyalists are already fretting about one of PM's habits - Could it be time for a rethink?

1 day ago

Zia Yusuf blasts Vodafone CEO over illegal migrant scandal - 'liable to go to prison'

1 day ago

Andy Burnham expecting us to cheer asylum policy is sickening – nobody voted for this

1 day ago

Britain's asylum seeker hotspots MAPPED: See the areas housing 1,000+ migrants -- Exclusive: Analysis of Home Office records shows nearly every area in the UK has seen a sharp...

2 days ago

ANALYSIS -- John Healey is 'Reeves with a packet of pork scratchings' - we could all pay the price

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POLL -- POLL: Do you trust Andy Burnham to cut number of small boat migrants arriving in UK?

1 day ago

Andy Burnham issued stark warning over UK economy

2 days ago

Trump just put US on brink of meltdown - now he'll shoot Andy Burnham down in flames

1 day ago

Labour 'building up a mountain of debt' – Andy Burnham has 'no idea how to fix the mess'

2 days ago

John Healey goes all in on Rachel Reeves's pensions grab - brutal 67% inheritance tax rate

1 day ago

Only one country has ever made a wealth tax work – and it's not Britain -- OPINION - NICK PERRETT: A wealth tax might tick all the right buttons, but take it from me, they...

1 day ago

Andy Burnham calls for major summer ban on high street staple amid national emergency -- Some 1,017 wildfires have been recorded in England and Wales this year, according to data shared...

2 days ago

Terrifying warning over Andy Burnham's jail release plan - 'may lead to murder' -- Martin Jones, the chief inspector of probation services, admitted officers may not be able to...

2 days ago

OPINION - I watched Ann Widdecombe's funeral - 1 thing will stay with me

2 days ago

Ann Widdecombe laid to rest at Buckfast Abbey as friends pay heartbreaking tribute

2 days ago

Andy Burnham 'shows how out of touch he is' over 'disgraceful' migrant plan -- Prime Minister has sparked fury after claiming 'all parts of the country need to play their...

1 day ago

Zack Polanski's as dim as a cave – here's what he said that convinced me we're doomed

2 days ago

New parcel rules for Royal Mail, Evri, Amazon deliveries - legislation bid set out

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OPINION - Nigel Farage is far from done – and Andy Burnham's cowardly dithering proves it

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Early general election fears erupt as Andy Burnham urged to call snap vote

2 days ago

Police dogs and Taser armed cops surround Buckfast Abbey ahead of Ann Widdecombe's funeral -- The former Conservative MP and Reform UK spokeswoman was killed in her own home in July.

3 days ago

Labour tax anything that moves – blame for hollowed-out high streets lies at their feet -- OPINION - VIRGINIA BLACKBURN: The same Labour Party that wrecked the economy is now whingeing...

1 day ago

POLL - Should middle-class areas be forced to house more migrants? Have your say in our online poll after the PM insisted wealthy areas must "play their part".

2 days ago

POLL - Is Andy Burnham right to insist Middle Class towns and villages take more small boats

3 days ago

Andy Burnham giving middle classes 'vindictive punishment' in latest migrant plans

3 days ago

Revealed: 43 areas where households are set to get up to £2,500 off electricity bills

3 days ago

'Woke' policies could cost Britons tens of thousands of pounds in retirement

3 days ago

Angela Rayner's children 'disgusted' over 1 thing she does

3 days ago

Labour's migrant failure EXPOSED as mega-dinghy chaos explodes – 'we've lost control'

3 days ago

Andy Burnham 're-traumatising victims' as he's blasted for constant U-turns -- The Prime Minister insisted "there is more that can be done" after previously claiming he has...

3 days ago

Fury as Andy Burnham admits small-boat crosssings could continue for YEARS - 'it's chaos!' -- The rise of the so-called 'Burnham boats' shows the Channel migrant crisis is getting worse,...

3 days ago

Andy Burnham demands 'all parts of the country' have homes for asylum seekers -- The Prime Minister warns more asylum seeker "houses of multiple occupation" will open in areas...

3 days ago

Government breaks silence as Andy Burnham 'could scrap hated Rachel Reeves policy'

3 days ago

Andy Burnham under pressure to call COBRA meeting as UK on course for hottest summer ever

3 days ago

Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch have been sent a blunt message by terrified voters -- There may be only one way to prevent a lefty coalition taking over Britain

2 days ago

John Healey about to unleash '£25bn Budget tax blitz' - it's worse than Rachel Reeves

3 days ago

Nigel Farage hit by poll blow days before Clacton by-election

3 days ago

Andy Burnham call to raise £18,000 personal tax allowance hits key threshold

3 days ago

OPINION - I've been reluctant to write this but how are 200,000 small boat arrivals not an invasion?

3 days ago

Nigel Farage slaps down Reform ally Zia Yusuf for branding ex-Defence Secretary 'traitor' -- Nigel Farage broke his silence on the issue after a war of words erupted between Zia Yusuf and...

3 days ago

Donald Trump discovery at her own family home left Stormy Daniels appalled -- Stormy Daniels was stunned by a Donald Trump discovery at her late mother and stepfather's home

2 days ago

Andy Burnham breaks silence on PC Andrew Harper's killers with massive announcement -- The Prime Minister said he "understands" the fury over the potential early release of Jessie...

4 days ago

Andy Burnham needs to grow a pair - tell us killers WILL be kept locked up

4 days ago

Andy Burnham just went too far – Britain already has one monarch

4 days ago

Andy Burnham's gimmicks will barely touch the sides as Brits pay for Labour's policies - OPINION - TIM NEWARK: There's no need for the Prime Minister to go on tour to understand why...

2 days ago

PC Andrew Harper's killers set to remain in prison as top Labour figure makes announcement

4 days ago

Andy Burnham's latest announcement slammed as PM kicks off summer tour

4 days ago

Inside France's most notorious migrant camp with our expert - Q&A

2 days ago

ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham is set to stab Leave voters in the back – he really hates Brexit

4 days ago

Reform UK's Lee Anderson tells us his dream job – and rival MPs will worry

3 days ago

Huge blow for Polanski as Green councillor defects and says he is 'not fit to be PM'

4 days ago

Brexit fury as new minister admits Labour about to drag UK closer to EU under Burnham -- The minister in charge of the Brexit reset says Labour will seek closer relations with Brussels

4 days ago

Ann Widdecombe major update as police investigate new link to Nigel Farage -- Police probing the former MP's death reopen inquiry into 'firebomb' at Reform UK leader's house

3 days ago

Andy Burnham's high streets plan torn apart - 'will create more empty shops!' -- Reform UK and the Tories have hit out at the PM's high streets plan

3 days ago

Channel migrant crisis could become like the Mediterranean, Nigel Farage rages

4 days ago

Kemi Badenoch confronts Andy Burnham over Budget plans - 'more hardship on the way'

4 days ago

UK drought latest as huge chunks of England swelter in latest heatwave -- A scorching start to August and lack of rainfall takes a 'real toll' on farming

4 days ago

Wealth tax fears erupt as Andy Burnham dealt huge blow

4 days ago

Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe in huge row over Reform UK deal with Restore Britain

4 days ago

Nigel Farage's bombshell new migrant policy is the real deal - and this is how I know

4 days ago

Kemi Badenoch issues major Andy Burnham demand in your Express ahead of Budget

4 days ago

Andy Burnham issued urgent warning over flagship policy -- The Prime Minister is promising to devolve power to local areas

4 days ago

Andy Burnham urged to end scandal of shops refusing to accept cash -- Petition signed by more than 40,000 urges the Government to act

4 days ago

New Labour is to blame for the march of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion madness -- OPINION - ESTHER MCVEY: The Jason Arday scandal is the tip of a massive iceberg - and it was...

2 days ago

Huge migrant dinghy carrying 230 people pictured as French do nothing to stop boats

4 days ago

John Healey's next tax grab could be pure madness – even Reeves wasn't this unhinged

5 days ago

Nigel Farage's bombshell deportation plan revealed as talks with third country emerge -- Reform UK have unveiled new plans to deal with foreign nationals in Britain's jails.

5 days ago

Nigel Farage breaks silence on bombshell Reform-Restore deal

5 days ago

OPINION -- Kemi's making a big mistake trying to outflank Nigel Farage on issues like immigration

4 days ago

Nigel Farage makes bombshell foreign prisoners announcement

4 days ago

I met a Swedish couple in my deprived town centre - you won't believe what they thought

4 days ago

Nigel Farage's chance of becoming PM revealed in new bombshell poll

5 days ago

David Lammy eyes major new role after Andy Burnham sacked him

5 days ago

Nigel Farage reveals what he will do with foreign criminals serving time in UK jails -- The massive change is designed to end overcrowding and early releases

4 days ago

Andy Burnham declares war on 'fake' sales that rip off shoppers -- Tories say the Prime Minister is rehashing their policies as he announces help with the cost of...

4 days ago

Farage rages police chiefs are turning UK into Communist Russia after Polanski decision -- Police are in the grip of a lefty ideology, warns Reform UK leader

5 days ago

Ed Miliband just launched a massive power grab - Andy Burnham has unleashed a monster

6 days ago

Andy Burnham handed blueprint to reverse Brexit with UK joining 'European Confederation'

6 days ago

Farage warns France exactly what he plans to do on migrants - 'you will have to lump it!' -- The Reform UK leader isn't backing down over tough plan to deal with cross-Channel migrants

5 days ago

Polio 'could return' after vaccination funding cut

6 days ago

Burnham blasted for 'breathtaking hypocrisy' as PM poses as champion of UK high streets

6 days ago

Ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday's claims are wild - but he's not the only one who lied

6 days ago

'Literally lunatics' - Lee Anderson's scathing verdict on 'nutjobs' in Parliament

6 days ago

ANALYSIS - Andy Burnham faces energy bills nightmare - pensioners will suffer this winter - Pensioners are already fearing how they will afford to heat their homes this winter despite the...

5 days ago

Tice erupts at police after bombshell Ann Widdecombe 'murder' update - 'they've messed up' -- Mr Tice's comments came after Counter Terrorism Policing referred itself to the Independent...

6 days ago

Bombshell new TV licence proposal would give households influence over BBC -- Lord Redwood helped transform Britain by championing privatisation, and he has a bold vision for...

6 days ago

'Disgraceful!' Rupert Lowe blasted over royal warrant after King attack

6 days ago

Reform UK hikes pressure for new inquiry into grooming gang atrocities

6 days ago

Labour finally admits U-turn on Ed Miliband's Net Zero 'lunacy' Eco zealot targets could not be relaxed after Labour finally admitted

6 days ago

Gordon Brown placed a timebomb under Britain - it's set to blow up in Andy Burnham's face

7 days ago

Ann Widdecombe counter-terror police 'reopen investigation at Nigel Farage's home'

7 days ago

Stars warn Labour risks killing Olympic hopes if school sports funding cut

7 days ago

Treasury urged to reverse Rachel Reeves's gin and tonic sabotage

6 days ago

End appeasement of Iran! Andy Burnham told now is time to help topple terror regime

6 days ago

Andy Burnham warned he is in danger of slashing birth rate with new rule change

6 days ago

OPINION - We should thank Jason Arday - he has humiliatied our woke establishment - OPINION - PAUL BALDWIN: Jason Arday is under fire for a series of whoppers... but he has...

6 days ago

DWP to revoke driving licences from benefit claimants owing over £1,000 from October -- The Department for Work and Pensions will also be taking money direct from accounts as well as...

6 days ago

I want small boats stopped as much as anyone – but sending Royal Navy is delusional -- OPINION - JUDY FINNIGAN: We certainly don't need back-of-the-fag-packet, pub politics like this

6 days ago

Grisly irony of Andy Burnham's early prisoner release betrayal should worry us all

6 days ago

Nigel Farage's message to 'nasty' opponents trying to drive him out of politics

6 days ago

Nigel Farage has set the agenda this summer – here's what comes next -- ANALYSIS - JONATHAN WALKER: Andy Burnham took a summer holiday but Nigel Farage has been hard at...

6 days ago

More than 100,000 pensioner households 'suffering' in energy debt

7 days ago

Nigel Farage took a massive gamble with Clacton by-election - here's why it will pay off

7 days ago

OPINION - France has been laughing at Britain for too long - Nigel Farage is right on this one

6 days ago

Andy Burnham dealt huge blow as top UK band slam 'big mistake' as PM

6 days ago

Met Police in crisis as 1,000 jobs to be axed amid huge £450m funding gap -- EXCLUSIVE: The Met Police has warned it must axe more jobs amid a round of spending cuts.

7 days ago

Sadiq Khan blasted for saying city which bans non-Muslims is 'diverse' -- The Mayor has been criticised for saying that Mecca is 'probably the most diverse place in the...

7 days ago

John Healey just did a Rachel Reeves AGAIN - he's already costing us billions -- Britain is being sucked into a financial vortex. Chancellor John Healey needs to wake up.

7 days ago

'Stunning' 20% of student loans now go to foreigners as UK taxpayers face £2.2bn hit

7 days ago

Sadiq Khan may be one of the best politicians in the country - here's why

7 days ago

National Trust boss issues urgent climate warning to Burnham after devastating wildfire -- An appeal to help restore Dunwich Heath after a devastating wildfire destroyed the National...

8 days ago

Ed Miliband just went to war - and for once he's on our side!

8 days ago

Live-event -- Kemi Badenoch vows to end 'cash machine Britain' in crackdown on foreigners

7 days ago

Kemi Badenoch says Nigel Farage is woke - what does she mean?

8 days ago

Kemi Badenoch announces dramatic restrictions for foreigners in the UK

8 days ago

OPINION - Reform is right about one thing - the death of British towns

7 days ago

Andy Burnham must learn from Starmer's mistakes and not cave to hard-left MPs

7 days ago

Labour civil war explodes as MP threatens to SUE rival -- Karl Turner led internal resistance to reforms by then-justice secretary David Lammy that would...

8 days ago

Andy Burnham issues huge warning over prison early release scheme -- The Met Police Commissioner raised concerns over the plans

8 days ago

Disaster for Labour as new data tells terrible story for Andy Burnham -- Labour has lost more than 20 per cent of its members in just a year.

8 days ago

Hundreds of UK children investigated over terrorism or extremism fears

8 days ago

Andy Burnham rocks stock markets with huge £1.6bn blunder

8 days ago

Fury erupts over Labour's latest grooming gang blunder - 'gross neglect and incompetence' -- Prime Minister Andy Burnham scrambles to undo the damage after rape gang perpetrators set to be...

6 days ago

Nigel Farage launches furious attack on Kemi Badenoch - 'weak!'

8 days ago

Reform announce bombshell plan to OUTLAW one common sight on UK high streets

8 days ago

ANALYSIS - Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage fighting each other only helps Andy Burnham

8 days ago

Nigel Farage accused of going 'woke' in strange attack by Kemi Badenoch

8 days ago

Andy Burnham is facing a crucial test - his time in No 10 depends on it -- LEO MCKINSTRY - OPINION: Because of a shortage of jail cells, around 5,000 inmates could be...

7 days ago

Clacton by-election ballot paper breaks record as longest ever – full list of candidates -- Locals will have a choice of 34 candidates to vote for in the upcoming by-election, taking place...

8 days ago

DWP 4 benefits confirms £150 Warm Home Discount after Andy Burnham bill change -- People using 26 power companies can get the money - full list and it comes after PM cut VAT

8 days ago

Rupert Lowe grilled in excruciating BBC interview on if King Charles is 'white Briton'

8 days ago

Rupert Lowe slams BBC for 'peddling rubbish' in fiery Nigel Farage row

9 days ago

John Healey just crossed a massive red line – even Rachel Reeves didn't go this far -- New chancellor John Healey could be even worse than the previous one.

9 days ago

Labour's horror handling of UK economy revealed as government borrowing £4,000 per second

9 days ago

OPINION -- Andy Burnham's off sunning himself while back home Britain boils

8 days ago

Firms face huge fines and bosses could be thrown in jail in new Reform migrant plan

9 days ago

Reform pledge to imprison bosses using illegal migrants - plus 'Turkish barber tip line'

9 days ago

Ed Miliband's reaction when asked if Trump is an 'idiot, a racist and a misogynist'

9 days ago

Reform's Zia Yusuf makes emergency migration announcement

7 days ago

Women are being told to bow to the feelings of 1 group of people - and I've had enough -- OPINION - ESTHER KRAKUE: If you thought the fight was over on this most crucial of issues you...

7 days ago

Labour are delusional – Rachel Reeves wrecked the UK and they're STILL blaming Tories -- OPINION - VIRGINIA BLACKBURN: Their latest Tory target says far more about Labour than MPs realise.

8 days ago

Fury as Keir Starmer 'misled' MPs over defence spending - 'Labour lies!' -- Sir Keir's comments to the UKSA committee had been "incorrect and misleading".

9 days ago

Former antisemitic internet troll quits as Tory council candidate after huge backlash

9 days ago

Warning that councils flouting single-sex spaces rules face legal action

9 days ago

Chris Packham blasts Andy Burnham for 'dereliction of duty' as Britain sizzles -- Labour has been blasted for not taking the threat from high temperatures as seriously

9 days ago

Watch moment Ed Miliband dodges questions over calling Trump an 'idiot' and 'racist'

9 days ago

Labour in net zero reversal as it scraps key green rule

9 days ago

Lee Anderson rages over 'instruction manual' for migrants as he turns on French police

9 days ago

Tories urged to drop council candidate jailed for vile antisemitic abuse

9 days ago

Ed Miliband's five rudest digs about Donald Trump ahead of US charm offensive -- New Foreign Secretary's stinging past words about the American president come back to haunt him...

10 days ago

Labour blunder as Andy Burnham forced to quash minister's Jeffery Epstein inquiry -- Prime Minister had reportedly agreed to meet Epstein's victims and was 'taking this very seriously'

10 days ago

Ed Miliband is 'a disaster for Britain' and Andy Burnham just let it happen -- I'm intrigued by Ed Miliband's state of mind. I wonder what's whistling through his noggin today.

9 days ago

Fury as '9,300 domestic abusers set for early prison release' - 'putting lives at risk'

10 days ago

Live-event - Huge new crisis erupts for Andy Burnham while PM on holiday

10 days ago