Reform UK set to hike council tax in Kent by 5% – despite DOGE-style pledge to cut costs
Kent County Council’s Department of Local Government Efficiency (Dolge) has identified £40m of potential savings – but council tax looks…
Video shows empty seats during key Conservative party conference speech
There were several empty seats at the Conservative Party‘s conference on Monday, 6 October, as Sir Mel Stride laid out…
Amal Clooney launches UK’s AI initiative to help women and girls access justice more easily
Exclusive: Attorney general Lord Hermer described it as an ‘unprecedented opportunity’
Starmer faces cabinet revolt over Budget tax rises that could drive wealthy away
‘The trouble is we have crossed a line in trying to encourage aspiration. The non-dom change and the VAT on…
Robert Jenrick hits out at Liz Truss’s ‘careless’ and ‘un-conservative’ mini-Budget
Jenrick also dismisses any speculation about his leadership ambitions, telling his audience Kemi Badenoch will lead the Tories into the…
Resident doctors vote for strike action in row over jobs
BMA says 97% of first-year doctors voted for action over job security fears, after resident doctors walked out of English…
The Tory conference is a ghost town – even the protesters haven’t bothered to show up
Any hopes that the event in Manchester would inject some life into the beleaguered party are long gone, write Millie…
Top Farage aide hints Conservatives could merge with Reform UK post-election if Jenrick becomes Tory leader
Gawain Towler also hinted Reform will have an open-door policy to Tory defectors
Starmer: ‘Choose my decency over Farage’s division’
The prime minister will rally the Labour Party with a call to fight back against Nigel Farage’s Reform in a…
Telling Labour who the real enemy is has energised both Starmer and his party
Keir Starmer has defied gloomy expectations for the party conference in Liverpool with a new energy not seen since he…