What a cowed people so many of us have become, demoralised and incurious. We perk up gratefully at state spending aimed in our direction, but don’t stop to ask where the money is coming from. We cheer rises in the…
The Budget on Wednesday has been dismissed as a snoozefest that ducked the enormous problems facing this country. So it was. But the measures announced by John Healey at the command of our unelected Prime Minister were also sly. He…
The morning after a Budget, Chancellors used to tour Westminster’s broadcasting studios. John Healey broke with that custom and recorded his ‘morning-after’ interviews at teatime on Wednesday. They were broadcast some 15 hours later. Given Mr Healey’s activities in the Two…
By TOM COTTERILL, DEPUTY DEFENCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS EDITOR Backlash over John Healey's Budget intensified yesterday following claims he was facing an £11billion 'black hole' in his defence spending plans. The Chancellor vowed to spend 3 per cent of GDP on defence…
By JASON GROVES, POLITICAL EDITOR and HARRIET LINE, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR The Chancellor triggered chaos in Whitehall after suggesting the runaway benefits bill would be cut before the next election in 'a Labour way'. Within hours, the Treasury was trying…
Warning: Friday's paper review contains spoilers for the Celebrity Traitors UK Fallout from Chancellor John Healey's Budget continues to fill many of the front pages. "No welfare cuts before election" is the i Paper's headline, writing that the chancellor made…
The Commons Health and Social Care Committee said that it has ‘no faith’ ministers will deliver on the plans to combat obesity in the UK MPs have told Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make combating Britain’s obesity crisis a "clear…
Alastair Campbell didn't hold back(Image: BBC) Zia Yusuf was seen smirking just seconds before Reform UK were branded "a bunch of conmen" on BBC Question Time tonight. BBC Question Time was hosted in Warwick this week. On the panel,…
While millions of families dread another winter of heating homes and unaffordable bills, oil giant Shell is laughing all the way to the bank. Its obscene £8 billion profits, fuelled by Donald Trump’s reckless war with Iran, amount to £60,000 every minute.
A senior MP has hit back at Wes Streeting in a brewing Labour civil war over defence spending. Political opponents accused the Defence Secretary of launching a “churlish” attack against the Labour chair of the Defence Select Committee following his…
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