2 d. ago The day Labour dragged politics into the gutter: Desperate Starmer accuses Farage of not liking Britain... triggering bitter war of words

The Prime Minister triggered a bitter war of words when he used his speech at the Labour Party conference to repeatedly attack the Reform UK leader,.

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4 d. ago The death of Britain's pubs laid bare: Warnings six inns could close every day with generational threat to thousands of bars under Labour's watch

Squeezing between punters' shoulders to get to the bar, sharing stories around beer-stained tables and packing out gardens, the Great British Pub has been at the very heart of our culture for centuries.

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5 d. ago Starmer decries Reform’s ‘racist’ plans as ministers escalate attacks on Farage

PM says immigration proposals could tear country apart as Labour delegates gather for first day of party conferenceKeir Starmer has decried Reform UK’s “racist” plans to revoke the rights of thousands of people to live in Britain, as a number of cabinet ministers escalated attacks on Nigel Farage on the first day of the Labour party conference.The prime minister said Farage’s plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain for families who may have spent years working in Britain could “tear this country apart”, though he said he understood that many people tempted to vote for Reform were frustrated at the slow pace of change. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Andy Burnham says he 'won't be shying away' as he launches a fresh blast at Keir Starmer's leadership on first day of Labour's conference

The Greater Manchester mayor, who has claimed Labour MPs are privately urging him to challenge the PM, did nothing to dampen down speculation about his ambitions.

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6 d. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Can Keir Starmer regain lead for Labour over Reform?

Sir Keir Starmer has faced up to the infighting within Labour - and called on all members to unite against Reform UK, described by the Prime Minister as 'the enemy' - or else risk losing 'the soul of the nation'.

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7 d. ago Starmer's top aide and a £50,000 secret: Morgan McSweeney 'hid' donation on very day he was told he had a legal duty to declare funding

Documents reveal Morgan McSweeney's Labour Together think-tank received the cash injection on the day the Electoral Commission confirmed he was required to report all donations over £7,500.

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8 d. ago Britain crippled by anxiety: Record numbers are claiming disability benefits for being anxious, with 250 people handed the benefit every day under Labour

Almost 650,000 people were claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP) for anxiety and mood disorders in July, according to new research.

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1 week ago Three out and 1,072 in: Another insane day in Labour's small boats farce as 'one in, one out' deal fails to act as border deterrent

More than 1,000 illegal migrants crossed the Channel to Britain in small boats on the day Labour ministers hailed deporting a third asylum seeker to France under the new deal. Pictured: File photo

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1 week ago Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell to compete for Labour deputy leadership

They will take part in a hustings on the last day of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool before members vote in October.

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2 w. ago Starmer goes into meltdown! Another disastrous day for Labour sees a key aide quit and PM admit he DID know about Epstein emails as unrest mounts

Downing Street was in meltdown as Keir Starmer lurched into a fresh crisis. The PM struggled to explain why he kept backing Peter Mandelson in another disastrous day.

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2 w. ago Still growing the economy, Rachel? Labour facing 'unemployment epidemic' as record 1.1million under

More than 2,000 young people are signing on every day under Labour, with 66,000 more on the dole than before Sir Keir Starmer moved into Downing Street in July 2024.

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2 w. ago Rachel Reeves accused of 'going into hiding' after UK economy flatlines under the weight of tax hikes

On another dismal day for Labour, official figures showed output flatlined in July, triggering warnings from business leaders that the Government 'cannot tax its way to growth'.

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3 w. ago Readers Letters: Another day, another disaster for Labour as Mandelson sacked

UK needs another election to get us a new government, says reader

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3 w. ago One by one our energy giants are turning their backs on green power

Will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights That was a front page headline on April 9 1992, warning of the consequences should Neil Kinnock's Labour win that day's election.

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3 w. ago Ian Murray's brutal sacking was triggered by a Scottish Labour away day snub

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says allies of Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar believe Murray did not spend enough time north of the border on Labour duties, a claim the MP's allies flatly reject.

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3 w. ago 1,000 migrants cross the English Channel in ONE DAY in fresh humiliation for Keir Starmer

The figure is the biggest daily total since May, in which more than 1,195 migrants arrived in the UK in a single day.

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4 w. ago Writing on the wall for Angela Rayner after vandalism and lawyer denying tax advice

Yobs attack Rayner flat with cruel two word slogan to mark a terrible day for Labour Deputy Prime Minister who has faced increasingly probing questions about the £800,000 flat

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