3 d. ago Lily Allen lifts lid on relationship with alcohol before sobriety: ‘I would turn into a bully’

‘Not Fair’ singer has been sober since 2019

Politics

3 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: The headwinds Starmer and Reeves should worry about are the ones likely to have blown them both away by this time next year

Keir Starmer left the Labour conference in Liverpool this week in better shape than he arrived. But his troubles are far from over.

Politics

3 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: I fear the Gaza peace plan rests on the fiction that Hamas will surrender. We must hope I'm wrong and that Trump is right

Donald Trump claims it's the route to 'eternal peace' and 'potentially a great day for civilisation'.

Politics

3 w. ago 'Keir Starmer has RATTLED his rivals but the biggest challenge is in 48 hours'

Keir Starmer's speech to the party faithful at the Labour conference went down a storm with flag-waving delegates - but will it see off his rivals for good?

Politics

3 w. ago House sales edged up by 2% annually in August – HMRC figures

The market remains sensitive to economic events, housing market experts said.

Politics

3 w. ago Calls for wealth tax to fund public services supported at Labour conference

Labour delegates passed the public spending motion, which called for the wealthy to ‘pay their fair share’.

Economics

3 w. ago Rachel Reeves says Labour’s Youth Guarantee will ‘abolish long

Chancellor will make pledge at Labour party conference in echo of Gordon Brown’s flagship schemeReeves ended her LBC interview by saying that anyone saying the government should just borrow more “makes no economic sense”. That was in response to a question about Andy Burnham and his comments about the bond markets in an interview last week.Ferrari asked her if she was saying that Burnham was “Trussesque”.Anybody that says you can just borrow more – I do think that risks going the way of Liz Truss.I think there are lots of people who back Reform would be horrified by the thought that people who came to this country legally, are working and contributing, will be deported from this country. And we had to call out Reform for their policies. And this is a racist policy, and it’s a bad for our country, and we need to call that out. Continue reading...

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3 w. 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...

Politics

3 w. ago Palestine Action protesters set to risk arrest as they 'confront ministers' at Labour Conference

Campaign group Defend Our Juries said protesters will be “confronting MPs, cabinet members, as well as members and delegates” as they walk into Labour Conference

Events

4 w. ago Labour delegates are strangers to sound economic sense as an alcoholic is to sobriety. That's why they'll lap up the Burnham blueprint, writes ANDREW NEIL

As it gathers for its annual conference in Liverpool this weekend Labour is in the grip of a civil war which threatens to erupt in the coming months into open hostilities, ripping it asunder.

Economics