7 h. ago Labour 'is reviewing its winter fuel payment for thousands of Brits' after backlash from voters during elections

Senior figures in Keir Starmer's circles have allegedly been discussing how to simmer public anger in the wake of Labour's local election thumping to Nigel Farage's Reform.

Politics

14 h. ago Britain's Got Talent's Stacey Leadbeatter addresses backlash after semi

Stacey Leadbeatter has hit back at trolls after she was voted through to the Britain's Got Talent final on Saturday night

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17 h. ago Winter fuel changes 'sensible' but damaged UK Government reputation, IFS director says

The policy has been blamed for the local election results

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18 h. ago Starmer ‘known around the world’ for cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners, top economist says

Labour’s winter fuel cuts have been blamed for the party’s disastrous local election performance

Economics

27 h. ago Programme for Government: John Swinney vows to unveil 'radical' action with 'relentless focus' on SNP delivery

John Swinney is poised to ramp up his appeal to voters ahead of next year’s Holyrood election as he vows to publish a “radical” Programme for Government.

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28 h. ago Winter Fuel Payment cuts hit 36,000 pensioners in South Lanarkshire ahead of crunch by

EXCLUSIVE: Data from the Scottish Parliament’s independent research unit showed that 36,057 pensioners in the council area are now missing out on the £300 payment.

Economics

31 h. ago Even charities can't stand the stink of Starmer: ANDREW PIERCE

The voters in last week's local elections delivered a bloody nose to Sir Keir Starmer, and he's now been humiliated in his own political backyard.

Politics

39 h. ago Labour MPs press Starmer to rethink benefits cuts after local elections

Removal of winter fuel allowance partly blamed for party’s setbacks at polls

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66 h. ago Andrew Bolt says it was the voters who were wrong as Sky News commentators grieve Dutton election loss | Amanda Meade

News Corp commentator blames Liberal party for allegedly shying away from culture wars as Peta Credlin in furious agreement: ‘we didn’t do enough of a culture war’Australian federal election 2025 LIVE – latest Australia news and updatesElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt was a result that Andrew Bolt was not expecting and could not countenance.By 9.46pm the rightwing commentator had penned a piece on the Herald Sun blaming the Australian electorate for the Coalition loss.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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69 h. ago Labor wins Australia election as ‘Trump factor’ swings voters

Australian broadcasters say the right-wing coalition can’t form a government

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2 d. ago ‘No simple answers’ for Reform after local election success, senior Tory warns – UK politics live

Shadow chief treasury secretary Richard Fuller says Nigel Farage’s party must do more than just ‘point at problems’‘We can’t just talk to the right’: what will Labour do now?Labour MP Rachael Maskell has urged her party to scrap winter fuel and welfare policies that she said are pushing voters away, reports the PA news agency.The York Central MP told BBC Breakfast that Labour has “special responsibilities” to serve the needs of people.We’re not any other political party, we were created to serve the needs of people across working areas of our country so that people had a real voice of the kind of change that they wanted to see.I think it’s now time, if Labour are going to go further faster, to pick up that voice, to put our fingers on the pulse and to understand that that responsibility that the 1945 government set out putting that safety net in place at the welfare state is on our watch and is our responsibility.People went cold last winter and that’s not what a Labour government s...

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3 d. ago Reform avalanche sees Farage win control of first councils as voters punish Labour and Starmer bemoans 'disappointing' local elections

Nigel Farage's jubilant party now has a majority on Staffordshire County Council as a stunning set of results take shape.

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3 d. ago Reform avalanche sees Farage win control of first council as voters punish Labour and Starmer bemoans 'disappointing' local elections

Nigel Farage's jubilant party now has a majority on Staffordshire County Council as a stunning set of results take shape.

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3 d. ago Tory Peer admits: Conservatives "have a very long way to fall" as voters go to the polls in local elections

With over 1,600 council seats up for grabs, the Tories are expected to lose as many as “half the seats” that they are defending

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3 d. ago Furious Labour MPs demand Keir Starmer 'change course' and savage PM over winter fuel cuts and tax hikes after Reform's elections surge

The Prime Minister suffered a backlash from within his own ranks after Reform UK won a House of Commons by-election in Runcorn and Helsby.

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3 d. ago Labour criticised from within own ranks after early local election results

A newly re-elected mayor hit out at changes to the winter fuel allowance, hikes to employer national insurance contributions and welfare reforms.

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4 d. ago Local elections results live: Jubilant Nigel Farage brands Keir Starmer a 'coward' after Reform surge to victory in Runcorn by

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live coverage after voters in England headed to the polls in local and mayoral elections as well as the Runcorn & Helsby by-election.

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4 d. ago Local elections live: Reform secure first mayoral victory after Runcorn by

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live coverage after voters in England headed to the polls in local and mayoral elections as well as the Runcorn & Helsby by-election.

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4 d. ago Local elections live: Reform close in on first mayoral victory after Runcorn by

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live coverage after voters in England headed to the polls in local and mayoral elections as well as the Runcorn & Helsby by-election.

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4 d. ago Labour mayor's furious message to Keir Starmer as she narrowly beats Reform

Ros Jones, who held on as Doncaster mayor by a majority of less than 700, said the Government needs to listen to the public as she hit out over winter fuel and benefit cuts

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