4 h. ago Labour at war over spending plans as Number 10 tries to stem threat from Farage

Keir Starmer is fighting to quell tensions over how to deal with the threat from Nigel Farage , as bitter Whitehall negotiations over the Government's Spending Review go down to the wire.

Events

7 h. ago LORD ASHCROFT: 'We can sniff Starmer's fear of Farage' say voters as they back winter fuel U

Voters have been wondering what it was about Reform's surge in local elections that prompted Starmer to tighten his immigration policy and row back the winter fuel allowance cuts.

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20 h. ago Calvin Harris 'turns quiet Cotswolds village into Calvin Country with £15m property spree where he plans to set up home with TV presenter wife Vick Hope'

Superstar DJ Calvin Harris has quietly transformed a sleepy Gloucestershire village into his own multi-million-pound countryside empire snapping up homes left, right and centre.

Society

30 h. ago Reform Civil War: Now Richard Tice says chairman who quit was WRONG to oppose burka ban

Richard Tice said Zia Yusuf, who plunged Reform into chaos after resigning, had worked 'incredibly hard' and helped the party win hundreds of seats in last month's local elections.

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36 h. ago ‘Lots of bumps in the road’: Keir Starmer faces testing month before one

From spending review to China audit to assisted dying vote, June’s events have potential to lift or darken Labour moodAs Keir Starmer approaches his first anniversary in Downing Street, there will be several things he wishes he had done differently. But before he can contemplate that July milestone, he faces a busy month strewn with political bear traps.June has proven a difficult time for successive prime ministers: Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak all had to contend with deeply unhappy parliamentary parties reeling from heavy local and European election losses. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Tice defends Reform MP’s question on burqa ban after Zia Yusuf resignation

Party’s deputy leader says discussion must not be ‘forced underground’ when it is policy in some European countriesUK politics live – latest updatesReform UK was right to start a debate on banning the burqa even though it triggered the resignation of its chair, Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, has said.Tice, who is one of five Reform MPs, said he was “enormously sad” that Zia Yusuf had quit as chair as he was partly responsible for the party’s strong performance in May’s local elections. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Warning issued to anyone with £10,000 in their savings account

New research has found that millions of Brits are missing out on hundreds of pounds in interest by leaving large sums of money sat idle in their current accounts

Economics

44 h. ago Relief for Starmer in Hamilton, but Reform has arrived as a force in Scotland

A Scottish Labour win in the Hamilton by-election has handed the prime minister a much needed boost, but the result reveals that Reform is a growing threat in parts of the UK Nigel Farage has never appealed to before, writes David Maddox

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59 h. ago Survey reveals the exact demographics behind Reform’s growing support

The rising popularity of Nigel Farage’s party is an unprecedented threat to the major parties. But where does this support come from?

Politics

63 h. ago Missouri Senate backs aid for tornado victims and Kansas City Chiefs and Royals

Missouri senators have approved over $100 million in tornado relief for St. Louis and hundreds of millions of dollars of incentives to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in Missouri

Events

64 h. ago Ukraine's drone attack on Russian air bases is a lesson for the West on its vulnerabilities

Ukraine said its “Operation Spiderweb” attacked Russian warplanes worth hundreds of millions of dollars, utilizing drones that each cost under $1,000 and were launched from wooden containers carried on trucks

Events

3 d. ago Politician takes aim at Renfrewshire Labour leadership after councillor's Reform UK defection

Councillor Andy Doig has had a pop at the group's stewardship after Councillor Jamie McGuire's controversial switch.

Politics

3 d. ago Renfrewshire councillor who defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK dismisses claims he isn't 'team player'

Jamie McGuire, who represents Renfrew North and Braehead, joined his new party on Monday.

Sport

3 d. ago Perth and Kinross Council will consider cumulative impact of multiple battery energy storage systems

The local authority has received a number of planning applications for electricity generating stations

Science

3 d. ago No prospect of universal winter fuel payment, says pensions minister

Torsten Bell said he thinks most people agree ‘it’s not a good idea that we have a system paying a few hundreds of pounds to millionaires’.

Politics

4 d. ago MSPs vote down council tax reform despite agreeing situation 'absurd'

Green MSP Ross Greer had tabled proposals for a shake-up of the ‘discredited’ system

Politics

4 d. ago Renfrew's Jamie McGuire becomes first Labour councillor to defect to Reform

Nigel Farage’s team confirmed the news in a social media post yesterday afternoon as the party leader joined campaigners in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election.

Politics

5 d. ago Mexican president hails ‘complete success’ after just 13% vote in judicial elections

Claudia Sheinbaum defends decision to put 2,600 judges’ posts to vote despite record low turnoutMexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum has defended the country’s unprecedented judicial elections after just 13% of Mexicans turned out to vote, a record low in a federal election.Roughly 2,600 posts, from local magistrates to supreme court justices, were up for grabs on Sunday, as an entire judicial system was put to the vote for the first time in the world. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago John Swinney takes aim at 'real threat' of Nigel Farage's 'far

The First Minister has warned voters not to give Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party a foothold in Scottish politics.

Events

5 d. ago Two more Scottish councillors defect to Reform as Nigel Farage doubles down on 'sectarian' claims

Farage says his party is attracting “very good” talent in Scotland

Politics