27 h. ago Labour's war on boomers: Gordon Brown stole your old age, now Starmer and Reeves plan to finish the job, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN

In their desperation for money to throw at their various client groups, this government has deliberately targeted older people. We're seen as a rich seam to be mined to exhaustion.

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51 h. ago Labour's class war is about to get worse. This mean and petty act takes your money from your children. Could Rachel Reeves be so stupid? Yes she could: STEPHEN GLOVER

What is it about this Government? Just when one thinks it can sink no lower, it plumbs new depths of idiocy.

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4 d. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: In Lawless Britain the 'rights' of scumbags are put ahead of innocent shopkeepers and abused Jewish women

The law is more concerned about shielding the identities of criminals than protecting their victims, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN.

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5 d. ago ‘Not in our name’: Fury grows in Israel over Netanyahu’s defiant bid to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza

As Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to back down over military expansion into Gaza, hostages' families tel Bel Trew in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem why their government has got it wrong - and call for an end to suffering for Israelis and Palestinians

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5 d. ago Defiant Netanyahu vows to ‘finish the job’ in planned takeover of Gaza

Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to expand operations in Gaza have been condemned by many world leaders

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5 d. ago Benjamin Netanyahu vows to ‘finish the job’ in planned takeover of Gaza

Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to expand operations in Gaza have been condemned by many world leaders

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5 d. ago Rightwingers warn of another blaze of summer riots in Britain – but they’re the ones striking the match | John Harris

Grim predictions of ‘societal collapse’ and ‘civil war’ will hit home so long as Labour fails to address the country’s problemsA last stretch of this strange, uneasy summer remains. Between now and September, there could conceivably be further outbreaks of the kind of violence that rightwing politicians and their media allies have been frantically predicting. But for now, behold a fascinating spectacle: a country quietly refusing to chaotically combust, despite being endlessly encouraged to do so.One word in particular symbolises the gap between hyped-up rhetoric and everyday reality. “Tinderbox” was first used in the mid-16th century, to describe a crude instrument for starting fires: a container that carried a piece of either flint or steel, and a pocketful of the dry, flammable material that gave the device its name. With the invention of matches, the use of such implements fell away, and the word began its passage to how it is used today: as political shorthand for any situation...

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8 d. ago Surge in household costs puts Reeves’s economic growth plan at risk

Labour prime minister Keir Starmer has pledged that plans to be set out in the budget in the autumn will make ‘sure people feel better off’

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8 d. ago Violent serial shoplifter hit B&M customer with vodka bottle then threatened to 'finish the job'

Rosie Chung, 34, attacked a man who tried to prevent her from leaving a B&M store and said: 'I have no problem coming back to finish the job'

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3 w. ago Senior Labour MP urges UK to recognise Palestinian state ahead of UN conference

Emily Thornberry says recognition is vital step towards peace and without long-term solution war in Gaza will continueUK politics live – latest updatesA senior Labour MP has said it is time for the UK to recognise a Palestinian state as some western countries are due to press ahead with their own recognition plans at an international conference this month.Emily Thornberry, who heads the influential House of Commons foreign affairs select committee, said that without a ceasefire and a long-term political solution Israel’s war on Gaza – which has killed more than 58,000 Palestinians since 7 October 2023 – will continue. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Labour wealth tax war rages amid claims Reeves will reject calls for charge on assets

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is desperately hunting for options as she faces an estimated £30billion black hole in the public finances at the Autumn Budget .

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4 w. ago Reform’s war on net zero plans will cost one million jobs, Labour say

Energy minister Michael Shanks said Reform’s plans are ‘anti-jobs’ and ‘anti-growth’

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4 w. ago True cost of Nigel Farage's 'war on clean energy' exposed by Labour

Labour said Reform UK’s policies would rob Britain of the 'opportunity to break free' from dependence on fossil fuel markets controlled by dictators like Vladimir Putin

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4 w. ago ‘Why take the risk?’ Readers push back on Rachel Reeves’s savings shake

Rachel Reeves’s plan to nudge savers towards investing has met fierce resistance from readers, especially older ones, who say they already earn strong returns from cash ISAs and don’t want to risk losing money

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4 w. ago Starmer defends lowering voting age to 16, saying people old enough to pay tax should have a say – UK politics live

Plan to give 16 and 17-year-olds vote across UK means nearly 1.5 million more people will be to have say at general electionWhile Rushanara Ali is answering the urgent question in the Commons, Keir Starmer is speaking at the event where he is announcing a “civil society covenant”.There is a live feed here.Why does this government think a 16-year-old can vote but not be allowed to buy a lottery ticket or an alcoholic drink, marry or go to war, or even stand in the elections they’re voting? It isn’t the government’s position on the age of maturity just hopelessly confused? Continue reading...

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