16 h. ago Speculation over Rachel Reeves’s future as demands for winter fuel cuts U

Reform’s election success last week has seen troubled Labour MPs pushing for a U-turn on winter fuel payments and speculation over a ministerial reshuffle

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17 h. ago Speculation over Rachel Reeves’ future as demands for winter fuel cuts U

Reform’s election success last week has seen troubled Labour MPs pushing for a U-turn on winter fuel payments and speculation over a ministerial reshuffle

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17 h. ago UK politics live: Kemi Badenoch talking ‘rubbish’ over trade deal criticisms, say Indian officials

New Delhi officials say Tories previously agreed to a two-year national insurance exemption which Kemi Badenoch now claims amounts to ‘two-tier’ tax

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17 h. ago DAN HODGES: Tripling down on rape gangs and inviting even more Indians over to take our jobs. The British people are sick of Keir Starmer

So now we know. Keir Starmer's response to the drubbing he and his party received in Thursday's local elections will not be a reverse on winter fuel. Or a clear response to spiralling immigration.

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18 h. ago Tory extinction ‘can’t be ruled out’, says Jeremy Hunt – UK politics live

Former chancellor says he does not expect the Conservatives to die out as a party but he says it is a possibilityKeir Starmer starts by saying rising tensions between India and Pakistan will be of serious concern for many across Britain. The government is enouraging de-escalation, he says.He says tomorrow the nation will fall silent to commemorate VE Day. The armed forces protect our freedom, he says. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago UK politics live: Hunt admits Tories ‘can’t rule out’ party extinction after disastrous local elections

Comes as Starmer and Badenoch clash over government’s newly-struck UK-India trade deal and Labour’s winter fuel payment cuts

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21 h. ago Britain's richest plumber Charlie Mullins reveals he's considering a UK return from his tax exile in Spain so he can become a Reform councillor

EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Mullins insists he is 'loving life' abroad but would 'undoubtedly' consider coming back to contest a local council election in his native South London.

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21 h. ago PMQs live: Starmer and Badenoch clash on winter fuel and India trade deal in first debate post local elections

Tory leader piles pressure on prime minister to restore winter fuel payments to all pensioners

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22 h. ago Labour revolt on winter fuel mounts as poll shows Reform with a record SEVEN POINT lead

Nigel Farage's party was on 29 per cent in the latest YouGov poll carried out in the wake of the local elections, up three on last week.

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23 h. ago UK politics live: Labour insists India trade deal does not undercut British workers after ‘two

Starmer to soon face grilling at PMQs over newly-struck agreenment and local election losses

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23 h. ago PMQs live: Keir Starmer faces anger after local elections as 45 Labour MPs tell him to 'act now'

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will today face Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister's Questions for the first time since both parties suffered at the local elections last week

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24 h. ago Labour revolt on winter fuel mounts as poll shows Reform with a SEVEN POINT lead

Nigel Farage's party was on 29 per cent in the latest YouGov poll carried out in the wake of the local elections, up three on last week.

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24 h. ago Red Wall MPs demand Starmer ‘acts now’ to reverse winter fuel cuts as backlash grows

The prime minister’s official spokesperson ruled out a U-turn on cuts to the winter fuel allowance despite disastrous local election results for Labour

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39 h. ago The Guardian view on Labour’s drift and Tory collapse: Reform fills a vacuum they created | Editorial

Faragism’s rise isn’t a surge of enthusiasm – it’s a symptom of exhaustion with two parties failing to offer vision, justice or renewalSir Keir Starmer promised change – and, in a way, he has delivered it. Gone are the days of bold, expansive pledges; in their place are cautious, measurable goals: 6,500 new teachers, 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week. Yet voters, oddly ungrateful, remain unmoved. Perhaps it is because these modest gains barely scratch the surface of national decline. The government has touched lives, just not in the ways it promised. Cuts to winter fuel payments for pensioners and proposed reductions in disability benefits have landed with jarring force. Sir Keir’s managerial style may promise stability, but voters expected transformation. The result: disillusionment with a government delivering change – but not the change voters thought they had chosen.Labour’s poor local election showing could be shrugged off as low turnout in the shires. The party wo...

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41 h. ago Half of Reform voters say local election vote was a protest in clear warning to Starmer and Badenoch

After disastrous local election results, Tory MPs hoping to install Robert Jenrick as new leader risk being disappointed as research suggest he would not beat Nigel Farage’s Reform

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45 h. ago Poll of the day: Should Labour reverse the cuts to winter fuel payments?

Have your say: Labour’s cuts to winter fuel payments, blamed for heavy local election losses, have sparked a fierce debate over whether the policy should be reversed to win back voter trust

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46 h. ago Voters don’t think Starmer and Badenoch will lead parties into next general election

After disastrous local election results, Tory MPs hoping to install Robert Jenrick as new leader risk being disappointed as research suggest he would not beat Nigel Farage’s Reform

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46 h. ago 'Don't panic,' says William Hague as Tory grandee clashes with Liz Truss on how to save party after elections rout

The Conservatives lost 674 council seats on May 1 as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surged

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47 h. ago Pressure on Starmer over winter fuel cash squeeze after local election results

Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan called for a ‘rethink’ while Cabinet minister Wes Streeting acknowledged voters’ unhappiness over the policy.

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47 h. ago Former MP Mike Amesbury speaks out after Reform win his former seat

Reform won by just six votes in the local elections on May 1

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