20 h. ago Court order is stopping 'three pads' Rayner from revealing more about house deals, says Downing Street

The Deputy Prime Minister is under mounting pressure to 'come clean' after claims she avoided £40,000 in stamp duty when she purchased a luxury £800,000 apartment in East Sussex.

Economics

33 h. ago The 'remarkable coincidence' that could let 'three pads Rayner' avoid inheritance tax: Deputy PM's constituency home is valued at EXACT threshold when tax becomes payable

The Deputy Prime Minister is embroiled in a deepening sleaze row over her tax affairs after it was revealed she bought an £800,000 second home on the south coast.

Economics

43 h. ago I predict trouble ahead if activist judges continue to subvert the will of the people on immigration: STEPHEN GLOVER

Last Friday three senior judges in the Court of Appeal decided to put the interests of migrants living in The Bell Hotel, Epping, before the interests of local people living nearby.

Events

66 h. ago Revealed: The massive deposit Angela Rayner put down on her new £800k seaside pad

The new revelation comes after the Deputy Prime Minister was criticised by a Labour MP over her controversial property dealings involving her £800,000 flat in East Sussex.

Economics

4 d. ago 'Labour hypocrisy on full show': How Angela Rayner attacked 'tax dodgers' before SHE was accused of 'escaping £40k in stamp duty' on seaside pad

The Labour deputy leader has repeatedly hit out at 'tax dodgers' during her years as an MP in the House of Commons.

Economics

4 d. ago Angela three pads Rayner: Deputy PM buys £800k seaside apartment, owns £650k family house and lives in flat paid for by the taxpayer (...while backing tax hikes on homeowners)

Angela Rayner's Hove apartment is the latest addition to her burgeoning property empire - which includes a £650,000 four-bed in Greater Manchester and a grace-and-favour pad in Admiralty House.

Society

6 d. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: At last! A politician who sees the enormity of the problems caused by mass uncontrolled immigration

Nigel Farage's press conference yesterday was an extraordinary political event. The leader of Reform UK did not so much tear up the rule book as incinerate it.

Politics

7 d. ago Angela Rayner's three homes row is a 'danger' for Labour and 'risks pushing more voters to Reform', says pollster

The Deputy Prime Minister has been dubbed 'Three Pads Rayner' after it emerged she had shelled out £800,000 on a luxury flat in Hove, East Sussex.

Politics

8 d. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: Arise Three Pads Rayner, the hypocritical housing secretary who makes John Prescott's tastes seem modest!

John Prescott, who was Deputy Prime Minister under Tony Blair, was nicknamed 'Two Jags' because he owned one Jaguar, while having the use of another as his official ministerial car.

Politics

8 d. ago Angela 'Three Pads' Rayner is dubbed a hypocrite after splashing out on an £800,000 seaside bolthole to go with her family house and grace

Angela Rayner was branded a hypocrite on Sunday for buying a seaside apartment as her own department warns against the impact of second homes.

Society

9 d. ago Interflex training programme for Ukrainian recruits to continue until 2026

Defence Secretary John Healey said the UK was ‘ramping up’ its support for Ukrainian forces, ahead of independence day celebrations in Kyiv.

Politics

1 week ago Angela Rayner shells out £800,000 for her THIRD home: As Labour turns the screws on second

The Housing Secretary's new 'holiday home' in Hove is in addition to the £650,000 house she owns in her constituency and a three-bedroom grace-and-favour flat in Admiralty House.

Economics

1 week ago STEPHEN GLOVER: Even our family homes are not sacrosanct for this desperate, foolish Government. If Starmer breaks his promise on Capital Gains Tax, no one should trust anything he says ever again

Until now those fortunate enough to own their home have had the consolation that they won't have to pay Capital Gains Tax on it if they come to sell, writes STEPHEN GLOVER. No longer, it seems.

Politics

2 w. ago House of Lords 'doesn't need more Putin apologists like Nigel Farage', says Cabinet minister as Labour sparks furious row by shutting down Reform UK's demand for peerages

John Healey, the Defence Secretary, sparked a furious political row as he referred to Mr Farage's past comments about the Russian leader.

Politics

2 w. ago Lords does not need ‘Putin apologists like Farage’, minister says

Defence Secretary John Healey said the voice of Reform UK is ‘conspicuously absent’ in Commons debates on Russia and Ukraine.

Politics

2 w. ago UK sends Vladimir Putin warning ahead of Donald Trump summit in Alaska TODAY

Defence Secretary John Healey said today's face-to-face talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin was a 'first step towards serious negotiation' and ending the conflict

Politics

2 w. 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.

Events

3 w. ago In using terror laws to pursue the deluded protesters of Palestine Action, Yvette Cooper is the REAL extremist: STEPHEN GLOVER

We expect to be able to say whatever we want within the confines of the law, and to demonstrate peacefully. These are rightly said to be precious liberties.

Events

3 w. ago First MasterChef episodes air after Gregg Wallace and John Torode sacked

The BBC confirmed last month the series, which was filmed last year, would broadcast in August.

Politics

4 w. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: Starmer is signing his political death warrant with his futile 'smash the gangs' policy. Deterrence is the only solution

Why are Sir Keir Starmer and Labour unable to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats?

Events