6 h. ago KEMI BADENOCH: The Chancellor is going after your money because she can't get a grip on spending

If you tax something, you get less of it. She taxed jobs, now more people are unemployed. She taxed education, now schools are closing down. And now it looks like she's coming after people's savings.

Economics

9 h. ago 'A level of incompetence that beggars belief': Kemi rips into PM as manhunt continues after Epping asylum hotel sex attacker is freed by mistake

A police manhunt was sparked for sex offender Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu after he was accidentally released back into the community rather than to an immigration centre.

Events

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Sport

28 h. ago Nigel Farage's Reform UK is dealt crushing blow at Caerphilly by

Reform UK pledged to "throw everything" to win the Caerphilly constituency but Nigel Farage's party was shafted at the by-election in south Wales on Thursday

Economics

39 h. ago Badenoch declines to endorse Jenrick comments over Andrew’s living arrangements

The shadow justice secretary said on Tuesday that Andrew had ’embarrassed the royal family time and again’.

Politics

44 h. ago Identification of migrant who returned to UK from France shows progress – Lammy

The man was detained after entering the UK a second time on October 18, a month after he was returned to France.

Events

59 h. ago Potential grooming gangs chair accuses Kemi Badenoch of 'weaponising' inquiry

Jim Gamble was the second candidate to chair the probe to pull out of the process - and said Ms Badenoch and others were using victims as a "political football" and using their voices to launch attacks on the government

Events

63 h. ago Deporting legally settled people is ‘broadly in line’ with Tory policy, says Badenoch’s office

Conservative leader’s spokesperson sets out plan to strip the right of indefinite leave to remain from people claiming benefitsThe Conservative MP Katie Lam was “broadly in line” with party policy when she called for very large numbers of legally settled people to be deported from the UK, Kemi Badenoch’s spokesperson has said.Setting out Tory plans to retrospectively strip the right of indefinite leave to remain (ILR) from people who claim benefits, the spokesperson said this would not be the case for people getting the state pension, but was unable to say whether someone could be deported if they received statutory maternity pay or shared parental leave. Continue reading...

Events

64 h. ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says full burqa ban 'not a priority' as she widens split with Robert Jenrick after shadow minister claimed Muslim veils SHOULD be outlawed

The Conservative leader dismissed shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick 's suggestion that the Muslim face veil should be outlawed entirely.

Politics

67 h. ago Baroness Casey hauled in to save grooming gangs inquiry after four survivors quit, Starmer announces at PMQs

It comes as four survivors quit the probe citing concerns

Events

68 h. ago Watch live: Keir Starmer faces PMQs grilling on child grooming gang inquiry

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch face off in Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (22 October).

Society

2 d. ago Kemi Badenoch 'caught red handed' trying to pass Tories off as ordinary voters in video

Kemi Badenoch has been mocked after sharing a clip showing her visiting a woman's home and talking about stamp duty - only for it to emerge that two people who took part are Tory councillors

Politics

3 d. ago Robert Jenrick accused of fomenting division by backing burka ban

The Tory shadow justice secretary said there was ‘a strong argument’ for a ban on the face coverings.

Politics

3 d. ago Kemi Badenoch branded 'too weak' after Robert Jenrick 'burqa ban' demand

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has been accused of being 'too weak' to stand up to Robert Jenrick after he called for the burqa to be banned

Politics

4 d. ago Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported

Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.The Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, has been urged to condemn the comments by Katie Lam, a former Home Office shadow minister and now a whip for the party. Lam was previously a special adviser to Boris Johnson and is often described as a rising star of the new intake. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Tory MP George Freeman reports deepfake Reform defection video to police

George Freeman, the Tory MP for Mid Norfolk, said he had ‘no intention of joining Reform or any other party’.

Events

6 d. ago Reform’s newest MP Danny Kruger: ‘On a personal level I deeply regret rejecting the Tory party’

Danny Kruger became Nigel Farage’s biggest scalp after the shadow minister defected to Reform. Alex Ross visited the East Wiltshire MP at his office to find out why he left the Tories – and what the future holds for Reform

Politics

7 d. ago Tories call for ethics investigation over China embassy application

Kemi Badenoch accused the Prime Minister of ‘being weak (and) kowtowing to China’.

Events

8 d. ago Voices: ‘Fantasy economics’: Readers warn of housing chaos if stamp duty is scrapped

Our community is divided over Kemi Badenoch’s pledge to scrap stamp duty, with one warning it would ‘do absolutely nothing for renters or those already priced out’

Events

8 d. ago Tories put pressure on Starmer following release of China spy case statements

Kemi Badenoch questioned why the final witness statement submitted in the case set out Sir Keir Starmer’s approach to relations with Beijing.

Events