Brutal blow for Rachel Reeves as BoE refuses to cut interest rates – Budget hell now looms
Chancellor Rachel Reeves can’t blame the Bank of England, today’s rate freeze is her fault (Image: Getty) And that’s more terrible news for Rachel Reeves but hold your sympathy. She has only herself to blame after a hapless string of policy…
Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband have blown it – and today they’ll pay for their idiocy
The Bank’s rate-setting monetary policy committee (MPC) announces its latest decision at midday. It has cut base rate five times since last August, most recently last month when it trimmed rates by 0.25% to 4%. However, that was a cliff-edge call,…
Essex police RECAP: Parents take children home as school locked down after migrant spotted
Police have made an arrest after an asylum seeker was spotted interfering with parked vehicles in Essex on Thursday. Initial reports suggested that the suspect, who is the same man who was arrested after allegedly breaking into a school near…
Police officer confronts woman in own home and orders her to apologise over online post
A video clip of Thames Valley Police confronting an American woman in her own home over “upsetting” posts she made online has gone viral. The social media clip, viewed over 1.3 million times, shows a woman, named as American cancer…
Moment Carole Malone skewers Trump protesters with brutal 4-word slap down
Carole Malone hit out at protesters demonstrating against Donald Trump’s state visit, insisting “they are clearly unhinged”. The Express columnist raised concerns about the Stop Trump group’s impact on UK relations with the United States and warned it is “dangerous”. Hundreds…
Rachel Reeves Budget nightmare as 2 ‘stealth taxes’ could hit drivers
Drivers have been warned that Rachel Reeves could be increasing two “stealth taxes” in her autumn Budget. Conservative shadow transport secretary, Richard Holden, told the Express that he fears the Chancellor is planning to hike insurance premium tax (IPT) – currently a 12% or 20% rate…
Keir Starmer slammed over ‘desperate’ bid to save himself by recognising Palestine
Keir Starmer will cave in to pressure from his own MPs and formally recognise Palestine as a state this weekend, it has been claimed. The Prime Minister will wait until after President Trump concludes his state visit to the UK…
Petition calling for mass deportation of illegal migrants passes major milestone
A petition calling for the mass deportation of illegal migrants has passed a major milestone. The appeal has garnered more than 208,000 signatures, meaning it has passed the 100,000 threshold for Parliament to consider it for a debate. Such a…
First migrant returned to France after days of farce
A migrant has finally been deported back to France under Keir Starmer’s “one-in, one-out” deal with Emmanuel Macron, the Daily Express understands. The failed asylum seeker, from India, is believed to have flown to Paris on an Air France service from…
Panic stations Captain Keir! Corbyn’s lefties are jumping ship and Labour’s about to sink
Keir Starmer is to “recognise” a Palestinian state within days. Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, says the announcement will have “no impact whatsoever” on the chances of bringing peace to the Middle East. And he said the British Government, along with…