Rachel Reeves’ bizarre pre-Budget speech sends FTSE 100 crashing as UK braced for tax hell
Rachel Reeves’ bizarre pre-Budget speech has sent the FTSE 100 crashing as Brits brace for a Budget of tax rises. The London blue-chip index fell 75.50 points to at 9,625.87, down by 0.99%. The FTS100 market cap is £2.272 trillion,…
Humiliation for Keir Starmer as he’s forced to delay Chagos Islands vote to avoid defeat
Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to delay a key vote on his £3.4 billion Chagos Islands deal, followings warnings he was set for a humiliating defeat. A House of Lords vote to ratify the treaty with Mauritius has been pulled after a Conservative peer…
Sadiq Khan’s £83K African Odyssey proves 1 thing – and YOU’RE paying for it
There are a great many ways to fritter away £83,000 of the public purse. One could, for instance, repair a few Peckham potholes, fund a couple of Clapham coppers, or, dare one suggest it, keep a few bob back for…
Fury as David Lammy takes poppy off Labour MP who served in RAF
David Lammy has provoked widespread fury after taking a poppy from a decorated RAF war hero to spare his blushes after apparently forgetting to wear one during PMQs. The bungling Justice Secretary, who was filling in for Keir Starmer, started the session by…
UK high street facing ‘worst Christmas on record’ as Reeves sparks economic armageddon
Getty (Image: Getty) Shopkeepers have warned that this Christmas could be the “worst on record” for businesses, as fears grow over what Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce in her Autumn budget later this month. David Frais, 61, who has run TV…
From Starmer to Lammy, Britain’s being run by clowns – and the country’s falling apart
“You couldn’t make it up,” will be a phrase many Brits have groaned during the relentless barrage of vacuous vandalism our nation has suffered since Labour took office. So mad are their decisions and mistakes that it feels like real-world…
‘Calamity Lammy’ savaged over prison fiasco as second sex attacker accidentally released
Labour was told to get a grip of Britain’s prison fiasco after a second migrant sex predator was mistakenly released onto the streets. A major manhunt was under way tonight after it emerged Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, a 24-year-old Algerian, was wrongly freed…
Rachel Reeves to deliver major economic speech as she’s warned not to scapegoat pensioners
Pensioners must not be made the scapegoat for Rachel Reeves’s economic failures, campaigners have warned ahead of a speech by the Chancellor on Tuesday. Ms Reeves will reveal her priorities for this month’s fiscal event and address mounting speculation about…
Tories issue fresh attack on ‘left-wing’ Reform hours before major Nigel Farage speech
The Conservatives have warned that Reform UK cannot be taken seriously on the economy ahead of a major speech by Nigel Farage in the City of London tomorrow. Mr Farage will deliver his first proper remarks on his party’s economic policy tomorrow…
I was chased through Huntingdon stabbings train – at first we thought attacker had a gun
A passenger onboard yesterday’s Huntingdon mass stabbing train has revealed how he and fellow travellers feared the attacker had a gun as they ran away from the knife-wielding maniac. Speaking anonymously, the man in his 20s commuting back from yesterday’s…