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Warning to pensioners as Rachel Reeves strips 500k of winter fuel payment

Half a million pensioners could lose their Winter Fuel Payments in the next four years, bombshell analysis shows. OAPs will be clobbered because of Rachel Reeves’ freeze on how much income can be free of tax and changes to the vital…

Migrant given £600 taxpayer-funded taxi to see doctor 250 miles from hotel

Channel migrants living in asylum hotels are being given taxpayer-funded taxis for all of their appointments, a bombshell investigation has found. Hotel staff booked cars on an automated system if residents could provide proof of an upcoming meeting, such as…

Nigel Farage erupts at calls for Rachel Reeves to slap pensioners with more tax

Nigel Farage has erupted at calls for the Chancellor to hit pensioners with a tax raid. A Labour-linked think tank has urged Rachel Reeves to cut national insurance and increase income tax in her upcoming Budget. The move proposed by the Resolution Foundation…

Rachel Reeves to hammer middle England again with new tax

Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Rachel Reeves is preparing to slap a 20% VAT charge on taxi and private hire journeys in a move already branded the “taxi tax” by furious campaigners and industry insiders. The Chancellor is expected to…

Keir Starmer’s controversial Palestine decision could cost £2tn in reparations

Sir Keir Starmer’s confirmation that the UK will recognise a Paestinian state has been met with warnings over the financial repercussions of such a historic, if largely symbolic, move. The Prime Minister said the announcement would contribute to “the hope of peace”…

Starmer disaster looms as Labour faces election wipeout – ‘biggest kicking in our history’

Under-pressure Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been warned Labour is facing the “biggest kicking in its history” in Wales after a poll showed support crashing to 14% ahead of the 2026 Senedd election. The ITV Cymru Wales, YouGov, and Cardiff University survey places…

‘Starmer’s rewarding terror!’ Furious backlash at PM’s recognition of Palestinian state

Sir Keir Starmer was accused of rewarding terrorism after announcing that the UK would recognise a Palestinian state. The Prime Minister said the move was intended “to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis”. But the largely symbolic decision, which…

Keir Starmer under huge pressure over Palestine as hostage families hit out

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been urged by relatives of Israeli hostages taken by Hamas to abandon plans to recognise Palestinian statehood. Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel accused Sir Keir of “capitulating to the hard-Left factions of his party” in…

Number of illegal migrants claiming to be modern slaves to avoid deportation ‘skyrockets’

The number of migrants claiming to be victims of modern slavery to avoid deportation has reportedly risen by 250% in four years. It has been reported that in 2024 there were 4,646 modern slavery referrals, up 250% from 1,307 in…

London grooming gang probe kept secret to ‘avoid panic’

A West London council leader has admitted to keeping quiet about a three-year grooming gang investigation on the basis they didn’t “want to create panic.” Labour-run Hounslow Council said in June there were “no concerns” around organised group-based sexual exploitation…