Labour confirms new hotel tax that could cost British holidaymakers £518m
A new hotel tax will add to the cost of holidays in the UK after Chancellor Rachel Reeves ignored warnings from struggling hospitality firms. Regional mayors are to gain the power to introduce new charges on overnight stays. The so-called hotel tax will allow them to…
Farmers furious as Met Police stop protest on Rachel Reeves’s big Budget day
Farmers have accused Scotland Yard of “two tier” policing after the force suddenly halted a protest planned for Budget day. Organisers of Wednesday’s mass demonstration have spent months planning the peaceful protest only for the action to be “reduced to a…
Nigel Farage hits back over school racism allegations – ‘smears from establishment’
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (Image: Getty) Nigel Farage has “categorically” denied claims of racism during his schooldays in a new statement. The Reform UK leader has faced allegations of racist behaviour while at Dulwich College as a teenager. The Clacton MP…
Labour to scrap jury trials in breathtaking assault on ‘rights of ordinary people’
Abolishing jury trials will “destroy” the criminal justice system, fail victims and increase the chances of wrongful convictions, David Lammy has been warned. Only murder, rape, manslaughter and “public interest” cases will be heard by juries as part of radical…
Terror suspect seeks asylum in UK because he ‘fears prosecution’ in home country
A suspected terrorist who was questioned regarding a terror attack which left 269 people dead is seeking asylum in the UK. Arrested over alleged involvement in the 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, the unnamed asylum seeker left the country…
Parent fury as asylum seekers given English lessons at primary school with children around
Parents have protested outside a primary school against English lessons for asylum seekers during class times. Mums and dads of children who attend Dalmarnock Primary School in Bridgeton, Glasgow, gathered outside the school gates on Monday (November 24) for the protest reportedly organised by…
‘Madness’: taxpayers fund army base wellness retreat for migrants as cadets put ‘at risk’
Outraged Brits have slammed the government for “turning a military base into a wellness retreat” for asylum seekers, complete with art classes, sports and a dedicated “activity coordinator” on a cushy £32,000 salary. The shocking revelations about the soft regime planned for…
Woman, 94, transforms house into ‘dream garden she doesn’t have to water’
A 94-year-old woman has had an artist turn one side of her home into her “dream garden”. Muriel Baker, from the Somerset village of Meare near Glastonbury, said as she doesn’t have a real garden and can’t do any of the…
Rachel Reeves has declared war on pensioners, warns leading campaigner
The Chancellor can either start rebuilding the trust of older people in Labour, in her Budget this week, or declare war on pensioners. The choice is stark, either lift the lower tax threshold to stop the state pension being taxed or extend…
German drug dealer claims UK must not deport him because he can’t speak German
A German drug dealer has avoided being deported to his home nation because he doesn’t speak the language well enough. Saleh Hussein Hamid lawyers argued against deportation based on human rights laws, according to reports. The 25-year-old migrant had been…