UK’s first trans MP convicted of harassing ex-wife after demanding £350k
A transgender former Conservative MP has been handed a community order for harassment. Katie Wallis, 41, of Butetown, Cardiff, became the first openly transgender MP in the House of Commons in 2022 while the MP for Bridgend, south Wales. Cardiff Magistrates’ Court was told…
Small-boat migrants get discount on Channel crossing if they agree to work for crime gangs
Criminal gangs are luring illegal migrants to make life-threatening journeys across the Channel by promising to employ them once they arrive in the UK. Migrants are paying hundreds or thousands of pounds for the chance to cross the Channel in unsafe dingies, some of them packed…
Starmer to sign defence agreement with nation that was UK’s greatest foe in historic first
Britain is set to sign its first defence cooperation treaty with Germany in the modern-era this week, in a move hailed as a major step in tightening security ties across Europe. Sir Keir Starmer and Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz are…
‘Weak’ Keir Starmer savaged over ‘latest wheeze’ as ‘migrants laughing in his face’
Keir Starmer has been branded “weak” after migrants in Calais said they would not stop coming to the UK despite a new asylum deal between France and the UK. The pilot initiative was designed to reduce the number of small boat crossings…
Reform UK victories scare Labour into changing voting system in ‘stitch up’
The Labour Party has been accused of “trying to stitch up” next year’s elections. It comes as Angela Rayner is set to change the voting system for mayors after Reform UK won in Lincolnshire and Hull in May. The current system, which sees the candidate…
EU insiders ‘worried sick’ over Farage’s Reform tidal wave and ‘plotting with Starmer’
Senior Brussels officials are scrambling to shore up ties with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to counter the growing threat of a future Reform UK government led by Nigel Farage, a leading think tank chief has claimed. With Reform UK riding high in…
Has Rachel Reeves just hiked the state pension age without telling us?
The UK state pension age has been inching upwards for years. Once set at 60 for women and 65 for men, it was equalised at 65 in 2018, then increased to 66 by 2020. That’s already left many struggling, especially so-called…
Rachel Reeves has just one option left to stop UK going bust – and nobody will like it
The public finances are on life support, and things have gone from bad to worse since Reeves entered No.11. Her £25billion Budget tax raid on employers backfired spectacularly, triggering job losses, stalling investment and shattering confidence. Borrowing is now spiralling,…
‘Weak’ Keir Starmer savaged over ‘latest wheeze’ as ‘migrants laughing in his face’
Keir Starmer has been branded “weak” after migrants in Calais said they would not stop coming to the UK despite a new asylum deal between France and the UK. The pilot initiative was designed to reduce the number of small boat crossings…
‘Dire consequences’ warning as doctors’ strike puts elderly lives at risk
A fresh round of doctors’ strikes will have “dire consequences for older patients” as temperatures soar, campaigners have warned. But the Government is “sleepwalking” into industrial action that will cost lives, a group representing the elderly said. Health Secretary Wes Streeting is to meet representatives from…