Family-run UK chocolate factory opened in 1920 closes after Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes
A UK family-run chocolate-maker has closed its doors after 105 years due to the “unsustainable” rise in cocoa prices – and Rachel Reeves’ tough tax hikes. Beech’s Fine Chocolates has been making artisan chocolates including truffles, fondants and luxury chocolate bars from the same factory…
Union Jack flags torn down from seafront park after man punched in vicious racist attack
A local authority has removed a “large number of flags” in a seafront park after a man was punched to the ground in a racist attack. The victim was verbally abused by a group of men described as “white and carrying flags” before…
Keir Starmer attacks Brexit ‘lies’ and Nigel Farage in Labour conference speech
Sir Keir Starmer attacked Nigel Farage in his speech to Labour’s conference today. The Prime Minister outlined his plan for “national renewal” as he claimed the Reform UK leader “doesn’t believe in Britain”. He told the gathering in Liverpool: “There is another path, we…
Shabana Mahmood says anti-migration protestors are ‘heirs to the P— bashers of old’
The Home Secretary delivered the explosive comparison during the Labour Party conference (Image: Getty) Shabana Mahmood has likened some of the 150,000 marchers protesting against immigration to “P—-bashers” of the 1960s and 1970s. The Home Secretary delivered the explosive comparison during her address to…
Rachel Reeves set to ‘tax your health’ as millions of Brits with medical insurance exposed
Rachel Reeves yesterday put Britain on red alert for tax rises amid mounting speculation she is plotting a VAT raid on the middle classes, with private healthcare potentially in her crosshairs. In an extraordinary U-turn, the Chancellor ditched her pledge not to…
Keir Starmer hit by polling blow hours before Labour conference speech
Sir Keir Starmer’s popularity has dropped to a new low ahead of his Labour conference speech, new polling shows. The survey by More in Common found his net approval rating has reached minus 48. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is on minus 21, Reform…
Angela Rayner bombshell as top Labour minister demands ‘bring her back!’
Wes Streeting calls for return of Angela Rayner (Image: GETTY) Wes Streeting has called for the return of Angela Rayner after she quit in a tax row. The Health Secretary heaped praise on the former deputy prime minister in his speech to Labour’s conference as…
Rachel Reeves spotted ‘in tears again’ as Starmer criticises economy in key speech
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been spotted ‘in tears’ during Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s speech. As the cameras panned onto the Labour minister, viewers flocked to X, claiming the Chancellor appeared to look as if she “was going to burst into tears…
Owen Jones kicked out of Labour conference in major embarrassment
The left-wing firebrand journalist Owen Jones has been expelled from Labour conference sparking a furious free speech row. Mr Jones was spotted yesterday filming his annual Labour conference video, in which he chases after Cabinet Ministers to ask them tough…
Keir Starmer explodes at Nigel Farage in Labour conference speech: ‘You are the enemy!’
Keir Starmer branded Nigel Farage the “enemy of national renewal” in their escalating war of words on immigration. The Prime Minister declared Labour supporters must “fight you with everything we have” as he criticised the Reform leader’s plans to rescind…