LABOUR’S ban on new oil and gas drilling has been criticised by America’s top man in London, who claims UK energy bills are “four times higher” than in the US. America’s Ambassador Warren Stephens urged the PM to “allow for more drilling” and stop relying on imports. Sign up for the Politics newsletter Thank you!…
At the Birmingham summit, Chancellor Rachel Reeves also announced over £10 billion in new private investment in projects across the UK, creating jobs and prosperity for working people. Gregor Poynton MP(Image: Roger Harris) Livingston MP Gregor Poynton has welcomed the UK Labour Government’s announcement of a major drive to cut business red tape, saving firms…
Rachel Reeves raised taxes by £40bn in last October’s Budget, and now she is hinting at even further increases – Jordan Pettitt/AFP Sir Keir Starmer, to his party faithful in Liverpool for last week’s annual conference, said: “A Labour party that cannot control spending is a Labour Government that cannot govern. “This is why the…
Lee Anderson is currently the only Reform UK MP in Nottinghamshire Reform UK’s Lee Anderson pictured after retaining his Ashfield seat for Reform UK(Image: Joseph Raynor/Nottingham Post) A major poll has predicted that Reform UK would dominate in terms of Nottinghamshire MPs if a general election were held tomorrow. YouGov’s seat-by-seat analysis, based on a…
THE BOSS of the cash-strapped Police Federation earned £600,000 in salary and bonuses last year. It means the head of the rank and file officers’ “union” Mukund Krishna earned twice as much as Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley. Mr Krishna’s vast pay award was revealed to Parliament by Labour MP and former Met Police…
There’s a certain irony that anti-immigration rhetoric is the strongest political currency in Britain right now. The same Britain that once sent its ships across the seven seas, peddling opium in Canton, sugar in the Caribbean, and civilisation as a side hustle everywhere else. The same Britain that built its fortunes by traversing the globe…
Lord Falconer repeatedly said he would not comment on the Mandelson scandal despite admitting he knows him well (Picture: Sky News) A Labour politician’s car crash interview has pulled the spotlight further onto the ongoing scandal over Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein. Baron Mandelson, who was one of the most powerful party figures under…
David Lammy, left, and Yvette Cooper British prime minister Keir Starmer on Friday appointed foreign minister David Lammy as deputy prime minister in a major cabinet reshuffle following the resignation of Angela Rayner over a tax underpayment controversy.Lammy, 53, will also take on the role of justice secretary. As part of the reshuffle, home secretary…
Yvette Cooper, a seasoned Labour politician and former home secretary, was appointed as the UK’s new foreign minister by prime minister Keir Starmer on Friday. Her predecessor, David Lammy, was promoted to deputy prime minister in a major Cabinet reshuffle triggered by Angela Rayner’s resignation over a tax underpayment controversy. As part of the changes,…
Angela Rayner, who resigned as deputy leader of the British government on Friday, was a rare working class champion in a country long dominated by a government disproportionally educated at private schools and Oxford and Cambridge universities. Rayner, 45, is a former care worker who had a baby at the age of 16 and left…