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…
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday appointed economist and former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik as his chief economic adviser. It’s part of a staff shakeup aimed at strengthening the government’s response to a sluggish economy and a heated political debate over immigration. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party government has struggled to…
Jeevun Sandher, one of Britain’s newest members of Parliament elected in the Labour Party’s landslide general election victory last July, has tied the knot in a traditional Sikh and church wedding with fellow Labour MP Louise Jones. Jeevun Sandher, MP for Loughborough in the East Midlands region of England, took to social media on Wednesday…
Nigel Farage is under pressure to help reverse a ‘dangerous and chilling’ decision to ban some local journalists from engaging with Reform UK in Nottingham 13:52, 28 Aug 2025Updated 13:52, 28 Aug 2025 The Reform UK leader has been asked to intervene(Image: Getty Images) Nigel Farage is under pressure to help reverse a “dangerous and…
BRITAIN’S Chagos Islands handover will cost taxpayers ten times more than Sir Keir Starmer let on, newly unearthed figures claim. Official estimates reveal the bill for giving the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius is not £3.4billion as promised, but actually close to £35billion. 2 The Chagos Islands is an overseas territory of the United…
The Labour Party has claimed that since it was elected to Government, the Bank of England has cut interest rates “five times in a row”. The party said: “Interest rates have now been cut five times in a row since Labour came into power.” The message was also shared in a social media graphic which…