Harris camp gets help in key battleground states from UK’s Labour Party
In a now-deleted social media post, the head of activities for the left-wing British Labor Party said “close to 100” current and former Party officials indicated they were planning to head to the United States. Labor leader Sophia Patel joined LinkedIn earlier this week ask for help Participants included current and former party members willing […]
UK Labour Sends 100 Activists to Harris Campaign
About 100 British left-wing activists have been bankrolled by Kamala Harris' campaign in battleground states, raising allegations of election interference and even violations of US election law. A social media post by Britain's ruling Labor Party's operations director asking for “Labor staff” to campaign in North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Virginia has sparked concerns. A […]
The Guardian view on Labour and tax: time to change the frame | Editorial
IIt is normal for new governments to increase taxes in their first year. The previous government could be blamed for leaving behind a fiscal gap, and there is time for anger over the high bills to fade before the next election. Rachel Reeves is not the first prime minister to base her first budget on […]
International investors descend on London as Labour tries to woo new business to Britain – CNBC
Stock Camera | E+ | Getty Images LONDON — Britain's Labor government hopes to attract foreign capital to the country on Monday as it hosts its first international investment summit in London. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds will lead the day-long event at London's Guildhall, […]
Farage’s Reform Party Hits Record High in National Poll as Labour Craters
Nigel Farage's right-wing populist party, Reform Britain, has soared to a record high in national opinion polls as Prime Minister Keir Starmer's left-wing Labor government collapses just over 100 days after winning a majority. “It's only a matter of time before Reform leads in the national polls,” said Rupert Lowe, the Reform British MP, on […]
Scapegoat Sue Gray’s exit leaves Starmer’s No 10 with nowhere left to hide | Labour
Office politics can be complicated. And Westminster can be obsessed with who's behind the scenes and where someone sits on the office floor plan. However, it is true that the relationship between Sue Gray and Keir Starmer's former chief of staff during the early years of Keir Starmer's government was, if anything, worse than reported. […]
Labour must ensure benefits of future growth are shared equally across Britain | Larry Elliott
PPolitics is difficult because it always requires choosing between conflicting objectives. As Keir Starmer discovers, the need to prioritize means you can't please everyone all the time. Labor wants faster growth, stronger public finances, decarbonisation, a more even distribution of prosperity across regions, tighter immigration controls and a reset of the UK's relationship with the […]
Labour to commit almost £22bn to fund carbon capture and storage projects | Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Rachel Reeves will invest billions of pounds in public sector investment in her Budget after the Government announced plans to spend almost £22bn over 25 years funding carbon capture and storage projects. We are paving the way to increase this. In what is expected to be one of Parliament's biggest green spending commitments, the Chancellor, […]
Labour Party ‘Freebie’ Donor Lord Waheed Alli Under Investigation
Sir Waheed Ali, a prominent Labor Party donor and member of the House of Lords embroiled in a bribery scandal surrounding Sir Keir Starmer's government, is under investigation for allegedly failing to register “interests”. The Labor peer, a wealthy media mogul admired by former Labor prime minister Tony Blair and one of the left party's […]
Labour MP Quits Party over ‘Off the Scale’ Sleaze from Starmer Gov’t
A prominent Labor MP has quit the left-wing party, declaring the “sneakyness, nepotism and outright greed is insane” as the gifts scandal surrounding Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his senior government officials unfolds. . Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield announced on Saturday night that she was leaving Labor to become an independent MP, saying the Prime […]