Suspended Labour councillor charged with encouraging violent disorder | UK news
Suspended Labour MP Ricky Jones, 57, was charged with inciting a violent disorder after being filmed addressing a crowd at a protest in London on Wednesday night. Jaswant Narwal, lead prosecutor for the North London Crown Prosecution Service, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has given the Metropolitan police permission to prosecute Ricky Jones, 57, for […]
Labour is still in its ‘phoney’ period. Far tougher tests await in autumn | Martin Kettle
IIn Britain, in September 1939, it became known as the Phony War. Hitler invaded Poland and war was declared. But for months there was little military action. At home, the country was on a war footing. But this was not yet the decisive moment. That moment would come later, one that would last for years […]
Labour tries to attract clean energy contracts with record £1.5bn for auction | Wind power
A Labour government will increase the size of the summer grant auction by 50% to £1.5 billion, providing record amounts of funding to clean energy developers. The additional amount, compared with previously announced figures, means the total budget is seven times the amount obtained in last year’s tender, according to the government. The move is […]
Labour Gov’t Cuts Winter Energy Aid to Millions,, Preps Mass Tax Hikes
Britain’s new left-wing Labour government has announced plans to cut winter energy benefits for around 10 million pensioners while preparing huge tax increases to pay for a spending surge caused by mass immigration. The head of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, confirmed the new Labour government’s high tax, high spending policies in […]
UK Labour Kills Campus Free Speech Bill
Laws protecting freedom of speech at British universities following long-standing concerns about attacks on students with unorthodox views have been repealed by the New Left Labour government just days before they were due to come into force. The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023, due to come into force next month, will give protections […]
Labour defends Great British Energy plan amid concern over funding – UK politics live | Politics
Labour MP calls two-child benefit cap ‘heinous’ in latest call to scrap policy | Child benefits
Chancellor Keir Starmer is under further pressure to remove the cap on second child benefit after another member of his House of Commons described the policy as “heinous”. Writing in the Sunday Times, Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield said the cap, introduced in 2017 under then-treasury minister George Osborne, was “sinister and blatantly sexist” and was […]
Mandatory housing targets at core of economy-focused king’s speech | Labour
Local councils will have to adopt mandatory housing targets within months under planning reforms to be announced on Wednesday as part of Chancellor Keir Starmer’s first King’s Speech, which he said will focus on economic growth. Starmer is due to introduce more than 35 bills on Wednesday – the first Labour chancellor in 15 years […]
Where’s the cash for child hunger? Labour is running out of time to find it | Frances Ryan
aStarmer’s honeymoon gifts were mostly chocolates and flowers. Within 10 days of taking office, the new Prime Minister Personal Poll Ratingthe NATO summit and a rare burst of national optimism as England reach the Euros final. But on Wednesday, watch out for the first marital spat, when Labour MP Kim Johnson delivers her government’s inaugural […]
Independent Muslim who beat Labour in Leicester says victory was not ‘sectarian’ | General election 2024
He won a shock victory in the general election, ousting shadow cabinet member Jonathan Ashworth, and criticised claims that a string of strong performances by independent Muslim candidates reflected a rise in the “sectarian” vote. Optometrist Shoukat Adam pulled off a major upset by defeating Ashworth, the shadow budget chief and a familiar face on […]