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Starmer announces U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts

Starmer announces U-turn on winter fuel payment cuts8 minutes agoPaul SeddonPolitical reporterHouse of CommonsSir Keir Starmer has announced plans to ease cuts to winter fuel payments, in a U-turn...

Reform deals even more council election blows to Labour and Tories with huge swings

Reform UK has smashed the Tories and Labour in a further two council by-elections overnight, just two weeks after their incredible local election results. Nigel Farage swept Labour away in the...

UK seaside hotspot embroiled in row over controversial 90-room Premier Inn

Residents in a beautiful UK seaside town have begrudingly accepted defeat after a passionate fight against plans for 90-room Premier Inn to be built on their doorstep. The controversial plans to...

Outrage as Lib Dem council approves plans for three-week bin collections

Plans to implement three-weekly bin collections have sparked outrage in Newbury, West Berkshire, with hundreds calling on the council to backtrack. The Liberal Democrat-run local authority currently...

Sadiq Khan panic as Reform UK hits second place in new London poll

Reform UK is in second place in London, according to new polling. The research by Find Out Now puts Nigel Farage's party on 19% in the capital when it comes to who people would vote for in a general...

The one simple question Sir Keir Starmer dreads being asked

The House of Commons today looked as if Madame Tussaud had created waxworks of every Labour MP and packed her creations onto the green benches. The men and women behind Sir Keir Starmer sat in...

Radical plan for 'Deportation Bill' emerges in bid to end borders crisis

Migrants claiming benefits or earning too little will be ordered to leave Britain to end “the crisis at our borders”, the Tories have declared.The Home Office, under the Conservatives, will be...

Reform vows to ban all flags except Union Jack and St George’s Cross on council buildings

Reform UK will allow only Union Jacks or Crosses of St George to be flown in the 10 councils they now control after their stonking success at the local elections. That means that Ukrainian flags,...

UK's 'hellhole' seaside resort set for huge £70million upgrade and luxury hotel

A UK seaside town is set for a much-needed £70m revamp which will include a new luxury hotel. Some areas of the town have been dubbed a "hellhole" by residents, with an increase in litter and drugs...

Biggest blow yet to Keir Starmer that means his days as PM are numbered

Tomorrow is the first day back in Westminster after last week’s dramatic election results and Keir Starmer will face a mutinous Parliamentary Labour Party. Nigel Farage’s party Reform UK returns...

We Tories were battered in local elections – here's what we must do now

It was always expected that last Thursday would be a very difficult election for the Conservative Party. Coming off a very successful election the last time these seats were up and given our terrible...

Teenager's fire death leaves school 'heartbroken'

Teenager's fire death leaves school 'heartbroken'46 minutes agoFamily photoThe death of a teenage boy in an industrial building fire, which led to the arrest of 14 children, has left staff and pupils...

Keir Starmer told 'raise taxes to fight off Nigel Farage' as Labour in panic mode

Sir Keir Starmer has been told by an ex-Cabinet minister to raise taxes to fight off the threat posed by Nigel Farage. Louise Haigh, who resigned as transport secretary in November, urged the Prime...

Sir John Curtice: The map that shows Reform's triumph was much more than a protest vote

Sir John Curtice: The map that shows Reform's triumph was much more than a protest vote17 hours agoSir John CurticeProfessor of politics at the University of StrathclydeBBCThere is no doubt that...

Kemi Badenoch promises Tory fightback after back-to-back election disasters

Kemi Badenoch has insisted her Conservative party is “down, but not out” as she vowed to fight back from heavy election losses. The Tory leader promised her party would "come out fighting" after...