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Baroness Mone's Covid business 'should pay back £122m' for rubbish PPE

The High Court heard that the firm linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone 'should pay back' £122 million (Image: PA)The High Court has heard that PPE Medpro, a company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone,...

Rachel Reeves plans Elon Musk-style waste cutting drive to make her sums add up

Rachel Reeves is eyeing up Elon Musk-style spending cuts to government waste in order to make the sums from today’s Spending Review. The Chancellor’s plans have raised incredulous eyebrows after...

Shocking total of Britain's asylum crisis revealed after Rachel Reeves' key hotel pledge

Britain’s asylum crisis will cost taxpayers £12.6 billion over the next four years, shocking analysis has revealed.Chancellor Rachel Reeves has vowed to close every migrant hotel by July 2029,...

Rachel Reeves just blew £600billion – this autumn YOU will get the bill

Labour Chancellors are particularly good at it. Today’s Spending Review was Reeves’s first big opportunity to let loose.Spending public money is always more fun than the hard work of saving it,...

Seven ways the Spending Review will affect you

Seven ways the Spending Review will affect you21 minutes agoKevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesAll the talk of departmental budgets and fiscal rules may feel somewhat distant from...

What we know is in the chancellor's Spending Review

Spending Review: When is it and what might Rachel Reeves announce?22 hours agoDearbail JordanBusiness reporter, BBC NewsReutersChancellor Rachel Reeves faces difficult choices in this week's Spending...

Migration madness as key Government advisor makes shock prediction

Net migration could fall to 200,000 in the next “year or so”, the Government’s migration tsar has revealed.Professor Brian Bell, Chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee, offered Sir Keir...

Zia Yusuf makes sensational RETURN to Reform UK - but not as chairman

ZiaYusuf is returning to Reform UK after sensationally quitting his role as party chairman.The 38-year-old said his decision to step down was a “mistake” and the result of “exhaustion”.He...

Rachel Reeves plots new tax raid as expert warns: She’ll attack your pension at both ends

On Wednesday, she said she wouldn't hike any of the big three taxes in her autumn Budget: income tax, national insurance (NI) and VAT.But that still leaves a lot she can do. Economists reckon...

Government struggles to cut foreign aid spent on asylum hotels

Government struggles to cut foreign aid spent on asylum hotels5 hours agoJames LandaleDiplomatic correspondent•@BBCJLandalePA MediaThe government is struggling to cut the amount of foreign aid it...

Zia Yusuf ‘sidelined’ in Reform UK amid row over burqa ban

Reform UK’s chairman Zia Yusuf has been sidelined within the party and is no longer responsible for a number of his previous job commitments, it has been claimed. Sources have told the Express that...

Jack Straw: 'taxes will have to rise' in response to new defence era amid Russia threat

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to make the UK “battle-ready” as he launched the long-anticipated Strategic Defence Review (SDR), revealing the Government’s plans to counter looming threats from...

Rachel Reeves has pushed UK to the brink – what happens next will even horrify her

She made a disastrous start in No. 11, inheriting an economy that was finally showing signs of life, then throttling it.I could write a book on her early blunders, but here’s a quick rundown of the...

Seaside town erupts as NIMBY neighbours force 'noisy' basketball court to close

A town council has been criticised for shutting down a small basketball court in a coastal town after complaints about noisy teenagers playing late at night. Furious residents say the decision will...

'He's paranoid!' New Reform MP blasts 'rattled' Keir Starmer after Nigel Farage rant

Reform UK's new MP hit out at "rattled" Sir Keir Starmer after he launched a major attack on Nigel Farage. Sarah Pochin, who was elected as the insurgent party's fifth MP in the Runcorn and Helsby...