Farage brands Burnham free movement push a total Brexit betrayal
Nigel Farage accuses Andy Burnham of Brexit betrayal after the Prime Minister opened the door to reimposing free movement with the EU.
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Healey eyes carbon charge on fuel imports that could hit pumps
Chancellor John Healey is weighing a carbon charge on imported fuel, raising fears of higher pump prices after The Telegraph revealed the Budget plan.
Labour pays off 383 Cabinet Office staff then hires 627 more
Labour faces fury after the Cabinet Office paid off 383 staff in 2025-26 while hiring 627 more, with critics calling it a waste of taxpayers’ money.
Council tax arrears race up £1,500 a minute under Labour bills
Council tax arrears climbed £782million to £7.4billion in 2025-26, racing up at £1,500 a minute as Band D bills jumped again.
Labour hands HMRC power to empty bank accounts for tiny tax debts
Labour plans to let HMRC raid bank accounts for tiny unpaid tax bills in a drive to claw back roughly £4billion from millions of debtors.
SNP demands Labour lock Scottish oil cash away from English nuclear
The SNP has told Labour to rule out spending Scottish oil and gas revenue from the new energy wealth fund on English nuclear power.
Asylum seeker Safi’s jail term raised after assault on girl, 7
Afsar Safi’s jail term for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old in a London hostel has been increased by the Court of Appeal to four years.
Scottish Greens boss demands Hamas political wing leave terror list
Ross Greer says the UK must drop Hamas’s political wing from the terror list, calling the 2021 ban a barrier to peace talks with the group.
Burnham presses Trump on Starlink as Ukraine fight grinds on
Andy Burnham pressed Donald Trump for full Ukrainian Starlink access after a Friday call, as Britain backs peace talks and battlefield links.
France and Germany push killer subs for Argentina over Falklands
France and Germany’s defence firms are offering Argentina hunter-killer submarines that could reshape the Falklands threat as Labour courts Europe.
JD Vance hammers Europe for fining Musk then begging Starlink
JD Vance Starlink remarks expose Europe fining Elon Musk’s firms then pleading for his satellites when war bites.
Chagossians handed Lords veto to block Mauritius islands handover
Peers passed a bill this lunchtime that would give Chagossians a veto to stop the islands being handed to Mauritius under Labour’s deal.