Politics

Nigel Farage has vowed that Reform UK will "go to war against the teachers' unions" after the National Education Union (NEU) proposed a motion to educate students about the "dangers" of supporting the party, which it labeled as "far-Right and racist." The motion, set to be debated at the NEU’s...

The UK’s triple lock policy, which ensures that the state pension rises each year by the highest of inflation, earnings growth, or 2.5%, is once again under scrutiny as Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver her Spring Statement. Former Treasury minister Lord Jim O’Neill, who has advised Reeves, has called...

Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has criticized UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for an international peacekeeping force in Ukraine, calling it a "simplistic" attempt to emulate Winston Churchill. Witkoff made the comments during an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, where he also...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been warned that her planned hike in employers’ National Insurance contributions could have a "devastating" impact on the care home sector, potentially forcing providers to close or make severe cutbacks. The tax increase, which has been described as a "tax on jobs," is expected to push...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is facing mounting pressure from both colleagues and business leaders to scale back her proposed changes to workers’ rights, as critics warn of “grave unintended consequences” for the economy. Rayner’s Employment Rights Bill, which aims to strengthen protections for workers, is set to be debated...

Former President Donald Trump has officially revoked the security clearances of more than a dozen individuals, including his predecessor Joe Biden, Biden’s family, former Vice President Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and several anti-Trump politicians and legal figures. In a memo signed on Friday (March 21), Trump stated that the decision...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to freeze income tax thresholds until 2028—and potentially extend the freeze to 2030—is set to push pensioners deeper into financial hardship, according to financial experts. The move, which breaks her previous promise to end the freeze, will drag millions of low-income pensioners into the tax system,...

A top US general, Major General David Baldwin, has defended Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy, arguing that the former president’s “rhetorical jujitsu” could be the key to ending the war in Ukraine and achieving lasting peace in the region. In an exclusive interview with GB News, Baldwin praised Trump’s...

The Labour government is reportedly considering controversial plans to send failed asylum seekers to detention centers in the western Balkans, more than 1,000 miles away from the UK. The proposal, which aims to establish "return hubs" in countries like Albania, Serbia, Bosnia, and North Macedonia, is part of a broader...

Vice President JD Vance found himself in an awkward moment during a White House press conference with President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The event, held in the Oval Office, focused on the unveiling of the new F-47 fighter jet, a sixth-generation aircraft named after Trump as the...