Sir Keir Starmer’s immigration plans have been branded “a recipe for disaster” as critics warned of more mass migration in the years ahead. Speaking on Monday as 600 asylum seekers crossed the...
Pope Francis backed him when he took on a president. Now he's voting in the conclave 12 hours agoJonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondentReporting fromManilaBBC/ Natalie Thomas"Not even in my...
More tax hikes are looming because Rachel Reeves is on track to miss her key fiscal rules, a think tank has warned.Economic growth is also on track to be weaker than previously expected this year,...
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...
Heartbroken farmers have been pushed to the brink of suicide by Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid, Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins has warned. Farmers say their...
Ed Miliband has a rare knack for winding people up. Maybe it’s the sanctimonious tone, the misplaced certainty, the goofy conviction that his batty ideas are invariably correct.Or perhaps it’s...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is going to leave millions of pension savers poorer when she announces dramatic changes next month, industry leaders fear. The Chancellor wants pension funds to invest more...
Rachel Reeves has been condemned for planning yet another stealth tax raid on Britons, despite overseeing the highest tax rate in modern history. The Chancellor has reportedly drawn up plans to...
And maybe – just maybe – she won’t. After all, she kept her Spring Statement promise of no tax rises.Last week, Reeves suggested in The Daily Telegraph that no tax hikes were planned. Yet her...
Police are hunting for Paul Butler in connection with a murder investigation in Plymouth (Image: Devon and Cornwall Police)The harrowing words "Evil", "murderous" and "cruel" resonated through the...
Australia's universal healthcare is crumbling. Can it be saved?9 hours agoTiffanie TurnbullReporting fromStreaky Bay, South AustraliaBBCFrom an office perched on the scalloped edge of the continent,...
Bin strike exposes divide between rich and poor7 hours agoPhil MackieMidlands correspondent, BBC NewsBBCIn parts of Birmingham waste continues to go uncollected as all-out strike action by bin...
WHO agrees legally binding pandemic treaty54 minutes agoJim ReedHealth reporter•jim_reedGetty ImagesMembers of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed the text of a legally binding treaty...
Top Tory Robert Jenrick has launched a new crusade demanding an immediate end to “state-sanctioned racism” against white people in Britain. In a new video with his Conservative parliamentary...
In the midst of a brutal 18-month war against Hamas, and with the prospect of conflict with Iran looming, it is little wonder some may consider Israel to be on the verge of a PTSD crisis. But the...
What does it say about a country when its wealthiest are leaving in droves? When these ‘have yachts’ are prepared to sell up, move families from their luxurious homes and children from their...
UK tourists are being urged to be more aware while on holiday in Spain, as the popular destination has introduced new rules to tackle public drinking. Insurance experts are warning Brtis to follow...
Furious locals are protesting today in Ardrossan, Scotland, as the fate of a lifeline port remains uncertain. The two new vessels promised to Ardrossan Harbour seven years ago are too big to fit the...
That’s the uncompromising view of Jake Atkinson, campaigns manager for Tax Justice UK.The Daily Express asked three experts whether Chancellor Rachel Reeves should target super-rich Brits by making...
And incredibly, the public appears to be in favour. Three-quarters of Britons say they would back the new tax, which would raise billions to invest in public services.Chancellor Rachel Reeves is...