Starmer backs criticism of Sadiq Khan’s Ulez expansion
A Labour split over the expansion of the Ulez scheme in outer London has worsened after Sir Keir Starmer backed...
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Rishi Sunak blames fixed-rate mortgages over failure to curb inflation
Asked again to put a percentage on his chances of succeeding on his promise, Mr Sunak declined to do so...
‘My dad made a fortune from Polly Pocket and sent me to Eton’
Conservative MP Jesse Norman was a director at Barclays Bank. He also researched and taught philosophy at University College, London. He...
Britain’s pro-EU left is in total denial about the hard-right conquest of Europe
Sir Keir Starmer is not trying to pursue such radical goals, but he would still have to deal with the...
Mortgage crisis equivalent to 6p income tax hike per household
Households with a typical mortgage are facing a jump in payments equivalent to a 6p rise in income tax, analysis...
Even Rishi Sunak’s aides are sweating on their mortgages as Tory woes deepen
Over the following months, Mr Sunak would begin to make his irritation at Mr Johnson’s high spending known to colleagues,...
We need proper Conservatism now to save the economy
The UK is a great country with many advantages. It has the potential to be vibrantly successful, particularly as it...
‘I’ve worked my whole life and paid my taxes — now they want more’
“Inheritance tax is the most inequitable tax there is. I have no objection to paying tax, but why should my...
Britons don’t care about the size of people’s bank accounts, Sunak insists
Mr Sunak and his wife have a combined net worth of about £529 million, in large part thanks to Ms...
Rishi Sunak’s ‘surrender’ risks makes us poorer, says Jacob Rees-Mogg
Rishi Sunak risks making Britain poorer after “the surrender to the blob”, Jacob Rees-Mogg will say in a keynote speech ...
