Starmer backs Rayner after she admits underpaying stamp duty on seaside flat The Prime Minister has backed Angela Rayner after she admitted an underpayment of stamp duty on a seaside flat which prompted Opposition calls for her to resign. Sir Keir Starmer said he was “very proud to sit alongside” his deputy at Wednesday’s Prime
Police left ‘between a rock and a hard place’ amid debate over Linehan arrest The head of the police force that arrested Father Ted creator Graham Linehan said his officers are in “an impossible position” when dealing with statements made online, and should not be “policing toxic culture wars debates”. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark
Rylan Clark’s comments on immigration receive hundreds of Ofcom complaints Rylan Clark’s comments about immigration on ITV’s This Morning have sparked hundreds of Ofcom complaints. The show received 576 complaints related to comments made by the presenter on August 27 during a discussion about migrants being housed in hotels. Clips of Clark, 36, quickly went
Esther Ghey says school phone ban ‘would have really helped’ daughter Brianna The mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has said a school phone ban would really have helped her daughter, as she launches a campaign for a statutory ban in schools. Esther Ghey is calling on the Government to provide funding to schools for pouches to
Tories will challenge Government to rule out property tax hikes The Tories will challenge the Government to rule out property tax rises in the autumn budget in a Commons vote. Housing Secretary Sir James Cleverly said “a family home is not a piggy bank to raid” ahead of an Opposition Day debate on Wednesday which
Camilla makes first appearance since revelation she fought off sexual assault The Queen has made her first public appearance since the revelation she fought off a man who groped her on a train when she was a teenager. Camilla toured the headquarters of the international disaster relief charity ShelterBox and learned about the latest equipment
Southampton flat fall victim named amid murder investigation A woman who died after falling from a block of flats in Southampton has been named by police, as a murder investigation into her death continues. Emergency services were called to reports a woman had fallen from the flats in Cuckmere Lane shortly after 2.40pm on Thursday.
New Green Party leader wants to ‘reclaim’ populism after landslide win The new Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said he wants to “reclaim” populism after a landslide victory that will see his party shift its politics to the left. Mr Polanski, who spoke of wanting to shift the party’s politics towards “eco-populism” during the
‘My son was everything you are not’, mother tells killer of ex-prison officer A career criminal was branded a “violent, inhumane coward” as he was jailed for a minimum of 45 years for killing a former prison officer. Elias Morgan, 35, shot father-of-three Lenny Scott after the 33-year-old found a phone in Morgan’s cell while
Government defends Online Safety Act after X claims it threatens free speech The Government has defended the Online Safety Act after Elon Musk’s X said the legislation was threatening free speech. In a post titled What Happens When Oversight Becomes Overreach, the platform, formerly known as Twitter, outlined criticism of the act and the “heavy-handed”