This weekend saw almost 1,000 economic migrants arrive on British shores — a record-breaking number that should alarm anyone concerned about our country’s borders. This surge confirms what many have feared: Keir Starmer’s immigration policy is not working. The promise to “smash the gangs” was a soundbite that never stood a chance of success, and…
Getty Images Four candidates remain in the contest to take over from Rishi Sunak as leader of the Conservative party. Each was given the chance to make their pitch at the party’s conference, in Birmingham. In a series of further ballots, MPs will select the final two contenders, with party members choosing the ultimate winner…
Getty Images The four remaining candidates competing to become the next Conservative Party leader are Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat. Rishi Sunak formally stood down after leading the Tories to their worst performance at a general election in July, but is staying on as acting leader until his replacement is chosen….
Only $1.6 billion remains in a federal program to help small businesses impacted by hurricanes and natural disasters — enough funding for only a few more weeks without emergency intervention by Congress. Multiple Biden administration and congressional sources told CBS News there are concerns funding will be depleted by the end of this month. …
Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard share their daily guide to the day ahead in politics in under 20 minutes. The Conservative Party leadership contest sees another candidate knocked out later today – how much of a bounce has there been for James Cleverly? Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer chairs his…
Reuters The four Tory leadership contenders gave speeches at their party’s conference The coming weeks will define how politics at Westminster looks and feels for the years ahead. The government will set out its Budget at the end of October. And a few days later the Conservatives will pick their new leader. The post election…
European judges allowed an Albanian criminal deported from the UK to stay after he snuck back in. Ardit Binaj, 32, was deported just six months into a two-and-a-half-year jail sentence for burglary. But the European Court of Human Rights allowed him to stay after he snuck back into Britain – just five months after being…
Nigel Farage and Reform UK have aired a scathing, AI-generated party political broadcast as they continue their brutal criticism of Labour and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The broadcast, aired on terrestrial television this evening, saw a spoof film trailer titled “Labour’s Britain” featuring sections of society they feel Labour has let down during their…
A 2021 analysis of China’s foreign interference operations intended to spark discussion among senior government figures did not make it to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or cabinet ministers, the Hogue commission heard Monday. The report, produced by the Privy Council Office (PCO) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and delivered in January 2022, was stalled for…
PA Media An agreement with Mauritius over control of the Chagos Islands is opposed by some people with Chagossian heritage in the UK Britain’s decision to relinquish control of the Chagos Islands does not signal a change in the government’s position on other overseas territories, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said. He told the Commons…
