Labour raises £47m in donations as scrambled egg offensive pays off August 24, 2023 Labour’s success in raising £47m in donations over the past year shows it is “on course” ahead of a general election next year, sources say. According to figures published today by the Electoral Commission, Sir Keir Starmer’s party has built up a £47m war chest over the last year, trumping the Conservative Party, which saw [...]
Vivek Ramaswamy: The Republican outsider Donald Trump might actually be afraid of August 24, 2023 Ahead of the 2024 US presidential election, news headlines have been dominated by one man: former president and four-time indictee, Donald J Trump. But following the first Republican primary debate last night, a surprising candidate emerged as a potential rival for the nomination. Not Florida governor Ron DeSantis, or former vice president Mike Pence. And [...]
Asylum backlog reaches new record high August 24, 2023 The UK’s asylum backlog has hit a new record high, with 80 per cent of people waiting longer than six months for an initial decision. Home Office figures show a total of 175,457 people were waiting for an initial decision on an asylum application in the UK at the end of June 2023. This is [...]
Louis Theroux warns on campaign for ‘Brexit from the BBC licence fee’ August 24, 2023 Louis Theroux feels there is a “vested interest” by some media outlets for a “Brexit from the licence fee”. On Wednesday, during the annual MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival, the broadcaster and documentary-maker said he believes the BBC is in a “no-win” situation of trying to “avoid offence” and in danger of avoiding [...]
Rishi Sunak breached MPs’ code of conduct by not declaring wife Akshata Murty’s shares August 24, 2023 Rishi Sunak broke the MPs’ code of conduct by failing to correctly declare his wife’s shares in a childminding company, the Commons’ standards commissioner has said. Daniel Greenberg concluded the breach arose out of the prime minister’s “confusion” around the rules on declaration, and decided to close the inquiry without the need for further action. [...]
Yevgeny Prigozhin: UK watching closely following reports of Wagner chief’s death in plane crash August 24, 2023 UK ministers are closely watching Russia following reports that the leader of the Wagner mercenary group died in a plane crash. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner chief, was reportedly on the passenger list of a private jet which went down almost 185 miles north of Moscow on Wednesday, according to Russian authorities. All 10 people on [...]
Kemi Badenoch to meet with Tata Group boss while on G20 India visit August 24, 2023 Trade secretary Kemi Badenoch will meet with Indian ministers and business leaders – including Tata Group boss Natarajan Chandrasekaran – during her visit for the G20. It comes amid the UK’s 12th round of negotiations to secure a UK-India trade deal with British negotiators gearing up for “ambitious” and “complex” discussions, sources say. Landing in [...]
Calls to cut taxes show ‘questionable judgement’, economists warn August 23, 2023 Economists have warned that calls from Conservative MPs for Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to cut taxes after improved borrowing data emerged show “questionable judgement”. Three backbench Conservatives piled the pressure on, according to the Financial Times, with calls for “personal tax reductions” to “stimulate the economy”. The pleas came after figures from the Office for National [...]
Yevgeny Prigozhin: Who is the Putin-critic Wagner boss reportedly killed in a Russian plane crash? August 23, 2023 Prigozhin, the boss of Russian mercenary group Wagner who recently led a mini-mutiny against Vladimir Putin, has died in a plane crash
Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in Russia plane crash: reports August 23, 2023 Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russian mercenary group Wagner, has been killed in a plane crash in Russia according to widespread reports.