Labour unveils plans to build three new prisons and make criminals who reoffend serve just a month behind bars in latest soft justice reform to tackle overcrowding crisis
Criminals who reoffend will serve just one month behind bars as Labour scrambles to free up space in Britain’s overcrowded jails. Shabana Mahmood said prisons are currently operating at 99 per cent capacity and the country risks a ‘total breakdown…
The incredible new £11bn suspension bridge that will be the world’s longest
A plan by Romans more than 2,000 years ago to connect mainland Italy to Sicily is set to become a reality, with work expected to begin this year. The project to build the Strait of Messina Bridge linking Sicily to the southern mainland region of Calabria…
Defiant Starmer swipes that critics of his ‘island of strangers’ immigration crackdown are ‘talking rubbish’ as Labour backlash mounts… despite poll suggesting Brits agree
Keir Starmer swiped that critics of his immigration crackdown are ‘talking rubbish’ today amid mounting Labour unrest. Sir Keir gave short shrift to a rebuke over the his policy shift as he took PMQs this lunchtime. Since Monday a slew of backbenchers have…
Taxi driver says he was ‘the victim of assault’ when David Lammy and his wife ‘refused to pay £590 fare after driving them from Italy to French ski resort’
A taxi driver has claimed British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and his wife Nicola Green refused to pay a fare of nearly £600 after he drove them more than 360 miles from Italy to a ski resort in France. The driver said he collected Lammy,…
Rayner’s building blitz risks legal action as Chris Packham takes demands to Westminster
Chris Packham has led a demonstration of 150 scientists demanding politicians “bring science to politics”. The broadcaster led the march, which is believed to be the largest ever rally of UK scientists, to Parliament Square in London on Tuesday. Naturalist and TV presenter…
Fotografien von Hitlers triumphalem Einzug in Paris, 1940
Adolf Hitler mit anderen deutschen Beamten vor dem Eiffelturm in Paris, 1940. Einen Tag, nachdem Frankreich im Juni 1940 den Waffenstillstand mit Deutschland unterzeichnet hatte, feierte Adolf Hitler den deutschen Sieg über Frankreich mit einer triumphalen Tour durch Paris. Hitler…
‘Jaw-dropping’ £58.2bn set aside to cover medical negligence
Mistakes made by the NHS are hurting patients and leaving taxpayers with a “jaw-dropping” multi-billion pound bill, a major report warns today. Nearly £60billion has been set aside by the Department for Health and Social Care to cover “clinical negligence”, according to…
State pension age rise update as UK savers facing £10bn blow
The UK’s state pension age is set to raise to 67, which is predicted to be a multi-billion pound gain for Rachel Reeves. Increasing the age by one year by 2029-2030 will generate a staggering £10.4billion for The Treasury, according to…
Labour forced into humiliating climbdown after huge blow to farmers
Labour has been forced to rethink its decision to suddenly suspend a key green farming scheme without warning. The Government announced in March that it would not accept new applications for the Sustainable Farming Initiative (SFI), which pays farmers to manage…
Keir Starmer MUST deliver – 17MILLION immigrants have come to the UK since 2000
Take back control of our borders – thanks for the get-tough rhetoric Sir Keir, but we’ve heard it all before. We don’t need plagiarised ideas and words, we need immediate action. For the most part of this century, Prime Minister…