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‘Harry and Meghan are reportedly planning a sensational return to Britain — but who will pay to protect them? Julia Hartley-Brewer clashes with Mail on Sunday commentator Dan Hodges over a Home Office guide telling asylum seekers about consent, domestic abuse and Britain’s laws protecting women and children. Nigel Farage warns Labour’s plan to eradicate rough sleeping could attract more migrants…
Andy Burnham’s much-trumpeted plan to revive Britain’s economy from “Number 10 North” has been met with ridicule as inflation rises to 2.9%, unemployment hits 4.9% and government borrowing costs approach a two-decade high. Also: Burnham promises that every rough sleeper in England will be offered accommodation this winter — but Big Issue founder Lord Bird warns that housing alone cannot address…
Tom Slater on the Jason Arday vigil, incendiary ‘lynching’ claims and the push to silence Britain’s press — plus Labour stalls North Sea drilling, and Angela Rayner clears the way for more traveller sites Peer Lord Simon Woolley declared that Arday had been publicly “assassinated” and “lynched” — but the explosive words were conspicuously missing from footage distributed to news organisations by…
‘Reform UK has unveiled plans to radically overhaul Britain’s welfare state — cutting £50 billion from the bill, introducing in-person disability assessments and barring more than a million foreign nationals from claiming most benefits. Also: the furious row following the death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, as supporters demand an inquiry into his treatment by the media and a…
Andy Burnham's plan to redistribute asylum seekers to wealthier areas has sparked fury, with critics branding it a tacit admission that illegal migration is a burden on communities nationwide. Brendan O'Neill questions of climate alarmism amid a summer of heatwaves and wildfires, plus the Cambridge University scandal engulfing disgraced academic Jason Arday. Robert Bates of the Centre for…
Andy Burnham faces mounting pressure over his plan to place more asylum seekers in middle-class areas, as Julia Hartley-Brewer looks at the financial and social costs for local communities. Conservative commentator Benedict Spence assesses Labour’s polling bounce, Burnham’s lack of a clear plan and the collapse of any prospective Reform–Restore pact. Plus, Crowborough Shiled chairman Kim Bailey…
A record 230 migrants arrive in Britain aboard a 49-foot “mega-dinghy”, intensifying pressure on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to tackle illegal immigration. Julia Hartley-Brewer clashes with Dan Hodges over border failures, deportations and the ECHR, before examining plans that could see dangerous prisoners released early. Matthew Syed and Tom Slater discuss Britain’s spiralling debt, political…
Julia Hartley-Brewer exposes Andy Burnham's tone-deaf "listening tour" as new figures reveal Labour's early prison release scheme could unleash 89,000 extra crimes by 2029 — including sex offences, robberies and the terrifying prospect of the 2006 liquid bomb terrorists walking free by Christmas. Former government adviser Claire Pearsall says Burnham should be fixing policy, not touring pubs.…
Julia Hartley-Brewer unpicks the astonishing downfall of Cambridge professor Jason Arday, whose reportedly fabricated claims — from a non-existent published book to implausible marathon feats — have triggered his resignation. Former Senior Military Intelligence Officer Philip Ingram MBE questions why universities fail basic vetting checks. Academic Kehinde Andrews then joins for a fiery clash over…
‘New official guidance confirms that single-sex toilets and changing rooms must be organised according to biological sex — but Green-run Lambeth Council is already considering whether it can refuse to comply. Meanwhile, more than 9,000 domestic abusers are expected to be released early over three years under Labour’s prison scheme — despite fears that victims could face revenge attacks and the…
‘Andy Burnham insists he has pushed prison reforms “to the very limits” — yet killers, including two men convicted over the horrific death of PC Andrew Harper, could still be released halfway through their sentences. Also: the Prime Minister heads off on a family holiday just two weeks after taking office — leaving Louise Haigh, who previously resigned after failing to disclose a fraud conviction,…
Andy Burnham has promised a “relentless” new approach to the Channel crisis — but critics are asking what his plan actually involves after around 2,000 migrants arrived in a fortnight. Julia Hartley-Brewer and former Conservative adviser Claire Pearsall examine Reform UK’s proposal to deploy the Royal Navy and return migrant boats to France, as well as the practical, diplomatic and military…
