Rishi Sunak was warned he must not break his triple lock promise to 12 million pensioners with “sneaky” changes to save cash. Matching wage growth should mean a guaranteed 8.5 percent boost for those on the state pension from April next year. But the Prime Minister is considering stripping bonuses from the salary benchmark to trim the rise to 7.8 […]

Former Denver mayoral candidate and civil rights activist Terrance Roberts will receive a $50,000 settlement to resolve allegations that Denver police pepper-sprayed him without reason during a racial justice protest in July 2020. Attorneys for Roberts filed a lawsuit based on the incident last year. The suit named the city, former Denver police Chief Paul Pazen and three unidentified police […]

Top Tories fear the party is running out of time to convince the country it deserves another term in office. Mr Sunak, below, is being urged to set out an agenda that “goes where Labour cannot go”. Veterans fear if he fails to show why they should stay in power, they are “finished”. The Prime Minister needs to deliver a […]

The Prime Minister is under increasing pressure to designate China a threat to national security after a parliamentary researcher was arrested on suspicion of spying for Beijing. The arrest under the Official Secrets Act led to the Prime Minister confronting Chinese premier Li Qiang at the G20 summit in India on Sunday over “unacceptable” interference in democracy. The researcher, who […]

(Net) Zero to (Tory) Hero Claire Coutinho may only just have been appointed to Rishi Sunak’s top table after an astonishing rise through the Tory ranks, but reshuffle day wasn’t the first time she’d been the centre of attention on TV. Back in 2014 Ms Coutinho, then a supper club host prior to fully entering the world of politics, appeared […]

Susan Hall tackles Sadiq Khan over ULEZ expansion A shock poll shows that the Tories’ candidate for London Mayor, Susan Hall, may be far closer to beating Sadiq Khan next year than anyone thought. The new polling from The Times shows that Jeremy Corbyn standing in the election, as an independent candidate, would hand Susan Hall the keys to City […]

Sadiq Khan discusses ULEZ concerns Londoners have backed activists wreaking havoc on Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ cameras, by destroying and blocking them as they track cars. Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith was reported as saying he supports ‘blade runner’ ULEZ vandals, and was “happy” for residents of his Chingford constituency to have destroyed cameras because Sadiq Khan has ‘lied to’ […]

Rishi Sunak meets Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine Rishi Sunak has said global leaders must make it clear that Vladimir Putin has further increased Russia’s global isolation, after the warmongering leader withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative. The PM will tell fellow leaders at the G20 in India they have to help protect those whose lives have been devastated by […]

Around two million motorists could be making their number plates “invisible” to ULEZ cameras to avoid the £12.50 charge. Reflective “stealth” tape that confuses number plate recognition technology can be bought for as little as £80 online. Fake number plates are even cheaper, starting at just £10. It’s reported worried officials have warned the government that the number of drivers […]