Sir Keir Starmer has been left red-faced after one of his own frontbenchers made an embarrassing gaffe during his speech at the Labour Party conference on Monday.  During a speech to the party, Labour MP Peter Kyle pinned the blame on Labour for squandering the UK’s potential since 2010.  The Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology said: […]

Rachel Reeves put on spot over David Lammy Palestine fringe event Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s obsession with Liz Truss has been mocked by a former senior Downing Street adviser. Watching the speech at the Labour Party conference by the woman who hopes to be taking control of the Treasury next year, the senior Conservative suggested: “Liz Truss appears to be […]

Israeli student begs ‘don’t kill me’ as she is snatched by terrorists Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle is being urged to follow international shows of solidarity with Israel and light up Parliament with the country’s national flag. MPs have told Express.co.uk that they are unhappy that the UK did not light up the Parliament building last night after Hamas terrorists […]

Keir Starmer discusses Labour’s stance on the EU Sir Keir Starmer is facing a Brexit revolt as the Labour conference kicks off today. The Labour Movement for Europe has drafted a motion demanding the party, which is holding its annual gathering in Liverpool, commit to closer ties with the EU. The motion by the pro-EU group has been tabled by […]

The United States has expressed regret over one of its fighter jets shooting down a Turkish drone in north-eastern Syria. An American F-16 fighter aircraft shot down a Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle that had been observed conducting airstrikes in a U.S.-restricted operating zone about a kilometer from U.S. forces in Syria on Thursday. Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder […]

Steve Bray has been forced to make a grovelling apology to a Tory MP after making false claims about him. The anti-Brexit protester claimed on Twitter that Marco Longhi was involved in the buying of the Crooked House pub near Dudley, which burned down in August shortly after being sold in a suspected arson attack. The Dudley North MP engaged […]

Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden are drawing up a “foundational” post-Brexit UK-US trade deal that could be sealed before both leaders face re-election in 2024. A fresh round of talks are set to begin later this month, with the early part of the agreement designed to be finalised by spring 2024. This is according to a report from Politico, citing […]

Lee Anderson rebuffs claim ‘Brexit has failed’ Lee Anderson today denied claims Brexit is failing as he mocked doom-mongers and naysayers. The Tory deputy chairman was speaking at a fringe event at the party’s conference in Manchester hosted by Conservative Home and UK In A Changing Europe. Asked why Leave voters think Brexit has failed, he said: “That’s not true, […]

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has admitted manifesto promises can be broken in a “very exceptional circumstance” when asked about the triple lock on pensions. More than 270,000 people have signed a petition by the Daily Express and campaign group Silver Voices to end the speculation over the future of the policy next year. Asked during a Q&A at a fringe event […]