Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy rowed back on claims Nigel Farage “flirted with Hitler Youth”. Lammy’s comments were an apparent reference to allegations that emerged in 2013 that Farage sang Nazi songs as a teenager. The Reform UK leader denied the allegations at the time, which centred on a claim that as a schoolboy in...
If the government shuts down on Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of workers will be sent home without pay, disrupting a wide range of federal programs. Despite the imminent deadline, not all agencies have released contingency plans for how they would operate. Here’s what we know so far. Agency Totalemployees Plannedfurloughs Share General Services Administration 240...
PA Media Sir Keir Starmer sought to rally his party and set out his vision for the country in his keynote speech at Labour’s conference in Liverpool. So, what were the standout moments? Let’s look at five of them. Taking aim at Reform UK The central theme of the Labour conference is taking the fight...
Oil workers have called for Energy Secretary Ed Miliband to be sacked as a second UK oil refinery moves towards closure. The 125 job losses at the East Lindsey site were announced on the morning of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s speech to the Labour Party conference. But Unite’s Sharon Graham, head of the union...
Wes Streeting has ruled out introducing value added tax (VAT) on private healthcare at the forthcoming Budget. It comes after newspaper reports that the Treasury was looking at bringing private healthcare services within scope of the sales tax. But asked whether this was under consideration, the health secretary told BBC Breakfast: “it’s not happening”. It...
Matt ChorleyPresenter, BBC Radio 5 Live Getty Images “Know yourself and know your enemy,” wrote Sun Tzu, the Chinese military adviser from the 6th century BC. “In a hundred battles, you will never be defeated.” Sir Keir Starmer might not quite have 100 battles, but he’s got a fair few on his hands: with his...
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An NHS online hospital service will be launched in England within two years to help cut waiting times, the prime minister is set to announce. Sir Keir Starmer will tell the Labour Party annual conference a “new world is coming” as he sets out plans for the digital service. NHS Online will have its own...
British people stand “at a fork in the road”, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will tell the Labour Party conference later on Tuesday as he tries to inject some vigour into his vision for the country. In a speech being seen by his team as “his clearest statement yet of his political creed”, he is...
new video loaded: Government Shutdown Looms Unless Lawmakers Extend Funding transcript Back transcript Government Shutdown Looms Unless Lawmakers Extend Funding Democrats and Republicans have not agreed to a deal to extend federal funding to avert a government shutdown. “We have disagreements about health care policy. But you don’t shut the government down. You don’t say...