David Cameron to be forced to come clean about ambitions for ‘closer EU ties’

David Cameron takes swipe at Boris Johnson David Cameron is set for an afternoon of potentially embarrassing headlines, as he faces a double whammy of a grilling in the Lords and the first publication of his ministerial register of interests. Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton faces his first lengthy probe in front of the Lords’ European Affairs Committee at 3pm, […]

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Kemi Badenoch hails £868bn UK exports bonanza in huge Brexit trade victory

Badenoch hails CPTPP trade deal Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch has said the Government’s “export success stories” are allowing Brexit Britain’s trade to boom. Official figures have revealed an eight per cent hike in overseas trading with sales hitting £868 billion in a year. Ms Badenoch said the £62 billion total year-on-year increase in current prices has proved the Brexit naysayers […]

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Sunak jokes about Tory rebel five families as Starmer helps PM bounce back

Starmer ruthlessly mocks Sunak over Tory rebels Everyone in the chamber seemed to miss the joke but inside the Prime Minister must have been laughing. In what is becoming a signature haplessness in his performances in Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked Rishi Sunak what his Government was doing for families while his party tore […]

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Top Reclaim Party MP left furious after outrageous Christmas card gaffe

A Reclaim Party MP was left furious after a mistake was spotted in a Christmas card he sent out to his constituents. Andrew Bridgen, who it is understood is “not happy” about the error, shared some festive cheers with locals in his North West Leicestershire constituency by sending out a festive card. However, one eagle-eyed recipient of the card spotted […]

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Migrant onboard Bibby Stockholm dies months after giant barge evacuated

An asylum seeker on board the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge has died, it is understood. The first asylum seekers were brought back to the giant vessel, moored in Portland, Dorset, in October, some two months after it was evacuated following the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the water supply. Further details of the incident are yet to be confirmed. MORE […]

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SNP hammer blow as fear of soaring taxes causes independence support to plummet

Support for Scottish independence plummets once it is explained to voters that taxes would soar and public spending would drop dramatically if it breaks away from the UK, new research has indicated. The survey, published by the pro-union campaign group These Islands, indicates that more than three-quarters of SNP voters believe Scotland is getting a raw deal from Westminster. But […]

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Rishi Sunak publishes legal advice on Rwanda Bill in highly unusual move

Sunak defends new Rwanda plan Rishi Sunak has ordered officials to publish the legal advice for his Rwanda Bill to allow deportations of illegal migrants to the East African country after last month’s Supreme Court ruling blocked the policy. The move comes as Tory MPs on both the right and left of his party have made objections. MPs on the […]

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Gary Lineker sparks fury as he signs open letter demanding Rwanda is scrapped

Gary Lineker talks about his experience of hosting refugees Gary Lineker has sparked fresh fury after signing an open letter criticising the Government’s Rwanda policy. The Match of the Day host is among more than 30 celebrities and other public figures backing the letter by campaign group Together With Refugees demanding the scheme is scrapped. The letter claims the UK’s […]

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