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Posted by Max Young

Starmer is once again claiming to have known nothing in the China spy case’s collapse, especially not Matt Collins’ evidence. This is getting familiar… Here is every scandal Starmer has pleaded ignorance over: China Espionage Case: Not involved, never saw anything, it was only Matt Collins. Mandelson & Epstein: “Had I known then what I…
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Labour sources say Angela Rayner is plotting to disrupt Starmer’s leadership from afar over the coming months. She can focus on politics now she’s got her outstanding stamp duty bill out of the way – courtesy of the taxpayer… Rayner’s former team has split apart. Kate Robson has stayed SpAdding at Steve Reed’s housing department…
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Thousands of jobs across amusement centres could face the axe if Reeves raises gambling taxes, according to trade body Bacta. Reeves has already said she’s eyeing up whacking the sector… Currently adult gaming centres and High Street Bingo venues directly employ 8,000 people and indirectly support 3,900 roles, according to a report from Centre for…
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Keir Starmer has said he believes the ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ chant is antisemitic, putting him directly at odds with the Mayor of London. Who less than a week ago insisted “it was all about context”… Asked by the Jewish Chronicle today whether he considered the chant antisemitic, however,…
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Posted by Eleanor Wheatley

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has written to DPP Stephen Parkinson demanding the correspondence between the government and the CPS on the evidence the CPS sought. He notes Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Collins’ evidence actually weakened in his second, and especially third, witness statements. As well as inserting Labour’s ‘three C’s’ approach to China……
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Jonathan Powell – the figure at the centre of the ‘China spy’ case scandal – has form when it comes to halting legal investigations into foreign powers. Legal sources liken his alleged meddling with the China spy case to a major scandal under the Blair government… In an oddly similar way to how he is now…
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MI5 chief Ken McCallum has been giving his annual speech on threats to the UK, in which he said state actors including China are an increasing problem. He added that MI5 foiled a threat from China within the last week alone… McCallum said the country has to “defend itself resolutely” against China: “The UK-China relationship…
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Posted by Eleanor Wheatley

Downing Street is tying itself in knots over Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Collins’ witness statements -the latest of which conveniently echoed Labour’s own manifesto language and the party’s “three Cs” approach to China. At Lobby briefing, Starmer’s spokesman failed to adequately explain why Labour manifesto wording entered the DNSA’s written submission entirely of his…
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Just 43% of BBC viewers believe the broadcaster is effective in being ‘independent from the government of the day’, according to the BBC’s own data. Of the 872,701 viewers polled, 91% believe that independence should be important. A whopping 48 point gap… There’s also a significant gap between the importance of reflecting different parts of…
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Posted by Adam Cherry

First Tugendhat, now this. Jeremy Wright has just hit the bullseye with his question in the Commons to Cabinet Office minister Chris Ward: “Why did the Deputy National Security Adviser [include] in his statement reference to economic opportunity, when he knew that wasn’t the question he was being asked, or the relevant question?” Apparently it…
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Posted by Eleanor Wheatley

Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has insisted he will take legal action against the government over its changes to the Legacy Act. He’s fuming over new changes to the NI Troubles Bill that block him and 500 other IRA suspects from suing the taxpayer for compensation – a U-turn forced on Labour by the…
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Posted by Max Young

Former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said that Richard Hermer must have known about the spy case’s collapse: “He has some questions to answer because this is one of the offences which required an attorney general’s decision, not an arm’s length CPS decision.” Wallace told Times Radio notifications of the case will have “reached the…
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A new Survation poll puts Reform in the lead in the upcoming by-election in Caerphilly. Reform is hoping to turn the formerly Labour Welsh seat turquoise with their candidate Llyr Powell… The poll puts Reform on 42%, Plaid Cymru on 38%, Labour on a measly 12% and the Tories on just 4%. Survation surveyed more…
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Modella Capital has become one of the most active buyers on Britain’s high streets, moving quickly to acquire assets left vulnerable by years of contraction. The investment firm has taken ownership of Hobbycraft, WHSmith’s retail division now operating as TG Jones, The Original Factory Shop, and part of Claire’s outlets. With close to 1,000 stores…
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Rachel Reeves’ head of communications Ben Nunn is to enter No10 in a senior strategic advisory role. Shake it up, shake it up… The reformed structure is still being established after the departures of political strategy director Paul Ovenden and day-to-day communications chief Steph Driver. Nunn’s anticipated move to Downing Street comes shortly after he…
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Care minister Stephen Kinnock has refused to say the government will publish contextual meeting minutes and correspondence around Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Collins’ written evidence to the CPS. Speaking to GB News Kinnock said there are “government processes and protocols around this, of course we have to be very careful about the information that gets…
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Posted by Eleanor Wheatley

Rachel Reeves admitted that tax rises for the wealthy will be “be part of the story” in Washington last night. She told The Guardian: “Last year, when we announced things like the non-doms, like the [tax increase for] private equity, like the VAT on private school fees, there was so much bleating that it wasn’t going…

GDP Rises by 0.1% in August

Oct. 16th, 2025 06:14 am
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Posted by Eleanor Wheatley

Latest figures from the ONS shows GDP grew by 0.1% in August. Production grew by 0.4%, whereas services showed no growth and construction fell by 0.3% in August 2025. Modest as expected…  The ONS also revised its figure for July, estimating the UK economy shrank by 0.1%. Meanwhile the IMF predicts GDP per capita growth…

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