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Kieran Mishchuk, 19, who won his seat for Reform UK aged 18, tells Restore News why he made the switch and why he hasn't looked back.
The attacks continue as Restore Britain's popularity is causing panic at Reform
Prominent remigration activist Young Bob was assaulted and robbed in Whitechapel on Tuesday evening by a gang of muslims gathered for a debate outside a mosque.
Ben Habib's proposed merger with Restore Britain collapses after Rupert Lowe refuses to hand over the keys. The reaction from Advance UK's inner circle reveals more about their motivations than they intended.
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The practices that control the management of public money are very different to the methods that are used for private, investor money. The post Henry Higgins: How can we get infrastructure projects unblocked? appeared first on Conservative Home.
The Tories’ flagship scheme has aided higher earners most. The latest analysis of its flaws should lead to a rethink The results are in. The biggest winners from the Conservatives’ help to buy scheme were high-earners who were already likely to buy a house. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) examined who benefited from the policy, and concluded that the top 10% of earners received the largest cash benefit. Rather than helping people to buy, it more likely helped the already fortunate to accu
Top civil servant reveals more details of vetting process and lack of paper trail for approval of Mandelson’s appointment UK politics live – latest updates In more than 90 minutes of evidence to the foreign affairs select committee about the Peter Mandelson scandal, Cat Little, the head civil servant in the Cabinet Office, was low key and often cautious. But she did reveal several pieces of new information – or at times information different to that given to the same committee by Olly Robbi
Our electoral system means that perhaps two-thirds of the electorate could find themselves shut out, and there is no opposition to speak of. The post John Oxley: My vote in the local elections won’t count, but it could be so different appeared first on Conservative Home.
Government advisers call for review of rules that cause loss of household income when a child takes up job training Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are abandoning valuable job training opportunities because of a little-known welfare “apprenticeship penalty” that can leave their families out of pocket by as much as £340 a week. The problem is caused by benefit rules that classify a 16-year-old apprentice as an “independent worker” who no longer requires parental support. As a result,
Ambitious Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham is campaigning in London with allies of Angela Rayner. Politics Home reports that Burnham is to head to Islington and Lewisham to do some door-to-door campaigning. Curiously Guido can report that three days after Angela Rayner went door-knocking in Peckham with leftist housing minister Miatta Fahbulleh, Burnham is doing…
Islamic regimes like Iran or the Taliban do not think the way we think. They have a wholly different worldview which is essentially eschatological – looking forward to a golden era when Islamic government and shari’a enforcement spread across the entire world. The post Martin Parsons: Is a permanent peace treaty with the Islamic Republic of Iran even possible? appeared first on Conservative Home.
Unequal concentrations of wealth could enable monopoly-like distortions on asset values, interest rates, rents and would end market competition. Reasonably then, there must be a limit on the proportion of wealth held by a minority before it starts to jeopardise normal market function. The post Anakin England: The Conservative argument for a wealth tax appeared first on Conservative Home.
Olly Robbins is out at the FCDO. The runners and riders: Nick Dyer: Currently Robbins’ temporary replacement as Interim Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCDO. Dyer has almost exclusively held roles in the now-absorbed Department for International Development and subsequently was the “aid guy” in the Foreign Office. Sources inside say he is “aid-obsessed” and on…
Olly Robbins’s testimony will have been painful for the PM. The No 10 omnishambles was publicly laid bare – and Keir’s fresh out of scapegoats ‘How dare Olly Robbins not have made me look like a chaotic, unprincipled plonker?” is an interesting defence for a prime minister to go for. But we are where we are. Never mind “this is the future liberals want”: this is the past that Keir Starmer wants. What follows is the alternative branch of history the endlessly victimised PM apparently wishes we’d
New rules and extra foster carers should ease the pressure on councils. But unregistered placements remain a grave concern It is incumbent on everyone with an interest in social policy to pay attention to the most vulnerable children and young people. When those who have been neglected, abused or exploited fall through the cracks in the welfare state because local councils are unable to meet their needs, this reflects poorly on wider society and risks causing harm in the long term as well as imm
Experts and social media detectives take a closer look at Reform deputy leader’s image of an apparent campaign event *** After Richard Tice posted a picture of an apparent Reform campaign event on Sunday, experts and social media detectives took a closer look – and concluded from a variety of telltale signs that the image had either been edited or generated by artificial intelligence. Here are some of the clues that critics called into question. Continue reading...
