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Led By Donkeys wins compensation over seizure of Gaza protest banner

Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes it’s a Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyed The campaign group Led By Donkeys has received £27,000 in compensation after a giant banner it displayed in Parliament Square saying “Yes it’s a Genocide” was seized by Greater London Authority officials and destroyed. Representatives of the GLA arrived on the scene in central London and confiscated the 40-metre by 40-metre banner after it was unfurled on 4 December 2024, just over a ye

Nightmare for Andy Burnham as he faces Labour rebellion over welfare

Left-wing MPs have issued a warning to the Prime Minister

Tories’ Philp accuses French navy of firing shots near him in Channel incident

Chris Philp says patrol vessel may have been trying to stop him highlighting the small boats crisis UK politics live – latest updates A Conservative MP has claimed a French warship fired warning shots near a boat he was on in the Channel in an attempt to stop him covering the small boats crisis. Chris Philp, who is his party’s home affairs spokesperson, was being interviewed by the BBC a couple of miles off Boulogne on Tuesday when the warship Flamant passed by. As it did so, a French navy off

Alex Challoner: Sadiq Khan’s ‘Summer Streets’ policy is too little, too late

Sadiq Khan has left it far too late to try to salvage some sort of political legacy as a ‘fun Mayor’ now. It will take more than a few picnic tables to wipe the memory of a decade of failure in office. The post Alex Challoner: Sadiq Khan’s ‘Summer Streets’ policy is too little, too late appeared first on Conservative Home.

Fawlty Towers star John Cleese says he trusts Rupert Lowe more than any other UK leader

The actor has been outspoken on political issues for years and expressed his support for the Restore Britain leader.

<a href='https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-andy-burnham-keir-starmer-labour-12593360?postid=12140171#liveblog-body'>Reform UK reports Zack Polanski to police over social media post</a>

Burnham Reheats Starmer’s Technical Education Policy

The big Burnham announcement today is just reheating Starmer’s 2025 technical education proposals. Downing Street will no doubt think this is fine because Andy is just that good at political comms… The government is announcing that “14-year-olds will be able to get early access to technical education, skills training, work experience and connections with employers……

Burnham’s education plan directly contradicts Labour’s Schools Act, Tories claim – UK politics live

The new prime minister is linking the need for better vocational education in school with his belief in localism Good morning. In his last speech to Labour’s annual conference as party leader, Keir Starmer called for a fundamental shift in the way education in England operates. While saying he would never “denigrate the aspiration to go to university”, he said that aiming to get 50% of pupils into university was wrong and that it was finally time to show equivalent respect to apprenticeships and

Kemi Badenoch's right to demand emergency recall of MPs – but mess began with Tories

OPINION - JONATHAN SAXTY: The Conservative leader is demanding an emergency debate on the early release of prisoners... but don't forget where policy started

POLL: Should Andy Burnham recall Parliament?

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Hard-Left Labour MPs Turn Fire on Burnham Over ‘Punitive’ Welfare Cuts

Labour’s hard-left flank is already snarling once again over the thought of “punitive” welfare cuts after Burnham hinted he would trim the benefits bill yesterday. Déjà vu… Bloomberg reports the likes of Kim Johnston and John McDonnell are squawking over the mere thought, with Johnston saying last night: “If the new leadership believes it can…

Politcs LIVE: Badenoch makes bombshell demand as Andy Burnham urged to recall Parliament

Kemi Badenoch will host an urgent press conference at 9:30am urging Andy Burnham to act.