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Mega dinghy with record 230 migrants spotted in Channel

First time more than 200 people have been crammed into a boat launched by people smugglers from France

Thames Water faces row over £1m payment to finance chief

Campaign group says firm is ‘taking the mickey’ by paying fee and Andy Burnham should nationalise it Business live – latest updates Thames Water has paid its chief financial officer, Steve Buck, a £1m signing fee despite intense scrutiny of Britain’s biggest water company’s finances as it tries to avoid being taken into public control. The utility revealed that it made the payment last month, in a letter sent last week by Adrian Montague, its chair, to MPs on the environment, food and rural af

Labour says Farage has ‘no serious answers’ to prisons crisis – UK politics live

Reform says it will free up space in jails in England and Wales by rapidly deporting all foreign offenders Good morning. Andy Burnham has said Middlemarch is his favourite novel, but he may not remember George Eliot’s line about the genial businessman Mr Vincy who “blustering as he was, had as little of his own way as if he had been a prime minister”. Burnham only took over in No 10 three weeks ago today. But already he is learning that Eliot had a point about the constraints of office. As PM, B

John Healey’s next tax grab is pure madness – even Rachel Reeves wasn’t this unhinged

Chancellor John Healey desperately needs to hike taxes to fund Andy Burnham's spending pledges.

Burnham Adviser Refuses to Join No10 Because He Fears Wealth Tax

The Times reports that Jim O’Neill, one of the economic advisers brought on by Team Burnham to calm the markets during the Makerfield by-election, is refusing to join No10 partly because he fears it will impose a wealth tax. Doesn’t fill you with confidence, does it? O’Neill is a former economist for Goldman Sachs and…

Nigel Farage's bombshell deportation plan revealed as talks with third country emerge

Reform UK have unveiled new plans to deal with foreign nationals in Britain's jails.

Kemi's making a big mistake trying to outflank Nigel Farage on issues like immigration

OPINION - JONATHAN SAXTY: Sorry Kemi but the Tories had 14 years to fix things and look where it got us

Burnham Starts ‘Cost of Living Tour’ by Reheating More Starmer Policies

Now Burnham has finished with his holiday he is kicking off a ‘cost of living tour’ around the country, accompanied by policy announcements. Handily copied and pasted from Starmer’s notebook… Burnham’s government is promising to bring forward tougher action on “subscription traps” – i.e. auto renewals –  by a matter of months and a new…

Rich’s Monday Morning View

Politics LIVE: Nigel Farage to make bombshell prisons announcement

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is explaining how he will stop early releases

Our Survey: Badenoch backed on candidates and the party not running in Clacton

80 per cent of Conservative members think it's right to hold new candidates to supporting the party policy on net-zero and the ECHR, and 73.4 per cent backed the decision not field a candidate in the upcoming Clacton by-election. The post Our Survey: Badenoch backed on candidates and the party not running in Clacton appeared first on Conservative Home.

Matthew Jeffery: Universal healthcare will die if the NHS does not change

The NHS is not failing because hospitals are weak. It is failing because the system behind them is breaking down. Until Britain rebuilds social care, every promise to save the NHS will remain another expensive illusion. The post Matthew Jeffery: Universal healthcare will die if the NHS does not change appeared first on Conservative Home.