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Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has been accused of rank hypocrisy after allegedly avoiding £40,000 in stamp duty after the purchase of her new seaside property in Hove.

Rachel Reeves is facing mounting criticism after reports emerged of a radical plan to replace stamp duty with a new property levy targeting homes worth over £500,000. The Chancellor has been warned that such a move would risk destabilising the housing market.

When 'socially liberal' David Bull, chairman of Reform UK, sat down with The Telegraph, he chose to rehearse one of the most dangerous delusions in modern politics: “politics is won and lost in the centre-ground. It always has been.”

A suspended Labour councillor, who told a crowd to "slit the throats" of anti-mass migration protesters, has been found not guilty of encouraging violent disorder.

MPs have voted to support measures decriminalising women who terminate their own pregnancies up until birth, with the UK now having one of the most extreme pro-abortion parameters in the world.

The UK government is set to publish a comprehensive league table detailing foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes who are awaiting deportation. 

Today, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled fresh public spending cuts in her Spring Statement. Here is a breakdown of the announcement:

Rachel Reeves will deliver her inaugural Spring Statement as Chancellor, unveiling a £2.2 billion increase in defence expenditure.

PM Keir Starmer has revealed plans to dismantle NHS England, aiming to redirect funds towards frontline services

Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has had his 10-week prison sentence for assaulting a constituent suspended for two years, following an appeal

Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been sentenced to 10 weeks in prison after pleading guilty to assaulting constituent Paul Fellows.

Deputy PM Angela Rayner has announced that the May local elections will be cancelled across nine council areas, effecting over 5M people.

Reform UK has not only overtaken the Conservatives in average polling, but has also topped one national poll. Is this the end of the Tories?

More evidence of a surge in support for the Reform UK has emerged, with YouGov placing Nigel Farage's party just one point behind Labour.

Dominic Cummings, the former adviser to Boris Johnson, is reportedly collaborating with Elon Musk in targeting British politicians.

The British government continues to dodge accountability over one of the most disturbing scandals in recent history, Muslim Grooming Gangs.

The UK inflation rate has increased for the second consecutive month, marking the fastest rise since March.

"The Tories have turned Britain into a one-nation, mass immigration experiment.” A damning indictment from Prime Minister Keir Starmer...

After a series of scandals, empty promises, and authoritarian policies, Keir Starmer’s Labour government has left supporters disillusioned.

Angela Rayner has made headlines as the first Deputy Prime Minister to be granted her own £68,000-a-year photographer.