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2026-09-05 · Daily Mail

Argentina 'can smell Burnham's weakness': Kemi Badenoch blasts PM after latest threat to 'recover' the Falklands

🔮 In a menacing speech which has set off alarm bells in Westminster, the Argentine president referred to his country's defeat in the 1982 war by saying that taking the islands was the 'best way' of paying tribute to those who died. He also threatened to impose sanctions on oil drilling off the Falklands by a British firm and said he would build a new naval base just a few hundred miles from the archipelago. assertive

2026-09-15 · Daily Mail

More than FOUR MILLION people now getting disability benefits after PIP claims surge by almost 500,000 to record high under Labour

🔮 We will stop claims for low-level mental health, rapidly re-assess hundreds of thousands of claims face-to-face the moment we enter government, and get Britain working again.’ DWP figures show that spending on PIP stood at £16.3billion in 2019-20, when adjusted for inflation to today’s prices, and had increased to £27.3billion by 2024-25. mixed

2026-09-17 · Daily Mail

Means-test disability benefits to save £8billion and cut handouts to middle-class youngsters with anxiety, Labour told

🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Labour could save about £8billion a year by means-testing disability benefits to cut handouts to middle-class young people with anxiety, according to a new report. mixed

2026-09-18 · Daily Mail

Andy Burnham urged to increase bloated housing benefit bill by ANOTHER £2billion at the Budget by Labour's favourite think tank

🔮 New analysis from the think-tank ahead of the Budget on October 28 found that linking Local Housing Allowance (LHA) to rents would cost the Government an extra £2billion a year by 2029-30. assertive

2026-09-19 · Daily Mail

Not even Liberal Democrats like Ed Davey, damning new poll reveals

🔮 And new analysis from pollster Ipsos has found that only half of 2024 Lib Dem voters would still back the party in 2026, with 23 per cent defecting to parties on the Left and 15 per cent to the Right. assertive

2026-09-20 · Daily Mail

I'll ditch tourist tax to boost Britain: Kemi vows to bring back VAT-free shopping for UK visitors and get country's ailing economy firing again

🔮 In a significant victory for the Daily Mail's 'Scrap the Tourist Tax' campaign, Mrs Badenoch said her government would restore the VAT-free shopping initiative for visitors that was axed in 2021. assertive

2026-09-21 · Daily Mail

'Unholy alliance' of Left-wing parties are accused of plotting to 'undermine' hard-won women's rights - as Lib Dems vote to rip up single-sex space guidance and Greens could grant 'gender neutral' people new legal protections

🔮 And next week the Green Party could pass a motion to push to amend the Equality Act to give 'gender-fluid' people special legal status – while 'nullifying' protections for women. assertive

2026-09-22 · Daily Mail

Labour under pressure to slash tax as even the Lib Dems promise £17bn income tax cuts - but Ed Davey claims only reversing Brexit can make it happen

🔮 The Lib Dem leader said the party would raise the tax-free personal allowance from £12,570 to £15,000, meaning 2.5 million people would pay no income tax at all. assertive

2026-09-22 · Daily Mail

Disability benefit claims are rising fastest among the young in the Home Counties

🔮 Labour adopted the proposal of Sir Charlie Mayfield, former chairman of John Lewis, who is leading a Keep Britain Working review on the impact of long-term sickness. mixed

2026-10-01 · Daily Mail

Nigel Farage thanks Andy Burnham for gifting Reform UK leader 'biggest boost in my career' by reopening Pandora's box of Brexit, telling the PM: 'Bring it on'

🔮 Mr Burnham claimed Brexit had done ‘more harm than good’ and said he would unveil a series of ‘options’ for Britain’s future relationship with Brussels, including embracing the single market and customs union, and even rejoining the EU. assertive

2026-10-03 · Daily Mail

G7 approves emergency release of 100million barrels of diesel and crude oil to try and curb soaring prices caused by global shortages

🔮 G7 countries including Britain, France and Germany said they would release up to 100 million barrels starting immediately after the US threatened a diesel export ban. assertive

2026-10-04 · Daily Mail

Penny Mordaunt allowed to stand for Conservatives at next election despite reports ex-defence secretary had been blocked

🔮 Penny Mordaunt will be allowed to stand as a Conservative candidate at the next general election despite reports she had been blocked. assertive

2026-10-04 · Daily Mail

Mosque praised by Andy Burnham just held terrorist's funeral

🔮 The Prime Minister visited the Manchester Central Mosque in February, when he was mayor of the city, and shared an Iftar meal with worshippers at the mosque. assertive

2026-10-05 · Daily Mail

Having death threats from an ex-IRA man was tough, says Kemi - as she calls for crackdown on threats to MPs

🔮 The Conservative leader said getting threats was 'really tough, but you just have to get on with it' after the ex paramilitary man said she would be left in 'a ditch with a bullet in her head'. assertive

2026-10-05 · Daily Mail

Students being told to sign on for benefits straight out of university as living on welfare handouts seen as a 'lifestyle choice', says Helen Whately

🔮 But, should the Tories win back power, they would not ‘just accept you sitting at home’. assertive

2026-10-06 · Daily Mail

Kick political activism out of the classroom to stop teachers 'brainwashing our children' with trans ideology and 'white privilege', says Laura Trott

🔮 Schools would have to kick political activism out of the classroom to stop teachers ‘brainwashing our children’ under plans unveiled by the shadow education secretary. assertive

2026-10-07 · Daily Mail

From the 'drama queens' of Reform to the 'Paddington Bear PM', we reveal the main themes of Kemi's speech

🔮 Mrs Badenoch's main themes were: Defiance for the future and Tory turncoats The Conservative leader warned there was a 'fight coming' that would be a 'battle for the soul of the nation' at the next election. assertive

2026-10-08 · Daily Mail

Robert Jenrick says 'millions and millions' of people in England are not 'culturally or ethnically' English as identity row between Reform and Tories escalates

🔮 All that we have done, and all that we will do in the world. ' assertive

2026-10-19 · Daily Mail

Labour will hike taxes at the Budget, two thirds of Brits predict in new poll ahead of 'critical test' for Chancellor

🔮 Some 65 per cent of Britons expect Labour to announce tax rises next week, compared to just five per cent of people who think taxes will be lowered, the Ipsos poll found. assertive

2026-10-20 · Daily Mail

Nigel Farage promises tax cut for Army, Navy and RAF reservists under Reform UK government to boost Britain's Armed Forces

🔮 Nigel Farage has vowed that Armed Forces reservists would pay no tax on their service to Britain under a Reform UK government. assertive

2026-10-21 · Daily Mail

Andy Burnham accused of failing to give a 'straight answer' after refusing to say if he was due to meet chairman of cheating Manchester City

🔮 Last week it was revealed that Mr Burnham had met City bosses at least six times as Mayor of Greater Manchester, despite previously claiming he had just one 'significant' meeting with them. assertive

2026-10-22 · Daily Mail

Call for new property tax that would hammer the South East

🔮 Labour MPs have urged John Healey to introduce a controversial property-value tax at the Budget in a move that would hammer families in the South East. assertive

2026-10-23 · Daily Mail

Trade unions begin 'bombarding' firms with demands before Rayner's new workers' rights laws come into effect

🔮 Shop stewards and union officials will have the power to access offices and factories from next Friday under Angela Rayner's Employment Rights Act. 'Several unions are already sending businesses voluntary access requests, even though the rules don't come into force until October 30,' Chris Coombes, a senior associate at specialist employment law firm Littler, warned on Friday night. assertive

2026-10-26 · Daily Mail

Hundreds of Blue Badges cancelled after government fraud buster investigation discovers disability permits issued to dead people still in use

🔮 Chancellor John Healey is expected to announce at the Budget on Wednesday that more than £400million was saved or protected by the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) last year. assertive

2026-10-28 · Daily Mail

What's NOT in the Budget? Healey kicks tough decisions on cutting benefits and funding defence down the road in safety-first Budget that could pave the way for early election

🔮 Despite howling calls from some Labour MPs, the Chancellor also backed away from wealth taxes in a safety-first Budget that opposition parties fear could pave the way for an early election. assertive

2026-10-30 · Daily Mail

Watered down migrant plan fast-tracked to quell rebels

🔮 Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms are set to be brought before Parliament next week – just before MPs leave for a recess – to thwart the threat of a major backbench rebellion. assertive

2026-11-01 · Daily Mail

Moonlighting mandarins: Civil servants are earning up to £225,000 cash in with second jobs

🔮 Meanwhile, mandarins Noreen Winhall, a commercial director for buildings, and Kerry Williams, a commercial specialist, are directors of property or building development firms, according to details published by the Cabinet Office. assertive

2026-11-02 · Daily Mail

Labour is 'making up' China policy on the hoof: MPs' damning report says UK security is at risk because ministers don't want to offend Beijing

🔮 Last year Labour, under Sir Keir Starmer, refused to publish a Government review of relations with China, releasing only a short summary and arguing that publishing the full findings could damage British interests. assertive

2026-11-02 · Daily Mail

Small boat migrants working in Britain illegally 'can sue their bosses under Angela Rayner's strengthened workers' rights laws'

🔮 The guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) includes the case of a 'migrant worker without a valid work permit' to explain what could now constitute harassment. mixed

2026-11-02 · Daily Mail

Fresh fears Labour is planning to hold another EU referendum after minister hints at a 'much closer EU relationship'

🔮 ' Her words came after Mr Burnham last weekend suggested a referendum would be needed to revive free movement within the EU, before Downing Street later said the public might not be given a vote on the issue after all. assertive

2026-11-03 · Daily Mail

Four in five people who took the Home Office's immigration poll were NOT British, figures show

🔮 More than 200,000 people put forward their views to shape Labour's policy for indefinite leave to remain - which gives the right to live in the UK - an astonishing 73 per cent of whom were current visa holders. And the Home Office admitted that even the 18 per cent of Britons who responded 'may include spouses and family members of visa holders'. assertive

2026-11-03 · Daily Mail

Mahmood's '£10billion migrant climbdown': Home Secretary abandons tougher residency rules after backbench revolt

🔮 Almost 300,000 foreign care workers will be exempted from a crackdown which would have seen them waiting years longer to win permanent status in Britain. assertive

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