Chancellor set to hand out billions to benefits claimants in Budget as he hosts Martin Lewis at Number 11

The Chancellor is set to swerve welfare reform in today’s Budget and hand out billions of pounds more to benefit claimants. John Healey will not curb runaway welfare spending despite growing pressure on... Read more »

STEPHEN GLOVER: Obnoxious practices, unbridled power… how this digital behemoth threatens Press freedom

Newspaper readers are rightly not over concerned with the commercial trials and tribulations of publishers. But most of them do care about the freedom of the Press. And when that freedom is... Read more »

No clear winner in Israeli general election: Exit polls predict Netanyahu’s party to win most seats but rival bloc ‘will be bigger and could still oust him’

Benjamin Netanyahu‘s political future hangs in the balance as polls closed last night in the Israeli election. Early exit polls suggest the 77-year-old’s Likud party will remain the largest in the country’s... Read more »

US will issue visa to Flavio Bolsonaro and his family after he fled Brazil following election loss… as he defies order to give up his passport

The United States will issue Flávio Bolsonaro a visa after he fled Brazil following his devastating loss to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s election, a senior State Department official... Read more »

Labour revolt at Burnham bringing back Brexit wars as MPs warn over free movement talks with EU… and Cabinet splits deepen

Andy Burnham is facing a Labour revolt over reopening Brexit wars – amid signs of Cabinet rifts. The PM used an interview yesterday to lean into the idea of returning to open borders... Read more »

Christina Applegate reveals mystery illness is worsening since she went public with MS misdiagnosis

Christina Applegate revealed her ‘excruciating’ symptoms have been worsening after she learned she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Applegate, 54, announced she had MS in the summer of 2021 and subsequently began hosting... Read more »

I gave up a high-flying law career to live in a tiny jungle village in Nepal – but life here is so cheap I’ve still managed to buy a £170,000 house in UK aged 25

A British woman has revealed how a trip to Nepal made her swap a high-flying legal career for a spiritual life in a small Nepalese village. Madeleine Jaye, 25, spent years studying law... Read more »

Harry Kane’s Ballon d’Or disrespect row: French superstars Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele fail to stand to shake humble winner’s hand – as it’s revealed just how close vote was

French football superstars Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele have been accused of disrespecting Harry Kane after failing to stand to shake his hand before he won the Ballon d’Or – the prize... Read more »

Revealed: The middle class ‘wokerati’ anti-Israel designer who grew up in a £1.5million home nearby who is behind the campaign to stop Gail’s gentrifying Brixton

There was a time when Gail’s was famed simply for its artisanal sourdough bread, cinnamon buns and speciality coffee – not to mention its signature pistachio, lemon and rose cakes. In recent... Read more »

Cash-strapped MoD blows £3million on ‘diversity’: Labour should put frontline soldiers first, say critics

By SOPHIE CHURCH – POLITICAL REPORTER and GABRIEL MILLARD-CLOTHIER, POLITICAL REPORTER Published: 22:30 GMT, 26 October 2026 | Updated: 22:31 GMT, 26 October 2026 The Ministry of Defence is forking out nearly... Read more »