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4 days ago | 
archive.is | Tom Mcardle |Dominic Penna |Daniel Martin |Ruth Hallows
Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, said: “Criminal damage like this, including to statues of men and women who fought for freedom and justice like Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and Millicent Fawcett, is disgraceful. It is right that the police are investigating. “We are strengthening the law to better respect and protect important memorials.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Daniel Martin
Sir Keir has been criticised in the past for equivocation on the issue, suggesting in one interview that 99.9 per cent of women do not have a penis.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Daniel Martin |Janet Eastham |Hayley Dixon
In February, Wes Streeting told the Darlington nurses - eight nurses suing their trust after being forced to share a changing room with a transgender colleague - that he would wait until the Supreme Court ruling before issuing new guidance on single-sex spaces. In a letter to them, seen by The Telegraph, he said: "Given the sensitivity of the issue, it is important to me that any changes made are credible and enduring...
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Daniel Martin
The spokesman for the Chinese embassy in London said: "The anti-China rhetoric of some individual British politicians is extremely absurd, reflecting their arrogance, ignorance and twisted mindset. He went on to state "basic facts" about British Steel, which he said undermined the views of Sir Iain and others. "The Jingye Group is a private Chinese enterprise that makes business investments in the UK on the basis of market principles and conducts operation on its own," he said.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Daniel Martin
It comes after a wider row over Cabinet ministers accepting freebies overshadowed the early months of Sir Keir Starmer's premiership. Last month, Ms Reeves reignited the freebies row by taking two free tickets from AEG, the world's second-largest live music producer, to watch a Sabrina Carpenter concert at the O2 Arena. The tickets, for the Chancellor and a family member, were worth an estimated £600.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Michael Searles |Daniel Martin |Tim Sigsworth
A Conservative Party source said this was racial discrimination and described it as "social engineering". They said: "No employer, least of all one funded by taxpayers, should discriminate against applicants based on their race. "People should be judged on the content of their character, not the colour of their skin. "It's high time we do away with divisive DEI hiring policies that do nothing to improve outcomes for patients.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Daniel Martin
Bridget Phillipson has accused private schools of "crying wolf" over the imposition of VAT on fees. Independent schools warned that thousands of parents would be unable to afford the increased fees and be forced to send their children to the state sector after Rachel Reeves's budget imposed the levy for the first time. But in an interview with the i newspaper, the Education Secretary said this dire prediction had not come to pass.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Daniel Martin
Sir Keir Starmer has “lost control” of Britain’s borders after the number of small boat crossings surged to a record high, the Tories have said. A total of 656 migrants crossed the English Channel on Saturday, taking the number of those crossing this year to more than 8,000. It is the worst ever start to a year and the total so far is 46 per cent higher than at this point in 2024. Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said the Prime Minister’s pledge to crack down on the gangs lay “in tatters”.
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1 week ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Daniel Martin
Sir Keir Starmer has "lost control" of Britain's borders after the number of small boat crossings surged to a record high, the Tories have said. A total of 656 migrants crossed the English Channel on Saturday, taking the number of those crossing this year to more than 8,000. It is the worst ever start to a year and the total so far is 46 per cent higher than at this point in 2024. Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said the Prime Minister's pledge to crack down on the gangs lay "in tatters".
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Daniel Martin
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