David Churchill
Chief Political Correspondent at Daily Mail
Chief Political Correspondent for the Daily Mail. London via Norfolk. My views. Contact: [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
thisismoney.co.uk | David Churchill
Sir Keir Starmer was yesterday urged to play hardball with Brussels amid claims he has caved in over post-Brexit fishing rights in exchange for a security and defence deal. The Prime Minister is closing in on a security pact with the bloc that would allow UK arms firms to bid for contracts under the EU's €150billion defence fund. Unveiled by the bloc last month, it allows EU capitals to borrow cash to invest more in defence and is aimed at enabling countries to re-arm quicker.
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3 weeks ago |
thisismoney.co.uk | David Churchill
Labour has admitted it could axe tax breaks for firms who employ Armed Forces veterans if it needs to re-balance the books. The disclosure sparked accusations of a ‘betrayal’ of war heroes as it would land firms who employ them with a tax bombshell. It comes just before millions prepare to honour our veterans on the 80th anniversary of VE Day on May 8.
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3 weeks ago |
thisismoney.co.uk | David Churchill
Sir Keir Starmer was last night under mounting pressure to break his silence over the Supreme Court’s landmark gender ruling. Five days on, the Prime Minister was urged to back the judgement publicly and to promise it will not be unpicked after it emerged that two frontbenchers are plotting to defy the ruling.
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1 month ago |
thisismoney.co.uk | David Churchill
Nigel Farage warned Labour yesterday that Reform was ‘parking our tanks on the Red Wall lawn’ as he fired the starting gun on his party’s local elections campaign. In a major speech in Durham, the Reform leader insisted Labour had just as much to fear from his insurgent party as the Tories in its traditional working-class heartlands.
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1 month ago |
thisismoney.co.uk | David Churchill Chief |David Churchill
Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s foreign travel expenses have surged past £300,000 after more than £25,000 was spent on his latest long-haul jaunt. The Commons Speaker racked up the bill on a trip to Malaysia in February, as he looks to expand the centuries-old job into a full-blown diplomatic role. The taxpayer was billed £23,264 for business class flights and £1,163 for hotels for him and two staff.
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