Katie Harris

1 week ago | express.co.uk | Katie Harris |Steph Spyro

Lee Anderson has urged people to buy British to "back our homegrown products". The Reform UK MP hit out at Labour over its inheritance tax raid on farmers and hike on employers' national insurance. He also criticised the scramble to secure from other countries the raw materials needed to keep the blast furnaces running at British Steel's Scunthorpe plant after the Government took control of the company over the weekend.

2 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Katie Harris

Union baron responds after Deputy PM urged striking bin collectors in Birmingham to accept deal. 21:44, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 | UPDATED: 21:44, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 Link copied Bookmark Unite's boss hit back at Angela Rayner after she pleaded with the union to end the Birmingham bin strikes. Members of the Unite union launched the walk out last month in a bitter dispute over pay and jobs, which has led to rubbish piling up in the streets.

2 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Katie Harris

Influential campaign group calls on Prime Minister to commit to national inquiry. 19:31, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 | UPDATED: 19:33, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 Link copied Bookmark Sir Keir Starmer is facing a grassroots rebellion over his refusal to launch a national inquiry into grooming gangs. The Government has rejected calls for a national probe into the issue and there have been accusations that five local reviews that were promised have been watered down.

2 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Katie Harris

Yvette Cooper was urged to intervene to stop a "racist" block on white applicants becoming police officers. West Yorkshire Police has temporarily prevented white British candidates from applying for jobs as recruits to its police constable entry programmes in a bid to boost diversity. But it has prompted a furious backlash from the Conservatives and Reform UK. Reform deputy leader Richard Tice told The Telegraph: “Once again we see another example of two-tier Britain. Don't miss...

2 weeks ago | express.co.uk | Katie Harris

The Reform UK leader rejected the idea that councillors from his party could work with Tory counterparts. 16:22, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 | UPDATED: 16:23, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 Link copied Bookmark Nigel Farage has rebuffed Kemi Badenoch's suggestion of potential local Tory-Reform coalitions. The Conservative leader has repeatedly ruled out any national deal with Reform UK but on Thursday suggested councillors from the two parties could work together after the local elections on May 1.