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‘Don’t come here. We’ll put you in jail or send you home’: That’s the message from Greece’s new immigration minister as his overwhelmed nation passes a hardline law. So will Keir Starmer take the slightest notice?

The Greek immigration minister does not mince his words. He may be new to the job but his message to the millions of young men waiting in North Africa to come to his country for a life in Europe is…

Labour is in trouble in key areas just one year since election

A year since taking power, big challenges face the PM (Image: Getty) After last year’s election, I argued Britain needs to start thinking like a business if it wants to get back on track. I supported the Prime Minister and Chancellor’s commitment…

Angela Rayner to face fresh opposition to flagship workers’ rights laws tomorrow

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner (Image: Getty) Critics of Angela Rayner’s controversial workers’ rights overhaul will tomorrow celebrate “Norman Tebbit Day” in honour of Margaret Thatcher’s ally who took on the trade unions. Tory peers will use a debate in the House…

Tory opponents of Angela Rayner’s strikers charter will celebrate ‘Norman Tebbit Day’ in honour of Margaret Thatcher’s union-bashing ally

Opponents of Angela Rayner‘s controversial new industrial laws will tomorrow celebrate ‘Norman Tebbit Day’ in honour of Margaret Thatcher‘s late union-bashing ally. Tory peers will use a debate in the Lords to try to amend Ms Rayner’s Employment Rights Bill, which critics say…

Is THIS Britain’s toughest shopkeeper? Store boss fights back against invasion of thieves because police ‘let them off the hook’

A fed up shopkeeper says he’s had enough of sitting back while criminals help themselves to his stock – and has taken matters into his own hands to protect his business. Andrew Board, 39, who runs the Core Convenience Store…

Astronomer CEO Andy Byron RESIGNS after getting caught on Coldplay kiss cam with HR boss

The Astronomer CEO caught getting cozy with a coworker at a Coldplay concert on Tuesday has resigned in disgrace amid an investigation into the scandal. Andy Byron, 50, who was spotted on camera at the concert with his arms wrapped around the company’s HR chief…

Tories demand inquiry into Keir Starmer’s National Security chief Jonathan Powell over secret taxpayer-funded talks with ‘rogue states’

One of Sir Keir Starmer‘s most powerful advisers was last night accused of running secret diplomatic back channels to ‘terrorists’ using his own taxpayer-funded team of ‘outsourced spies and spooks’. Jonathan Powell, the Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser, founded the shadowy…

Ex–wife of super rich equity boss was fighting her celebrity antiques dealer fiance for their £2.7m 18th century London home when she fell to her death from tower block

A mother who fell to her death from a city centre apartment block was embroiled in a bitter legal fight with her celebrity antiques dealer fiancé over their £2.7million London home. Rachel O’Hare, 49, was suing her ex–lover Owen Pacey, 60, for…

Tory fury as ex-Reform chairman says he liked anti-Semitic post about Robert Jenrick ‘by accident’

Kemi Badenoch has accused former Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf of intentionally liking an anti-Semitic online post about one of her party members. The extraordinary accusation came yesterday after Mr Yusuf’s X account ‘liked’ a post attacking Robert Jenrick and his Jewish wife…

Health secretary Wes Streeting could lose seat to pro-Gaza rival under Labour plans to reduce the voting age to 16

Controversial plans to allow votes at 16 could see four ministers lose their seats to pro-Gaza independents, analysis has shown. Health Secretary Wes Streeting and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood are among a string of senior Labour figures at risk from a potential surge in…