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2026-09-15 · Daily Mail

Angela Rayner's blast at 'fascist oligarchs': Hypocrisy row as she attacks Reform donors... but defends union millions

🔮 Crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne stunned the political establishment after announcing at the weekend that they would each give Reform £36million – the biggest ever single donations to a British political party. assertive

2026-09-15 · Daily Mail

Take hammer to Equality Act to protect trans people, says Labour MP

🔮 Nadia Whittome, the Labour MP for Nottingham East, called on Monday for a ‘change in the law’ to enable trans people to use single-sex spaces Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) guidance on single-sex spaces states that toilets and changing rooms should be used based on a person’s sex at birth The Labour MP, a member of the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs, said at the time the guidance ‘ushers in an era of enforced segregation for trans people, the policing of which will be outsourced to service providers, including businesses, charities and public bodies’. assertive

2026-09-15 · Daily Mail

Unions fear force of a united Right at next election

🔮 Unions must come up with a 'different approach' to preventing an alliance between the Conservatives and Reform, Eddie Dempsey, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union said on Monday Kemi Badenoch has repeatedly ruled out any pact with Nigel Farage's Reform UK In a warning to parties on the right, left-wing voters are far more willing to vote tactically than right-wing voters He added: 'On the fringes of that, there is a burgeoning street movement, which in some cases appears to be making connections even with old paramilitaries in terms of techniques and organisation. assertive

2026-09-15 · Daily Mail

Another drive to WFH? Labour accused of bowing to unions with pledge to 'strengthen right to flexible working'

🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Labour stands accused of 'dancing to the union barons' tune' after giving workers even more rights over their employers. Deputy PM Louise Haigh revealed on Tuesday Labour would 'strengthen the right to flexible working' for employees as she stood in for Andy Burnham at the annual meeting of trade unions. assertive

2026-09-17 · Daily Mail

Britain's 500+ private airports are blind spot in nation's security through which weapons and migrants are being smuggled, report reveals

🔮 The report, from defence think tank RUSI, also warns that criminals using drones could make trafficking of illicit goods into Britain ‘more viable’. assertive

2026-09-17 · Daily Mail

Microsoft boss warns of AI creating own 'silicon species' to compete with humans

🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Labour was last night urged to get a grip on AI after a tech boss warned a 'silicon species' could develop to rival humans. In yet another warning of AI's threat to humanity, Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft AI, said on Thursday that developing autonomous AI risks creating a 'a new silicon species which will no doubt compete with us for resources'. mixed

2026-09-22 · Daily Mail

Labour MP warns Healey against lowering mansion tax to £1.5million as figures show it would catch double the number of homes

🔮 - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A Labour MP has warned the Government against lowering its mansion tax threshold to £1.5million after it emerged the number of homes hit would double. Rachel Blake, a former Treasury minister and London MP, said on Tuesday she was 'concerned' about Labour's plans to drop the mansion tax threshold from £2million to £1.5million, as it would unfairly target family homes. Former chancellor Rachel Reeves last year introduced a council tax surcharge on homes worth £2million or more, taking effect from April 2028. assertive

2026-09-24 · Daily Mail

Dog out of control? You might now need to go on a course, just like drivers

🔮 In plans being considered by Labour, owners could be required to take 'dog awareness' tests that teach them how to tackle their pet's antisocial behaviour. mixed

2026-09-28 · Daily Mail

Wes Streeting warns activists NOT to oppose boost to defence spending

🔮 T he UK must reach 3.5 per cent by 2035 to meet NATO's deadline and the Government is expected to soon set out a pathway to reach this amount. assertive

2026-09-29 · Daily Mail

ANALYSIS: The PM had plenty to say about his family… but said little on welfare reform or raising defence spending

🔮 Mr Burnham said his plans for a national care service would be 'in memory' of his father Roy, who passed away this month at 85 after a battle with Alzheimer's. assertive

2026-10-01 · Daily Mail

How Labour seats have received three-quarters of a £12BILLION rise in benefits

🔮 We're putting work and opportunity at the heart of the system, and the final recommendations from the Timms and Milburn Reviews will lay the foundation for sustainable reform.' assertive

2026-10-02 · Daily Mail

Greens want to use taxpayers' money to help fight immigration raids on illegal workers

🔮 At the Green Party conference in Brighton – where Zack Polanski was joined on stage by MPs Hannah Spencer and Sian Berry – Seema Syeda, of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, said the charity is 'working with Hackney Council to potentially do a public information campaign' where the council will 'share information to people about their rights and how they can resist raids'. assertive

2026-10-04 · Daily Mail

Greens labelled 'first openly anti-Semitic party in the UK' as members approve Zionism is Racism motion - but leader Polanski skips vote

🔮 In a move set to send shockwaves through the divided hard Left party's ranks, members backed a conference proposal that calls for Israel to be treated like apartheid South Africa by 1,022 votes to 813. assertive

2026-10-04 · Daily Mail

Israel bans Zack Polanski as the Green Party is accused of 'legitimising terrorism'

🔮 During the party conference they also rejected a clause that would have prevented the motion being used to 'pressure, proscribe or discipline' party members for their affiliation to Zionist synagogues or other Jewish groups. assertive

2026-10-09 · Daily Mail

Polanksi on the ropes: Green Party leader is left fighting for his political future after humiliating by-election defeat

🔮 Mr Polanski insisted he could defeat Labour as polls closed on Thursday, but he eventually trailed in more than 3,000 votes The Greens have been reported to both the police and the equalities watchdog over anti-Semitism concerns after the motion passed. assertive

2026-10-19 · Daily Mail

Neso energy bosses 'keeping Government happy' by sidelining concerns over energy blackouts, investigation finds

🔮 Shadow energy secretary Andrew Bowie said on Monday that the report 'raises more questions than it answers' about Neso Britain's energy grid bosses are keeping Government 'happy' by sidelining employee concerns over blackouts, an investigation has found The report notes that in one instance, a witness told an official sitting in the control-room, 'don't feel under pressure from them' regarding external stakeholders questioning when alerts warning of shortages in the system would be made. They later advised the official, 'don't let DESNZ pressure you, mate', in relation to Government's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. assertive

2026-10-22 · Daily Mail

Downing Street hits back at Speaker over Jackdaw dressing down in Chamber

🔮 A No 10 spokesperson said: 'It is not unusual for commercially sensitive announcements to remain public early in the morning before markets are open, and this ensures announcements that could potentially have a market impact are announced in a fair and orderly way, rather than igniting while markets are trading. ' assertive

2026-10-22 · Daily Mail

Green youth group calls for 'students and young workers' to join Paris-style riots

🔮 Both Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage warned this week Britain could soon see similar unrest on our streets without firm intervention. assertive

2026-10-26 · Daily Mail

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

🔮 Reports suggest John Healey will now invest in two major government funds as a 'down payment' on Labour's efforts to reach that figure by 2030. assertive

2026-10-26 · Daily Mail

Reform vows £80billion of savings by 2030 in its 'alternative' budget

🔮 Robert Jenrick presented 64 measures the party will implement in its 'rival red book' to create jobs and promote growth ahead of Labour announcing its own Budget on Wednesday. assertive

2026-10-27 · Daily Mail

PM's new foot in mouth Brexit blunder: Two weeks after climbdown over Russia and referendum, No10 spokesman has to row back on Burnham's freedom of movement comments

🔮 He suggested a referendum would be needed to revive free movement, saying he would 'never move ahead of the British public when it comes to Brexit'. mixed

2026-10-28 · Daily Mail

Healey brushes aside warnings over higher mortgages and presses ahead with a tax raid on banks

🔮 John Healey has launched a tax raid on banks despite being told the move would hike mortgages for millions of Britons. mixed

2026-10-29 · Daily Mail

Labour to miss housing target by half a million homes

🔮 Labour was accused of ‘failing abysmally’ in its promise to build 1.5million homes – with new figures suggesting it will fall half a million short of its target. assertive

2026-10-29 · Daily Mail

I don't think your warning is fair... Anthropic AI was told its cyber attack would harm real people - but proceeded anyway, chilling Government report reveals

🔮 An AI model was repeatedly warned its cyber-attack attempts would harm real people but ploughed on regardless. assertive

2026-10-30 · Daily Mail

Fears for UK economy as births collapse to lowest level since 1977

🔮 In 2025, the fertility rate – the average number of children a woman is expected to have – dropped to a record low of 1.39 in England and Wales, down from 1.41 in 2024. assertive

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