Shehryar Joyia 
Nigel Farage has said that he will consider his election plans overnight. Speaking on GB News earlier, the former Brexit Party leader said he has currently made “no commitment” either way. Nigel Farage speaking on GB News earlier GB News Farage told Tom Harwood: “Richard Tice has got [Reform] up and running and there are … Read more
MasterChef’s 2024 finale airs tonight, and it’s up to judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace to decide who will be crowned winner out of Chris Willoughby, Louise Lyons Macleod and Brin Pirathapan. The show has also been celebrating 20 years with its current series, and 2019 winner Irini Tzortzoglou chatted to GB News to reflect … Read more
Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images. Bafflement. That is the mood among many Conservative MPs and campaigners at the news Rishi Sunak has called an election for 4 July. To say Westminster did not see this coming was an understatement – and not just because the day began with a warning from the Deputy Prime Minister … Read more
Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images. The consensus among most pundits for some time (including this one) was that the general election would be in the autumn of 2024. We were wrong. Before trying to understand why Rishi Sunak has not behaved as expected and gone for 4 July, it is worth stating why many of … Read more
‘The news of a snap election, which reached me via a special adviser’s gossip network in the morning, seemed to take a lot of Sunak’s closest Cabinet by surprise’ (Photo: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The weather gods had not received the No 10 message that sunlit uplands awaited if the election, abruptly called … Read more
Some of the so-called “Waspi women” have “not suffered any injustice at all” and so it could be unfair to pay them compensation, the Work and Pensions Secretary has said. Mel Stride said he did not yet have a timeline for responding to a parliamentary report which recommended that women born in the 1950s who … Read more
One person has died in a mudslide on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors, as rain continues to drench several areas of the UK. North Yorkshire Police said a person died following a mudslide in Carlton-in-Cleveland, where a yellow weather warning is in place, at around 1.15pm this afternoon. Emergency services are at the … Read more
There was scepticism that rate cuts would come in time May 22, 2024 7:15 pm(Updated 7:57 pm) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pauses as he delivers a speech to announce the date of the UK’s next general election (Photo: AFP) In Downing Street, May’s inflation figures had long been viewed as a key moment for the … Read more
A Labour government could move the UK closer to recognising a Palestinian state if “like-minded countries” agreed, the party has said. If Labour wins the election, Keir Starmer and his foreign secretary David Lammy would still pursue a negotiated peace settlement between Israel and Palestinians, based on a two-state solution, as is their longstanding policy. … Read more
The SNP and Scottish Labour say they are ready for the surprise summer general election, welcoming the 4 July date announced by Rishi Sunak. Labour is enjoying a steady poll lead over the SNP in Scotland, and is hoping it can win between 20 to 30 seats from its rivals north of the border. Scottish … Read more