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Boris Johnson says he was asked to give Harry ‘manly pep talk’; Palace sources deny claim – Royal news live Sources close to Buckingham Palace have denied that Boris Johnson was asked to give Prince Harry a “manly pep talk” to convince him not to step away from royal duties in January 2020. The former prime minister claimed in his new book Unleashed that officials from the palace and Downing Street had asked him to intervene, which he described as “totally hopeless”. However, sources familiar with these meetings have told The Telegraph that no such request as made. This comes…

Rosie Duffield slates Labour ‘sleaze and nepotism’ as MP Rosie Duffield has resigned the Labour whip, accusing the prime minister of “hypocrisy” and pursuing “cruel and unnecessary” policies. In a resignation letter, Ms Duffield attacked Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to keep the two-child benefit cap and means-test winter fuel payments. In her resignation letter, she wrote: “The sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice are off the scale.” Ms Duffield, who will sit as an independent, also slated Sir Keir’s acceptance of more than £100,000 of freebies including clothes. Earlier, Kemi Badenoch warned that Tory members will be “very angry” if MPs…

Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield’s resignation letter in full Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailGet our free View from Westminster emailRosie Duffield has quit as a Labour MP, criticising leader Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to scrap winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners and also his decision to retain the two-child benefit cap for parents.In a three-page letter, published in the Sunday Times, she also slammed his treatment of fellow MP Diane Abbot, as well as his “managerial style and technocratic approach.”She plans to sit as…

‘Nothing good ever happens after 2am’ – the rise of the daytime ravers With a nightclub shutting down every two days, we are just six years from the UK becoming a cultural desert after midnight. Economic problems in the industry, the rise of the sober curious movement and the cost of living are among the myriad reasons that clubs are shutting down, and if they are to follow this trajectory, from 2030, there will be nowhere left to dance until dawn, according to a troubling report from the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA). But all is not lost, apparently. Clubs…

Shawn Mendes cancels Glasgow gig at Ovo Hydro due to health concerns The singer-songwriter was due to take to the stage at the Ovo Hydro on July 28 next year as part of his Wonder world tour. The Canadian star had previously postponed his tour date from April this year in the hopes of returning after “some much-needed time off”. However, in a statement shared today Mendes said: “I started this tour excited to finally get back to playing live after a long break due to the pandemic, but the reality is I was not at all ready for how difficult touring…

Win tickets to Lost in Music at The King’s Theatre in Glasgow The show that everyone is talking about is now even bigger and it will come to the city’s King’s Theatre on August 24. Join Lost in Music as it recreates the magical seventies and takes audiences on a musical journey straight to the heart of disco. Relive some of the greatest songs of all time from artists such as Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sister Sledge and Chic. This show boasts a sensational live band, incredibly talented cast and stunning vocals and is sure to have you…

Austrian far-right party hopes for its first national election win in a close race Austria’s far-right Freedom Party could win a national election for the first time on Sunday, tapping into voters’ anxieties about immigration, inflation, Ukraine and other concerns following recent gains for the hard right elsewhere in Europe. Herbert Kickl, a former interior minister and longtime campaign strategist who has led the Freedom Party since 2021, wants to become Austria’s new chancellor. He has used the term “Volkskanzler,” or chancellor of the people, which was used by the Nazis to describe Adolf Hitler in the 1930s. Kickl has…

Starmer visit to Brussels could lead to overhaul of Brexit deal Prime Minister Keir Starmer hopes to use talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week to prepare for a reset in the spring. PM Keir Starmer will use a meeting with Von der Leyen this week to pave the way for a springtime overhaul of Britain’s Brexit deal, amid warnings that closer ties will be essential in his government’s desperate search for growth. The prime minister will meet Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Wednesday. However, it comes with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper still vehemently…

From leadership drama to fascist debate From leadership drama to fascist debate at the Conservative Party conference. There will also be ‘meet our candidates’ Q&As, and fringe events – but limited self-reflection at the gathering in Birmingham. The first party conference after a huge general election defeat generally tends to be a cross between a wake, an inquest, and a beauty contest for those who believe they have the answers to what went wrong. All four Conservative leadership hopefuls: Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat​​​​​​ and Robert Jenrick are working on backroom deals and endorsements. What to look out for…

MPs have declared more than £6m in ‘freebies’ since 2010 Calls for urgent reform after figures show almost half of the donations since 2010 were given in the last two years. MPs have declared more than £6m in “freebies” since 2010 with the cash price of gifts given almost tripling over two years, analysis reveals, leading to calls for urgent reform. The value of “gifts, benefits and hospitality” declared by MPs was £1.3m in 2023, analysis shows, up from £483,507 in 2021. And the amount of gifts increased to 768 from 337 during the same period. MPs have declared more…

The British government says it has been securing extra flights as it asks UK nationals to register their presence. ‘Leave now’, Foreign Office urges Britons in Lebanon The British government has been securing extra flights for UK nationals to make their way out of Lebanon, as ministers continued to urge citizens still in the country to “leave now”.Official advice has been warning British nationals to leave the country for months. But with the escalation of tension following the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, there have been fresh appeals to Brits to urgently secure…

Only 4.3% of stroke patients in England can access life-saving treatment Only 4.3% of stroke patients in England can access life-saving treatment. Mechanical thrombectomy can save a patient from permanent disability or death, but its availability depends on where they live. Most stroke patients in England suitable for treatment that can save them from serious disability or even death cannot access it, new figures reveal. It is estimated that at least 10% of stroke patients can benefit from a treatment known as mechanical thrombectomy. Under the procedure, a wire and stent are manoeuvred towards the brain to pull out the…

Boris Johnson claims Covid originated in lab, in U-turn in his views Former prime minister Boris Johnson has said he believes the Covid pandemic was caused by a leak from a laboratory in China, and did not originate in unsanitary conditions in a Wuhan market. He joins Donald Trump in dismissing evidence suggesting that the virus was transmitted “zoonotically” from infected animals. The US former president insisted that coronavirus emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. But just last week a new scientific study found it was “beyond reasonable doubt” that Covid-19 originated in a Chinese animal market. Researchers from the US and France…

Rosie Duffield quits Labour with damning attack on Keir Starmer Rosie Duffield has quit as a Labour MP, attacking Sir Keir Starmer’s “cruel and unnecessary policies” and the freebie row engulfing the party. The Canterbury MP and long time critic of Sir Keir will sit as an independent after resigning the Labour whip “with immediate effect”. In a damning resignation letter, Ms Duffield lashed out at Sir Keir’s acceptance of more than £100,000 of clothes, glasses and accommodation from Labour peer Waheed Alli. And she condemned the prime minister’s decision to retain the two-child benefit cap while scrapping winter fuel…

Do not approach patient who escaped secure mental health facility in Southall, that’s the advice being given by officers.

‘We f**king love yous’: Fontaines DC bring coolness to Glasgow TRNSMT stage Wearing shades and a black vest as temperatures soared in the Glasgow Green, lead singer Grian Chatten kicked off their punk indie set with Sha Sha Sha and Skinty Fia taken from their latest album of the same name. There was little chat from the band. Instead, they let the music do the talking with Televised Mind setting the tone for things to come. The advisoral Life Ain’t Always Empty was the prelude to the Boys in the Better Land which sent the crowd wild. Clearly, a festival anthem, Boyd…

Experience With Al Pacino coming to Glasgow The Scarface star will be at Double Tree Hilton as part of his UK tour in November, and it promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime event as it’s set to be his “last ever tour”. The Experience With Live event will be a Black Tie Dinner where the Oscar-winning actor, also known for his roles in The Godfather and The Irishman, will take part in an exclusive live on-stage interview. Unseen videos and photos will also be shown throughout the interview and there will be an auction with signed bespoke Pacino memorabilia. Al Pacino will be at the…

Boris Johnson claims he considered raid into Holland to recover ‘kidnapped’ Covid vaccines – UK politics live Boris Johnson has claimed he considered sending the British Army on a daring raid to snatch Covid-19 vaccines from an EU warehouse, although he rejected the idea, saying: “The whole thing was nuts.” The former prime minister demanded of senior military leaders whether he could launch a mission to a warehouse where the EU had stowed five million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, with global supplies dwindling in the height of lockdown. Mr Johnson Johnson’s book, Unleashed, is being serialised in the Daily…

The topic The Facts The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves appeared at the Labour Party conference earlier in the week in and gave a speech arguably more important than that of the prime ministers. Headline-worthy comments such as no return to austerity – a word now closely linked with the 14-year Conservative rule, made a splash … but what was really uncovered in the chancellor’s speech? Below we have three centre-left business newspapers that offer up their assessment of the chancellor’s upcoming Budget. Below that – you can compare the left and right-wing newspaper headlines in their coverage of the upcoming  Labour Budget.  What…

“In the standard textbook model that Reeves would have learned at Oxford and the London School of Economics in the late 1990s, business investment is a reward for governments that behave nicely. Investors want low tax rates, flexible markets and, above all, stability. Any hint of an increase in borrowing and they will spook, worrying that government debt will spiral out of control. In this kind of model, even austerity can be expansionary, as it demonstrates to the business community that the fiscal authorities are really committed, even at the expense of electoral pain.”

“Labour will never have a better chance to make big, ambitious changes. Rather than playing up the gloom, the government could be telling a positive story about the benefits a pro-growth agenda will bring – as they have with planning reforms. Just as building more houses spreads ownership, jobs and opportunities, boosting public sector productivity would result in a leaner, more effective state that better serves British interests. Instead, we are getting a warm-up for a much more predictable second act: Tax rises are coming, look behind you!”

“While Reeves may have been shocked by the detail of the public finances, and her outrage at Tory mismanagement wholly justified, her performance was largely planned in advance. The broad fiscal picture was known before the election. This was all part of a political strategy to temper public expectations, affix blame to the Conservatives and instil patience in her own MPs. It is also likely that the tax rises she implied were unnecessary during the election, but will announce in October, have long been known to her.”

UK Daily Trending stories Trending – What’s the Chancellor got planned for the October Budget? There are a few trending stories across the UK news landscape today – both in print and online. One of the most popular is the ongoing speculation around Chancellor Rachel Reeve’s upcoming Budget – her first Budget is set to be released on 30 October. In a recent speech at the 2024 Labour Party conference, the new Chancellor promised that the fiscal event would be a ‘Budget for investment’. Basic facts The reaction The newspapers speculate on whether the chancellor will ‘soften’ her stance on…

Trending News Inspiration Papers News that Matters Impact on your life Good News Netanyahu says Israel ‘will not stop’ attacks on Hezbollah despite ceasefire calls Keir Starmer UN speech: PM meets with Donald Trump for first time at two-hour dinner Trending – Starmer speaks at the Labour Party conference – ‘I’ll fix Britain’ Previous Next Previous Next ThePeopleUnited@Ord_LeftRham Read More If it’s true that Rachel Reeves calculated the Non Dom tax plan wrong it’s going to make her look extremely unsuitable & unqualified for the job as Chancellor. She’s spent the money already so if it’s true & it will…

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read