Angela Rayner’s building blitz plan to build 1.5million homes by 2030 to ease the housing crisis will be ‘more difficult than we expected’ to achieve, minister admits
Labour’s plan to build 1.5million homes by the end of the decade to ease the UK housing crisis will be ‘more difficult than we expected’ to achieve, a senior minister admitted today. Communities Minister Matthew Pennycook admitted that the target set by Housing Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner was ‘incredibly stretching’. But he insisted it was ‘essential’ it was met and told the Housing and Communities Committee it was still deliverable.
Labour accuse Jeremy Clarkson of being ‘rude’ and ‘aggressive’ as BBC Newsnight descends into chaos while guests clash over farmer protest and Top Gear star
A row broke out on BBC’s Newsnight over Jeremy Clarkson’s appearance at the farmers’ ‘tractor tax’ protest in London after his angry interview with presenter Victoria Derbyshire. Former Labour minister Jim Murphy condemned former Top Gear host Clarkson as ‘rude’ and ‘aggressive’ – but ex-Conservative party chairman Sir Jake Berry hit back, defending him. They clashed on last night’s BBC2 show which was presented by Derbyshire just hours after she had questioned Clarkson at the demonstration in central London.
Moment Angela Rayner refuses to rule out MORE hikes to inheritance tax while standing in for Starmer at PMQs – dismissing ‘scaremongering’ about hit to farmers
Angela Rayner faced a backlash for refusing to rule out more hikes to inheritance tax today as she dismissed the outcry from farmers. Standing in for Keir Starmer at PMQs, Ms Rayner hit out at ‘scaremongering’ over how many will be hit by the Budget raid. Despite the huge protest by desperate farmers in Westminster yesterday, the Housing Secretary insisted the ‘vast majority’ will be able to hand down their estates tax-free.
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‘Our missiles are ready to blow up Trafalgar Square’: Putin propagandists call for Britain to be obliterated and sunk beneath ‘a beautiful, radioactive tidal wave’ for ‘allowing UK weapon strikes inside Russia’
Vladimir Putin’s raging TV propagandists have called for Britain to be obliterated with nuclear weapons, amid claims that Ukraine has used UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles inside Russian territory. Kremlin mouthpieces are competing with each other to outline the most shocking and devastating war plans imaginable, with numerous commentators describing how far Russia could go in a nuclear attack. One proposed dropping Russia’s Satan-2 missile, widely described as ‘the world’s deadliest weapon’, on Trafalgar Square, while another urged Putin to use the new Poseidon high speed underwater drone and sink the UK under a ‘radioactive tidal wave’.
British Storm Shadow missiles ‘are fired into Russia for the first time’: Western official ‘confirms attack’ after Moscow had issued WW3 warning
Ukraine has used the British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles in Russia for the first time, a Western official has reportedly confirmed. Up to 12 missiles were launched into the Kursk region on Wednesday, according to Russian reports. Unconfirmed images and footage posted to X/Twitter have shown residents in the village of Marino, Kursk, stumbling upon fragments of the missile.
Fury as Labour announces massive military cuts while Putin threatens WWIII: Helicopters, assault ships, a frigate and drones will all be axed despite warnings it will send wrong message to Britain’s enemies
Labour has announced swingeing cuts to the UK’s defence capabilities even as Britain is being dragged closer into direct conflict with Russia. In a shocking move which sent alarming signals to the Kremlin, 31 frontline helicopters and a pair of Commando assault ships were axed. While despite the domination of drones on the Ukrainian battlefield, the UK is to lose a staggering 46 Watchkeeper Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
Jojo Siwa SPLITS from Dakayla Wilson 3 months after debuting romance as star looks somber on LA outing
Jojo Siwa has split from girlfriend Dakayla Wilson three months after they made their relationship public. The reality star, 21, looked somber as she headed out in LA in her Tesla Cybertruck hours before confirming the break-up on Monday. She told People at the 11th Annual American Reality Television Awards: ‘We have gone our separate ways, but she is an amazing girl. And I got my own fun holiday plans, and I know she’s got her family that she’s spent the holidays with.”
British tourist, 18, faces 20 years in Dubai prison over fling with 17-year-old UK girl he met on holiday – after her ‘furious mother reported him to police’
An 18-year-old Brit faces 20 years in prison in Dubai after being charged with having 𝑠e𝑥 with a then-17-year-old during a family holiday. Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, London, was held in a notorious UAE prison for days after police heard of his holiday romance from her ‘strict’ mother. The couple ‘had a wonderful time together’ on holiday in August, meeting up in secret as she feared she could not tell her mother she was seeing a boy. They hoped to continue their relationship when they were back in London.
Inside Wayne Rooney’s ‘bachelor’ life in Plymouth: Manager will entertain himself with nights at karaoke and takeaways in front of the TV while watching wife Coleen on I’m a Celeb
While his wife Coleen is 10,000 miles away in the Australian jungle tucking into insects and unmentionable animal body parts, Wayne Rooney will be keeping track of his wife’s progress from Plymouth – no doubt with more palatable snacks to hand. The mother-of-four, 38, could be away from their sons for up to a month if she goes the distance in the contest. But due to Wayne’s commitments as manager of Plymouth, he will remain in Devon in his rented flat, while his mother-in-law Colette looks after the boys.