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PARALYSED BY LABOUR CHAOS

LABOUR’S civil war triggered a markets meltdown yesterday – and left the Government ‘paralysed’. Keir Starmer was locked in an extraordinary standoff with his MPS last night after he brushed aside calls to quit and told rivals Wes Streeting and Angela...

Starmer on the brink as Cabinet ministers tell him it’s time to go

KEIR Starmer’s premiership was in freefall last night as Cabinet ministers urged him to quit. Dozens of Labour MPS called for the Prime Minister to resign after a last-ditch fightback speech failed to quell a growing mutiny. Last night, Labour sources...

STREETING AND RAYNER READY FOR STARMER’S FALL

KEIR Starmer was on the brink last night as his rivals for the top job prepared to strike. In an explosive intervention, Angela Rayner broke cover with an extraordinary statement eviscerating the Prime Minister’s record in office. She also unveiled...

STARMER TOLD: IT’S TIME TO GO

KEIR Starmer was fighting for his political survival last night after Labour was thrashed in the local elections. MPS, ministers and unions lined up to call on Sir Keir to set out a timetable for his departure following humiliating defeats across...

HOME OFFICE IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL EXPOSED AS CHINESE SPY He’s one of two men guilty of surveilling dissidents for Beijing after landmark trial

A CHINESE spy ring has been convicted of running ‘shadow policing’ operations on British soil. In an unprecedented case that goes to the heart of the civil service, UK Border Force officer Peter Wai and retired Hong Kong police officer Bill Yuen spied...

DAY THAT WILL DECIDE STARMER’S FATE... AND BRITAIN’S

KEIR Starmer’s political future is on the line today in a historic round of local elections. Millions of voters across England, Scotland and Wales will head to the polls for what opposition leaders have branded a referendum on the Prime Minister’s...

THIRTY GREEN CANDIDATES PROBED OVER ANTI-SEMITISM

Kemi: Britain needs zero tolerance on crimes that make our lives a misery

KEMI Badenoch last night vowed to ‘bring toughness back’ to Britain. Pledging crackdowns on welfare, asylum and low-level crime, the Tory leader said voters were ‘crying out’ for a tougher approach that would deliver ‘consequences’ for those ripping...

LABOUR’S PLAN TO DOUBLE PARKING FINE FEE

PARKING fines could double under ‘crazy’ proposals being considered by Labour. Ministers admitted they were ‘carefully considering’ the findings of a trial in which a council hiked parking tickets to an eye-watering £160. At present, tickets issued by...

POLANSKI’S GREENS ARE A ‘PARTY OF POISON’

ZACK Polanski was last night under intense pressure to ‘get a grip’ on the anti-semitic ‘poison’ infecting the Green Party. In a humiliating climbdown, the Greens’ leader was forced to apologise for sharing a ‘disgraceful’ social media post which...

WHY WAS HE FREE TO ROAM THE STREETS WITH A KNIFE?

THE Golders Green terror suspect was previously jailed for stabbing a police officer and his dog, it emerged last night. Essa Suleiman, 45, was arrested on Wednesday after two men were stabbed in broad daylight in the Jewish area. Now it can be...

ANTI-SEMITISM IS OUT OF CONTROL IN UK, WARNS ISRAEL

KEIR Starmer was warned anti-semitism is a ‘national emergency’ after another terror attack in the heart of Britain’s Jewish community. Israel told the Prime Minister he can ‘no longer claim this is under control’ after a knifeman stabbed two Jewish...

LABOUR REVOLT OVER STARMER’S SLEAZE COVER-UP

KEIR Starmer was rocked by a Labour rebellion last night over his ‘cowardly’ bid to block a sleaze probe into the Mandelson scandal. The Prime Minister ordered his MPS to vote down an inquiry into claims he lied to Parliament over his disastrous...

STARMER’S STITCH-UP TO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN

KEMI Badenoch today urges Labour MPS to put country before party and back a sleaze probe into Keir Starmer’s Mandelson ‘lies’. MPS will vote this evening on opposition calls for an inquiry into whether the Prime Minister has lied to Parliament about...

KING KEEPS CALM AND CARRIES ON

KING Charles has vowed to persevere with his State Visit to the US today despite an apparent assassination attempt on the President. Sources told the Daily Mail the monarch is determined to ‘keep calm and carry on’ – and that if the Government wants...

KING FLIES INTO A U.S. STORM OVER FALKLANDS

THE King will fly into a Falklands storm on his state visit to America next week. As Charles prepared for his transatlantic trip, the US threatened to back Argentina’s claim to the South Atlantic islands. Donald Trump is considering withdrawing...

FARAGE: I’LL WAGE ‘WAR’ ON BENEFITS CULTURE

NIGEL Farage has vowed to wage ‘war’ on Britain’s benefits culture. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, the Reform UK leader said he was ready to face down protests, strikes and even riots to cut the bloated benefits bill, should his party...

IT’S,MY LIFE MY CHOICE

THE sky is a glorious blue. The cherry trees are in full bloom. It is the sort of day that makes you feel glad to be alive. Isn’t it, Wendy? Wendy Duffy gives a little half smile. ‘I won’t change my mind,’ she says. ‘I know it’s hard for you,...

Starmer’s support starts to crack

CRACKS are appearing in Keir Starmer’s Cabinet as he comes under mounting pressure over the Peter Mandelson affair. In an extraordinary parliamentary hearing yesterday, a mandarin sacked by the Prime Minister revealed the ‘atmosphere of pressure’...

IT’S EVERYONE’S FAULT BUT HIS

Starmer finally admits he WAS wrong to appoint Mandelson – but still WON’T resign Instead he blames civil service, accusing officials of ‘deliberate’ cover-up on vetting As PM’S ‘incredible’ story is jeered, Kemi skewers him for failing to take...

DAY STARMER HAS TO STAND UP AND TAKE THE BLAME

KEIR Starmer will today be told to finally take responsibility for the Mandelson scandal and stop blaming everyone else. The Prime Minister will begin a makeor-break week for his faltering premiership by facing angry MPS over his involvement in the...

STARMER’S TWO TOP AIDES KNEW ABOUT MANDY WEEKS AGO

TWO of Keir Starmer’s top aides knew about the latest Peter Mandelson scandal for weeks, it emerged last night. Amid fresh accusations that Sir Keir has lost control of his Government, it was revealed the country’s top civil servant, Dame Antonia...

STARMER ON BRINK AS HIS MANDELSON ‘LIES’ ARE EXPOSED

KEIR Starmer was facing mounting calls to quit last night after it emerged that Peter Mandelson was made US ambassador despite failing security vetting. Foreign Office officials pushed the controversial appointment through regardless, it was revealed,...

LABOUR’S SHAMEFUL BETRAYAL OF WOMEN

HUNDREDS of public bodies are still defying the Supreme Court victory for women on the first anniversary of the landmark ruling. The judgment specified that ‘woman’ in the Equality Act referred to biological sex, but a Daily Mail audit has found that...

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Southport killer’s parents ‘should have stopped him’

THE Southport attack would not have happened if the killer’s parents had done their ‘moral’ duty and reported him to police, a damning report revealed yesterday. Axel Rudakubana’s parents knew their son was hoarding an arsenal of weapons, including...

LABOUR PLOTS TO DENY MPS VOTE ON NEW EU SELL-OUT

LABOUR was accused of another Brexit betrayal last night amid plans to sign the UK up to EU rules without giving MPS a proper say. Ministers are set to introduce legislation to align Britain with future single-market regulations without normal...

WE’RE SITTING ON A GOLDMINE!

NORTH Sea oil prices have surged to a record high – piling pressure on Labour to abandon Ed Miliband’s ‘mad ideology’ and allow lucrative drilling. The jump in prices caused by the Iran conflict means the UK is sitting on increasingly valuable...

NOW RED ED'S GREEN IDIOCY HALTS A.I. DEAL WORTH BILLIONS

ED Miliband’s ‘mad dash’ to Net Zero has been blamed for an AI giant shelving a multibillion-pound investment in Britain. Openai, the company behind CHATGPT, said soaring energy prices as well as red tape were behind the decision to pause its Stargate...

A BIZARRE KIND OF VICTORY

DONALD Trump’s peace deal with Iran was hanging by a thread last night as Tehran halted tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. It warned that unauthorised ships would be ‘targeted and destroyed’. As the White House declared a dramatic and decisive...

NIGHT THE WORLD HELD ITS BREATH AND PRAYED

DONALD Trump threatened to wipe out the ‘whole civilisation’ of Iran as peace talks went down to the wire last night. The US bombed Kharg Island and Israel pounded bridges, railways and roads across the Islamic republic as the two allies appeared to...

£3 BILLION COST OF DOCTORS’ STRIKES

STRIKES by junior doctors have cost hospitals £3billion – as they walk out again today. Union members will take to the picket lines in their 15th round of industrial action since 2023. Health chiefs burn through £50million a day when medics walk out,...

TRUMP DROPS F-BOMB ON IRAN

DONALD Trump ordered Tehran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz in an expletive-laden ultimatum yesterday. Emboldened after the rescue of a second downed US airman, the President posted: ‘Open the f***in’ Strait, you crazy b ***** ds, or you’ll be living...

U.S. rescues one of F-15 aircrew, but second is still missing RACE TO FIND PILOT SHOT DOWN BY IRAN

AMERICA and Iran were last night locked in a tense race to find a US pilot downed by Tehran. The war in the Middle East took a dramatic turn yesterday when an F-15E jet on operations over southern Iran was shot out of the sky. One of the two-person...

Fears of ‘thousands’ hit by Britain’s worst funeral home scandal

THOUSANDS of families may have fallen victim to Britain’s most evil funeral director, it was feared last night. Robert Bush is facing jail after he stockpiled the bodies of loved ones, stole from the bereaved and handed over the wrong ashes to...

NOW TRUMP GOES TO WAR ON NATO

DONALD Trump threatened to ditch Nato last night after European allies turned their backs on his war in the Middle East. The US President was expected to use an overnight address to the United States to register his ‘disgust’ for the historic alliance...

TRUMP’S TAUNT EXPOSES A PM WITHOUT A PLAN

DONALD Trump told Britain to ‘go get your own oil’ yesterday, sparking questions about how the Government plans to deal with the global fuel crisis. MPS accused Keir Starmer of being a ‘rabbit caught in the headlights’ with no clear blueprint for the...

BBC CRISIS AS ANOTHER SCANDAL-HIT PRESENTER IS SACKED

THE BBC was plunged into fresh scandal yesterday as one of its most high-profile radio stars was sensationally axed. Radio 2 Breakfast Show host Scott Mills was hauled off air last Tuesday and his contract has now been terminated over his ‘personal...

BETRAYAL OF THE STRIVERS

MPS and benefit claimants are to receive bumper payments this week to help cushion them from the cost-of-living crisis. Rachel Reeves last week ruled out blanket measures to help families cope with the energy emergency triggered by the war in...

MINISTERS HAVE ‘ZERO CREDIBILITY’ ON PETROL CRISIS

THE boss of one of Britain’s biggest supermar- kets yesterday hit out at Labour ministers’ claims of profiteering at the petrol pump. Wading into the industry’s war with Whitehall, Asda chairman Allan Leighton said ministers had ‘zero credibility’,...

REEVES IS THE REAL PETROL PROFITEER

RACHEL Reeves was last night accused of profiteering from rising fuel prices. The claim came amid a furious row with petrol bosses. Kemi Badenoch was joined by some of Britain’s top business chiefs in attacking the Chancellor who is raking in soaring...

A.I. bot told teen to use a hammer to kill his mother

A TEENAGE boy with a hatred of women was advised how to kill his mother by an AI chatbot. The disturbing details behind the murder of teaching assistant Angela Shellis came as her son Tristan Roberts, 18, was jailed for life yesterday for bludgeoning...

MIDDLE CLASS ‘TO FOOT BILL’ FOR REEVES’ BENEFITS ST FUEL BAILOUT

MIDDLE-CLASS families were last night warned they face subsidising an energy bailout for those on benefits. Rachel Reeves has pledged support for ‘those who need it most’, amid fears the Iran conflict will trigger a crippling hike in energy bills this...

TRUMP BLINKS FIRST

DONALD Trump yesterday dramati- cally pulled back from the brink on his threat to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants. As the hours ticked down to a deadline for the mullahs to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the US President suddenly claimed Tehran was on...

WHY DID PM KEEP PUBLIC IN DARK FOR 3O HOURS AFTER CHAGOS STRIKE?

KEIR Starmer was last night accused of a cover-up after failing to tell the public about an Iranian missile attack on a British overseas territory. The Government finally admitted that missiles had been fired at Diego Garcia more than 30 hours after...

IRA victims ‘devastated’ as Gerry Adams trial collapses amid chaos

VICTIMS of IRA atrocities were left devastated last night after a landmark civil trial against Gerry Adams collapsed at the 11th hour. Three survivors of IRA bomb attacks in England dramatically withdrew their case after two weeks of evidence when it...

Anya wears Beckham in the Big Apple

THE Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-joy nailed her colours firmly to Team Posh as she stepped out in New York wearing a dress from Victoria Beckham’s eponymous line. In a chic show of support for Victoria and David Beckham amid their very public feud...

IRAN WAGES ‘FULL SCALE ECONOMIC WAR’ ON THE WEST

IRAN last night threatened to cripple the global energy market in a ‘full-scale economic war’ by ramping up missile attacks on oil and gas plants. In a major escalation of the Middle East crisis, facilities in neighbouring Gulf countries were...

DAVID AND BROOKLYN SPOTTED IN SAME L.A. HOTEL

SINCE their heartbreaking fall out with son Brooklyn last year, there is nothing that Sir David and Victoria Beckham want more than to be in the same room as their oldest offspring. And on Monday, Sir David’s dream almost became a reality as he and...

THOUSANDS TOLD: GET HELP NOW FOR MENINGITIS RISK

HEALTH officials are racing to curb a deadly meningitis outbreak, tracing and treating thousands of potential contacts as reports of suspected cases spread. The unprecedented emergency response saw 2,000 worried students receive preventative...

TWO DEAD IN UNIVERSITY MENINGITIS OUTBREAK

A MENINGITIS outbreak has killed two young people and left 11 others seriously ill. The victims, who have not been named, are thought to be aged between 17 and 21. One was confirmed as a student at the University of Kent in Canterbury, while the...

STARMER’S DERELICTION OF DUTY

KEIR Starmer was accused of a ‘dereliction of duty’ last night after No10 admitted he did not speak to Peter Mandelson before making him US ambassador. Downing Street said there was ‘no requirement’ for the PM to interview the disgraced peer before...

KEMI: PM’S ‘TOLD LIE AFTER LIE AFTER LIE’

KEMI Badenoch yesterday accused Keir Starmer of lying about Peter Mandelson’s appointment, amid growing claims of a cover-up. The Tory leader demanded a sleaze inquiry into whether Sir Keir misled MPS over the disastrous decision to appoint Mandelson...

NOT FIT TO LEAD THE COUNTRY

KEIR Starmer was facing fresh questions about his judgment last night after handing Peter Mandelson a pay-off worth double what he was entitled to. Downing Street agreed a ‘special severance package’ worth £75,000 for the disgraced Labour grandee...

BAN PRO-IRAN HATE MARCH

THE Home Secretary was under intense pressure last night to ban a pro-iranian rally in London this weekend. As a Labour minister said the Al Quds ‘hate’ march had no place in British society, 100 MPS and peers told Shabana Mahmood that it would...

TRUMP: IRAN WAR IS ‘PRETTY MUCH’ OVER

DONALD Trump last night vowed war in the Middle East was ‘pretty much’ over. He claimed the American-israeli operation launched ten days ago was ‘very far’ ahead of schedule. The American President even described the massive US and Israeli onslaught...

FOUR Strictly stars get the cha-cha-chop

STRICTLY pro Nadiya Bychkova has been dropped as the BBC tries to ‘completely refresh’ the show after scandals and the departure of presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. The glamorous dancer, 35, had been on Strictly Come Dancing for eight years...

TERROR FEARS OVER ‘IRANIAN LONDON SPY CELL’

AN ALLEGED Iranian spy ring was smashed by British police yesterday. Amid warnings that many more cells may be preparing ‘potentially violent operations’ in Britain, counter-terrorism officers arrested four men with Iranian and dual British-iranian...

STARMER TAKES THE GREAT OUT OF BRITAIN DESPERATE AND DELUDED We can’t put a warship to sea. Trump’s frozen him out. Our nation’s a laughing stock. But PM insists he IS in control

KEIR Starmer was branded delusional last night after insisting he has a grip on the Middle East crisis. At an emergency press conference, the Prime Minister claimed he was delivering ‘calm, level-headed leadership’. But his relationship with Britain’s...

LABOUR ENSNARED IN CHINA SPY PROBE

LABOUR was plunged into a fresh China spying crisis yesterday after an MP’S husband was arrested. Lobbyist David Taylor, who is married to Labour MP Joani Reid, was held by Scotland Yard on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence...

A prime minister who Trump mocks as ‘no Churchill’ and a Navy fleet stranded in port

DONALD Trump last night launched another withering attack on Keir Starmer, dismissing him as ‘no Churchill’. In a major blow to the Special Relationship, the US President said he was ‘not happy with the UK’ and branded it ‘very, very uncooperative’

Rebecca plays a Blinder at Peaky premiere

A SHINY new addition to the Peaky Blinders cast needs a dress to match. Rebecca Ferguson made sure she dazzled at last night’s premiere of Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man in a £4,350 gold, lace-trimmed gown from Italian designer Roberto Cavalli. She...

UK draws up rescue plan for Britons trapped in Gulf states

OFFICIALS are planning to evacuate hundreds of thousands of Britons as fires raged across the Gulf last night. After the US air strikes on Tehran, and Iran’s suicide-drone revenge attacks on tourist hot-spots including Dubai, 94,000 British citizens...

Police urged to probe ‘family voting fraud’ in sectarian by-election

POLICE were last night urged to investigate ‘clear evidence’ of voter fraud in the Manchester by-election. Amid warnings that Britain is ‘sleepwalking into sectarian politics’, plumber Hannah Spencer cruised to victory for the Greens in the previously...

Soham killer close to death after being battered with metal pole

SOHAM murderer Ian Huntley was clinging to life last night after a vicious ambush by an inmate in a prison workshop. The monster, who killed ten-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002, is believed to have been bludgeoned around the head...

IS PRINCE OF DARKNESS UP TO HIS OLD SPIN TRICKS?

SCOTLAND Yard made an extraordinary apology to the Commons Speaker yesterday as a row broke out over Peter Mandelson’s arrest. Detectives told lawyers for Mandelson that Sir Lindsay Hoyle had tipped them off about claims the peer was planning to flee...

Greens plan to hand illegal migrants free house, a wage and NHS care

ILLEGAL migrants would be given a free house and paid a wage with no requirement to work under the Green Party’s immigration policy. Zack Polanski plans to let arrivals use the NHS for free the moment they enter Britain. And they will be allowed to...

NOW MANDELSON FACES THE MUSIC

PETER Mandelson was in a police cell last night after being arrested at his London home. The disgraced former minister was led away by detectives over allegations that he leaked sensitive information to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein during his...

William says he’s ‘not in calm state’ amid Andrew arrest drama

PRINCE William last night admitted he was ‘not in a calm state’ as the extraordinary Andrew drama engulfs the Royal Family. Making his first public appearance since the sensational arrest of his uncle, William accompanied wife Kate to the Bafta awards...

POLICE TELL ANDREW’S BODYGUARDS: REVEAL WHAT YOU KNOW

ANDREW Mountbatten-windsor’s police protection officers have been ordered to tell detectives everything they know. Scotland Yard last night told staff closest to the disgraced former prince to ‘consider carefully anything they saw or heard’ while...

DOWNFALL

A HAGGARD Andrew Mountbatten-windsor was driven away from a police station last night following his arrest that shocked the world. After being held for 11 hours on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the stunnedlooking former prince was released...

BRITAIN FACES ‘1936 MOMENT’, DEFENCE CHIEFS WARN PM

MILITARY and spy chiefs last night demanded Sir Keir Starmer commit to doubling defence spending as they warned Britain faces a ‘1936 moment’. In an unprecedented intervention, the group urged the Prime Minister to increase military investment to 5...

Pressure piles on Andrew as FOURTH police force probes Epstein claims

PRESSURE mounted on Andrew Mountbat- ten-windsor last night as another police probe was launched into claims linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s activities in the UK. Essex Police became the fourth force in recent days to confirm that it was examining...

STARMER FORCED TO FACE WRATH OF VOTERS

KEIR Starmer faced new humiliation last night after he was forced by Nigel Farage to abandon controversial plans to cancel elections for millions. In the 14th major U-turn of the Prime Minister’s torrid time in office, ministers announced that...

SO WHAT ARE THE POLICE WAITING FOR?

POLICE were last night facing mounting calls to launch a full investigation into Andrew Mountbattenwindsor’s role as the UK’S trade envoy. Senior political figures called for a criminal probe into fresh allegations that the disgraced royal abused his...

MANDELSON’S ‘GHOST FLIGHTS’ ON OLIGARCH JET

PETER Mandelson took ‘ghost flights’ on a Russian oligarch’s private jet to a summit with Vladimir Putin when he was EU trade commissioner, the Daily Mail reveals today. The now-disgraced peer accepted luxury flights aboard a Gulfstream jet controlled...