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A record £1.6billion will be spent on fixing potholes next year in a massive boost for the Daily Mail’s campaign to end the scourge. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander last night unveiled the 50 per cent hike in funding for resurfacing local roads – enough to fix 7million extra potholes. Nearly …

By MARTIN BECKFORD, POLICY EDITOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 20:25 GMT, 18 December 2024 | Updated: 00:45 GMT, 19 December 2024 Labour has been accused of betraying women by insisting there is no need to change the law to protect single-sex spaces. Before the election, Sir Keir Starmer had insisted …

A leading Ukrainian politician has slammed Labour for being too slow in helping his country and abandoning Britain’s leadership in the war effort as seen under previous governments. Dmytro Kuleba, Kyiv’s former foreign minister, said that Sir Keir Starmer’s administration has broken with the previous governments by ‘just following the …

By DAVID CHURCHIL CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Published: 19:50 GMT, 15 December 2024 | Updated: 20:05 GMT, 15 December 2024 Ministers have handed train driver union barons a 75 per cent pay hike for doing overtime. Under a deal green-lighted by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, hundreds of drivers will get £580 …

Angela Rayner was accused of waging ‘war on rural England’ yesterday as she unveiled the biggest shake-up of planning rules for a generation. The Housing Secretary’s blueprint included new demands for hundreds more developments in the Home Counties and fewer in the North. MPs and campaigners warned that it paved …

By JAMES TAPSFIELD, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 12:46 GMT, 6 December 2024 | Updated: 18:11 GMT, 6 December 2024 A poll showed Reform gaining ground on Labour and the Tories today in the wake of bombshell immigration figures. Research by More in Common found Nigel Farage’s outfit was up …

By KUMAIL JAFFER, POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL Published: 20:44 GMT, 1 December 2024 | Updated: 01:16 GMT, 2 December 2024 The Chancellor is facing calls to reveal whether she inadvertently tipped off a Labour MP with a 2,200-acre family estate about her inheritance tax raid on farms. The …

The man behind a viral petition demanding a General Election has revealed why he started – as it clocks over more than 2.5million signatures.  Pub landlord Michael Westwood said he decided to launch the petition having seen Keir Starmer and his MPs go back on their manifesto promises and repeatedly talk …

The farm worker who was punched by John Prescott in 2001 after he egged him has offered sympathy to the politician’s family – but admitted he doesn’t regret his famous act. The former Labour MP and peer passed away yesterday surrounded with loved-ones at his care home after a long battle …

Ministers are desperately drawing up contingency plans to tackle food shortages if farmers strike over inheritance tax changes. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said the Government would ensure food security if it faces militant action over the plans. Some farmers have warned that they could stop production which could empty supermarket …