Rachel Reeves dealt polling blow hours before Spring Statement as Kemi Badenoch leads sacking calls
WATCH: Iain Duncan Smith tells GB News some Labour MPs are WORRIED about Reeves's China links
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Rachel Reeves has been dealt a major polling blow just hours before Spring Statement as Kemi Badenoch leads calls for Sir Keir Starmer to sack the Chancellor.
YouGov today revealed that just 11 per cent of Britons believe the Chancellor is doing a good job, with 53 per cent describing her stint in No11 as bad and 36 per cent remaining unsure.
The pollster did not paint Sir Keir Starmer's Government in a much brighter light.
Just 16 per cent described the Government as doing well when it comes to handling the economy, with 73 per cent labelling its record as bad.
The polling comes as Badenoch today claimed that Reeves would have been sacked in any other industry.
The Tory leader said: "I think in any other field she would have.
"But she's actually one of the best they've got on the Labour benches, which is what's really sad - if she goes we're likely to get someone much worse.
"Listen to Labour backbenchers and a lot of the things that they ask for are completely crazy, they would bankrupt the country tomorrow."
'Pure desperation!' Keir Starmer attacks on Nigel Farage fail to stifle Reform UK as Red Wall 'demolition' looms
Labour's attacks on Reform UK have failed to stifle the threat from Nigel Farage as Sir Keir Starmer prepares for a major Red Wall test on May 1, a new report has revealed.
Research produced by Sophie Stowers from UK in a Changing Europe was re-published today after Reform UK fired the starting gun on a number of local election contests by holding rallies across Brexit-backing patches of northern England.
Labour has so far limited its attacks against Farage to concentrate on Ukraine and the Employments Rights Bill.
Sir Keir Starmer swiped at the Reform UK leader in his recent appearance at Prime Minister's Questions, accusing the Clacton MP of "fawning" for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
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Britons DO NOT BELIEVE Labour's claim about the return of austerity, poll shows
Britons do not believe Labour's claim about Rachel Reeves's not ushering in the return of austerity, a damning new poll has revealed.
Just 21 per cent of respondents claimed Britain is not returning to austerity, with 31 per cent believing the UK is returning to the measures introduced under David Cameron.
Interestingly, 23 per cent of respondents believe that the UK's austerity era never ended.
'Shameful!' Labour caves to China AGAIN as Miliband to reject plan to ban 'slave-made' solar panels
Labour has been branded "shameful" after it emerged the party will be whipping its MPs to block a move to ban slave-made solar panels.
A Lords amendment to the upcoming Great British Energy Bill is looking to stop Energy Secretary Ed Miliband from including a Chinese firm's solar panels in a £180million-valued schools and hospitals project - key parts of which are made via Uighur forced labour.
The Xinjiang region, home to the Uighur people, produces up to 40 per cent of China's polysilicon - a key component in the solar panels - and human rights groups have warned that more than a million of the group have been "detained" with many subjected to slave-like conditions.
Peers last month backed the cross-party amendment by 177 votes to 127, despite the Government arguing that there were already enough safeguards - and today, Ministers will seek to overturn it in the Commons.
The Mail reported that there is "deep disquiet" among Labour backbenchers over the impending use of the whip - and Luke de Pulford, of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, has voiced his fury at No10.
"It's the tenth anniversary of the Modern Slavery Act this week, a law which has failed miserably to keep slave-made goods off our shelves," he said.
'Trump can't be trusted!' Starmer urged to halt US intelligence sharing over White House chat leak
Keir Starmer has been urged to halt British intelligence sharing with the US after key details were leaked in a group chat of top White House officials.
The Prime Minister is facing pressure from Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey over the situation after JD Vance and Pete Hegseth swiped at European “freeloading”.
Davey said: "Trump’s White House can’t be trusted to take even the most basic steps to keep its own intelligence safe.
"Their fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants approach to security means it could only be a matter of time until our own intelligence shared with them is also leaked. This could put British lives at risk.
"As a matter of urgency, the Government must comprehensively review our intelligence-sharing arrangements with the US."
Responding to the Liberal Democrat leader, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner explained: "We’ve been sharing intelligence and information for many decades and continue to do that through our secure networks.
"It’s for the US and US President and Government to explain and decide what they are doing in regards with security and that Signal group and how they have seen that."
Rupert Lowe 'unlawfully harassed' two women and 'failed to address toxic conduct', KC report finds - MP denies claims
A report by a barrister appointed by Reform UK has found "credible evidence" of the "unlawful harassment of two women" by Rupert Lowe and two members of his staff, the party has said.
The two women - both members of Lowe's parliamentary team - lodged formal complaints against the Great Yarmouth MP to the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS).
Rupert Lowe continues to strenuously deny the allegations, and has claimed it is an attempt to smear his reputation.
Cabinet Office hits back at Charlie Mullins's 'politically motivated' claim - 'Completely unfounded!'
A Cabinet Office spokesman has responded to this morning's news that Reform UK donor Charlie Mullins was threatened with being stripped of his OBE after threatening Sadiq Khan on social media.
"Claims that the Forfeiture Committee is politically motivated are completely unfounded and inaccurate," the spokesman said.
"The Forfeiture Committee is entirely apolitical and no ministers or political appointees are involved in any of its decision-making."
EXPOSED: UK fishermen blow whistle as EU boats 'plunder UK seas and load up lorries for continent without checks'
EU fishermen are catching hundreds of tonnes of British fish and sending it off to the EU without any inspections or oversight, British fisherman have revealed.
Whistleblowers in Scotland, speaking exclusively to GB News and Facst4EU, have reported repeated instances of EU vessels loading substantial catches straight into EU lorries, without the presence of fishing authorities to check the catch and monitor quotas.
On Sunday, the Antonio Maria, a French-registered fishing vessel, was pictured ‘transhipping’ its catch straight into a refrigerated lorry bound for the EU, without any fishing authorities present.
And the fisherman who observed the Antonio Maria has spoken out...
'Go home!' Nigel Farage issues scathing put-down as 'far-left' protesters attempt to disrupt Reform UK event
Farage was eventually able to unveil Alexander Jones as his candidate for Doncaster mayor
PANigel Farage was forced to issue a string of scathing put-downs to "far-left" protesters who attempted to disrupt a Reform UK event in Doncaster today.
Farage had been about to unveil the party's candidate for Doncaster mayor to contest the May 1 elections when his speech was interrupted by a number of demonstrators - who were later frogmarched out of the venue.
But what did the Reform UK leader tell them?
IDS launches brutal put-down of Labour's solar panel slavery - 'Turning a blind eye!'
Conservative China hawk Sir Iain Duncan Smith has warned Labour is "turning a blind eye to slavery"
GETTYConservative China hawk Sir Iain Duncan Smith has warned Labour is "turning a blind eye to slavery" as it gears up to block a move to ban slave-made solar panels.
"It's the first test for the Labour Government: which side of this do you stand?" he asked. "You used to stand on the side of anti-slavery, but by turning a blind eye, the Government will have put themselves in line with other countries who believe it is okay to turn a blind eye to slavery.
"The choice will be pretty binary: We either think it doesn't matter if there is slave labour in the supply chain in this particular instance on net zero, or we do.
"And if we do believe there shouldn't be slave labour in any product, and particularly not the net zero stuff, then the answer is we have to act and say that we're not going to do it."
Rachel Reeves's ticket freebies branded 'inappropriate' by LABOUR Minister in fresh humiliation for Chancellor
A Labour Minister has said that accepting free concert tickets is "not appropriate" after it emerged that Rachel Reeves had attended an O2 gig and a National Theatre performance at no cost.
Matthew Pennycook said he would pay for tickets himself if he wanted to go to a concert - and vowed that he had never accepted freebies in the past.
He told LBC: "I don't personally think it’s appropriate. If I want to go to a concert at the O2, I'll pay for it."
It comes after Rachel Reeves was urged to "come clean" after it emerged she accepted theatre tickets worth almost £300 over Christmas.
The Chancellor, who earns almost £150,000 per year, accepted £276-valued tickets for Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and an adaptation of Neil Streatfield's Ballet Shoes at the National Theatre on December 27.
It comes just days after it emerged Reeves had accepted free tickets to watch Sabrina Carpenter perform at the O2 arena earlier this month.
She is said to have sat in a corporate box to watch the gig at the O2 arena, where some resale tickets cost almost £1,000.
A Conservative source told the Mail: "Reeves needs to come clean and reveal how she came to get these freebies.
"She seems to be more focused on jollies than fixing the mistakes of her budget. It's no wonder she needs an emergency Budget.
"It's a slap in the face to working people that she doesn't seem fussed the economy is tanking, business confidence is shot and taxes are at record highs. It shows just how out of touch she is."
GB News has approached the Treasury for comment.
Badenoch: 'If Rachel Reeves goes, we'll get someone much worse!'
Badenoch said that Rachel Reeves would have been sacked for her performance 'in any other field'
PAKemi Badenoch has said that Rachel Reeves would have been sacked for her performance "in any other field" thanks to the state of the British economy - but if she was sacked, the country would end up with someone "much worse".
Asked whether Reeves should lose her job over the state of the economy, the Tory leader told Talk TV: "I think in any other field she would have.
“But she's actually one of the best they've got on the Labour benches, which is what's really sad - if she goes, we're likely to get someone much worse.
"Listen to Labour backbenchers - and a lot of the things that they ask for are completely crazy. They would bankrupt the country tomorrow."
She added that the "mistakes" in Reeves's first budget were "what she is trying to fix now with the emergency Budget we are getting tomorrow".
"This is not something that's reacting to world events," Badenoch said. "She made errors, problems have been caused and now she is going to try to fix them again tomorrow."
'We have to step up and do more!' Labour Minister appears to admit JD Vance was RIGHT about Europe
Labour's Matthew Pennycook has admitted that "we know we have to step up and do more" following leaked remarks by US Vice President JD Vance about Europe.
The VP had, ahead of American strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, warned: "I just hate bailing Europe out again," while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had skewered European "free-loading" as "pathetic".
Pennycook told GB News: "We know we have to step up and do more. That's why the Prime Minister announced the biggest defence spending increase since the end of the Cold War."
On the continent, he added, Nato allies are "stepping up" - but he maintained that they too "have to do more".
'Smashing the gangs has FAILED!' Tice tears into Labour's manifesto pledge as Channel crossings surge
Richard Tice has poured scorn on Labour's manifesto pledge to "smash the gangs" following the news that nearly 6,000 small boat migrants have arrived in Britain in 2025 alone.
Writing on social media this morning, the Reform UK deputy leader said: "Record number of illegal migrants crossing Channel... Soars to 5,847 since the start of the year - over 29,000 since Labour came to power.
"Smashing the gangs has failed. Only Reform's policy of 'pick up and take back' will stop the boats."
Britain just one week away from 'two-tier' sentencing rules, Jenrick warns
Britain is just one week away from the formal adoption of 'two-tier' sentencing rules
PABritain is just one week away from the formal adoption of "two-tier" sentencing rules, Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has warned.
Writing on social media this morning, he said: "In just seven days' time, new two-tier sentencing rules that are biased against white people and Christians will come into force.
"Labour blocked my Bill that would have prevented this and have sat on their hands... Time is running out for two-tier Keir to act."
Rachel Reeves's ticket freebies branded 'inappropriate' by LABOUR Minister in fresh humiliation for Chancellor
A Labour Minister has said that accepting free concert tickets is "not appropriate" after it emerged that Rachel Reeves had attended an O2 gig and a National Theatre performance at no cost.
Matthew Pennycook said he would pay for tickets himself if he wanted to go to a concert - and vowed that he had never accepted freebies in the past.
He told LBC: "I don't personally think it’s appropriate. If I want to go to a concert at the O2, I'll pay for it.
"But individual MPs, individual ministers make their own decisions. I think that the important thing is that everything is declared and above board, so individual people can make their choices as to whether they think it's appropriate to take tickets on occasions.
"I personally haven't done, as I said, at the O2, and wouldn't do."
Housing Minister dodges question on migrant hotel providers as he defends 'taxpayer value for money'
Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has dodged questions on why the Home Office has cut ties with one of the largest providers of asylum hotels in Britain.
Probed on why the department had cut ties with Stay Belvedere Hotels, Pennycook said: "I'm not going into the specifics of the decision that the Home Office ministers have made."
Then asked whether the Government would get its money back if the firm had failed in its duty, he told Times Radio: "The whole purpose of reviewing asylum contracts is to improve the management of them to guarantee value for money for the taxpayer... the operational details are being worked out.
"I'll leave it to Home Office ministers to come back with the finer points of detail on the decision they've made, but work is underway to ensure the asylum services continue to operate as normal, to deal with the management problems.
"We did need to review these disastrous contracts on asylum accommodation we inherited. We're doing so to improve management and guarantee value for money for the taxpayer."
Non-Muslims could be victims of ISLAMOPHOBIA under Angela Rayner's plans
People wrongly identified as Muslims could be victims of Islamophobia under Angela Rayner's controversial new definition of the term
PAPeople wrongly identified as Muslims could be victims of Islamophobia under Angela Rayner's controversial new definition of the term.
The Deputy Prime Minister, whose department oversees "community relations", has proposed that followers of other religions like Buddhism, Hinduism or Sikhism - who could be perceived as Muslim - will be covered by her plans.
Rayner's "council on Islamophobia", chaired by ex-Tory Attorney General Dominic Grieve, is briefing her on "appropriate and sensitive language to describe, understand and define unacceptable treatment, prejudice, discrimination and hate targeting Muslims or anyone who is perceived to be Muslim".
And in new advice published on Monday, the council has said the Government should adopt "a non-statutory definition of unacceptable treatment of Muslims and anyone perceived to be Muslim, including what a proposed definition should be".
Despite warnings of a "blasphemy law", Rayner has insisted a new definition is necessary as part of Labour's drive to ensure all citizens receive equal treatment and can freely express their views, beliefs, and sense of identity.
But the Deputy PM's council has warned: "Sadly, this is not always the case; too many British Muslims have faced discrimination and hatred due to their religion. We recognise that anti-Muslim hatred/Islamophobia can also impact communities that are perceived to be Muslim.
"There are often cultural markers which are adopted by wider faith communities like Sikh, Hindu, Jain and Buddhists which are used to attack communities that are mistakenly identified as Muslim. This is also true of people of no faith."
Home Office to cut ties with major asylum hotel provider over 'performance concerns'
The Home Office is cutting ties with one of the largest providers of asylum hotels in Britain over "performance concerns".
Stay Belvedere Hotels (SBHL) is responsible for providing around 51 hotels, around a quarter of asylum accommodation.
The accommodation chain also has responsibility for running Napier Barracks, a Kent facility housing people waiting for asylum decisions. It is due to close in September.
But a new audit by the Home Office has uncovered unspecified concerns about SBHL's performance as a government supplier...
Reform UK donor Charlie Mullins 'was threatened with having his OBE REVOKED' for online attack on Sadiq Khan
Reform UK donor Charlie Mullins was threatened with being stripped of his OBE after threatening Sadiq Khan on social media
PAReform UK donor Charlie Mullins was threatened with being stripped of his OBE after threatening Sadiq Khan on social media.
The Honours Forfeiture Committee accused Mullins of "bringing the honours system into disrepute" through a string of remarks dating back to 2022 - and said it was "minded to recommend to His Majesty that your OBE be revoked".
Lawyers acting for Mullins had backed his case - and had pledged he would undertake "gender sensitivity and diversity training" - and he was told last week no action would be taken.
However, he was warned he could face further investigation "should any future behaviour make that necessary".
Now, the Pimlico Plumbers founder has blamed Labour for the "politically motivated threat".
He told The Telegraph: "It's definitely politically motivated. I'm being victimised because I left the UK and said I'm not playing the game with them any more.
"I've also made a big noise that they're driving billionaires and millionaires, hard-working people, out of the country. So I've made quite a big noise about what I genuinely believe to be the truth.
"Anybody that speaks up against them they want to destroy, and that's what they’re doing here with me. They think that because I’ve opened my mouth and spoke the truth, they think they're going to shut me up. Well they ain't."
The committee considers cases when the holder of an honour is said to have brought the honours system into disrepute - while recommendations for forfeiture are submitted to the King via the Prime Minister.
The Cabinet Office declined to comment when approached by GB News.
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