Nigel Farage fumes at 'two-tier justice' after MPs release Southport report - 'Most appalling cover up!'
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Nigel Farage has been left fuming at so-called "two-tier justice" after condemning a report released by MPs into last summer's atrocious Southport stabbings.
The Reform UK leader, who was on the campaign trail in the North East of England earlier today, said: "I firmly believe that we are the party of working people, and there's anger out there on the streets in these Red Wall areas over two-tier Keir, two-tier policing, two-tier justice and two-tier recruitment.
"What happened after Southport was the most appalling cover up.
"If we'd known the identity and something about the murderer, I don't believe those riots would have happened on anything like the scale that they did."
The report, released by the Home Affairs Committee, detailed a probe into the police's response to the disorder in the wake of the murder of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last July.
The report concluded that those participating in disorder "were not policed more strongly" because of their "supposed political views", but because they were "throwing missiles, assaulting police officers and committing arson".
'Truly dreadful!' Farage fumes as Labour opens door to Chinese ownership of British Steel
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been left fuming after Labour appeared to open the door to continued Chinese ownership of British Steel.
Farage labelled the suggestion "truly dreadful", adding that he would ban Chinese companies from being involved in Britain's nuclear and telecoms industries.
'A disaster for Labour!' Migrant crossings hit RECORD HIGH for 2025 in damning update for Starmer
A record number of small boat migrants are set to cross the English Channel on Tuesday, just days after the largest number this year made the illegal journey.
GB News provisional figures show around 700 migrants arrived in UK waters today, surpassing the previous one-day record of 656 migrant arrivals on Saturday.
The latest crossings take the number of small boat migrants who've made the journey this year to nearly 9,000.
The figures are around 40 per cent higher than the 6,265 who crossed at this point last year.
Farage launches furious tirade on Labour 'lie machine' as he declares Reform UK is 'here to stay'
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage has launched his latest blistering attack on the Labour Government during a campaign speech in Northumberland - declaring that the party is "here to stay".
Farage launched his local elections campaign in Morpeth, where he made clear the party is giving Labour "one hell of a run for their money" and is now "the opposition to the Labour Party, with the Conservatives trailing some way behind".
Hitting out at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Farage stated: "It is going to be, I think, incredibly close in Runcorn. In the Midlands, in the north, in Wales and in Scotland, Reform is now the opposition to the Labour Party - with the Conservatives trailing some way behind and in these red wall areas.
"Reform are parking their tanks on the lawns of the Red Wall. Today's the first day I've said that, but I absolutely mean it and we're here and we're here to stay."
Elections guru reveals major plot twist as poll has Reform crushing 'Red Wall'
Sir John CurticeGB NEWSReform UK is on track to crush Labour's 'Red Wall', but the polling shows formidable challenges ahead, according to a leading politics guru.
John Curtice's exclusive analysis comes as a new Survation poll has the insurgent party sweeping Labour's traditional heartland, with support in the North and Midlands surging from 18 per cent it achieved at the last general election to 30 per cent.
Reynolds 'delighted' as raw materials secured for British Steel
Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he is “delighted” that the raw materials have been secured to keep the British Steel plant running in Scunthorpe.
Speaking to reporters from Immingham Port in North East Lincolnshire, where the materials have arrived, Reynolds said: "I am delighted that after a incredible cross-government effort we have secured the raw materials we need to keep the blast furnaces going."
He thanked British Steel staff and "all the people who have been involved in really really pulling out the stops to make sure we’ve got that continuity of supply."
Reynolds said he believes "we can improve on the financial performance that we have seen" but that the support that has been put in place by the Government is "better value for the taxpayer" than if jobs had been lost.
WATCH: Unite boss warns GB News viewers of NATIONAL bin strikes after rejecting Birmingham's 'completely wrong' offer
Unite Union's National Lead Officer Onay Kasab has warned of national strikes by refuse workers after rejecting Birmingham City Council's "inadequate" deal.
More than 95 per cent of striking Unite workers rejected the offer laid out by the Labour-run authority, despite more than 20,000 tonnes of waste rotting on Birmingham's streets.
Speaking to GB News, Unite Union boss Onay Kasab outlined their reasons for rejecting the deal, arguing that accepting the offer would mean a "sharp pay cut" for the majority of workers.
Kasab explained: "The offer - if we can call it an offer - is really inadequate. It deals with one very small area, it deals with a minority of people, and ultimately it means a pay cut."
Unite Union sent 'clear message' by Labour minister after rejecting Birmingham bins deal: 'This NEEDS to end!'
Birmingham workers of the Unite Union have been ordered to "end their strike immediately" after rejecting the city council's deal.
Striking refuse workers have "overwhelmingly rejected" a partial deal offered by the Labour-run authority as the month-long strike continues to leave thousands of tonnes of rubbish piling up on streets.
Speaking to GB News about the rejection, Minister of State for Industry Sarah Jones fumed: "People have enough problems that they have to deal with without having to worry about where their bins are being collected, so this needs to end."
Farage says Reform UK would 'reindustrialise' Britain
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking at the Newton Aycliffe working men's club in Durham
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Nigel Farage has said Reform would "reindustrialise" Britain and wants to lift the tax-free allowance on earnings to £20,000.
The Clacton MP said: "Reform will reindustrialise Britain and we’ll have a proper, sound industrial policy, but it only works if we start producing enough of our own gas and oil and coal, and all of those things
"We believe the most dramatic tax change that is needed is to lift the level at which people start paying tax to £20,000 a year. That will mean people on low pay genuinely will be a bit better off.
"But equally important, it would incentivise those on benefits, who know that if they work for more than 16 hours a week, all their benefits will be taken away.
"It would incentivise them to get back to work. So I firmly believe that we are the party of working people."
Teacher's union says they will launch ballot on strike action if pay offer 'remains unacceptable'
The largest education union in the country will launch a formal ballot on strike action if the Government’s final pay offer for teachers "remains unacceptable."
Delegates at the annual conference of the National Education Union (NEU) will prepare for a formal industrial action ballot over pay and funding for 2025/26.
A motion, passed at the union’s conference in Harrogate in North Yorkshire, said the Government’s recommended 2.8 per cent pay award for teachers in England for September was "inadequate and unfunded."
The Government has yet to publish the recommendations of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB), or its decision on whether to accept them.
The motion, which was carried by conference delegates on Tuesday, called on the NEU executive to launch a formal industrial action ballot if "the final outcome of the STRB process remains unacceptable or if the Government does not announce real-terms funding increases in the June spending review."
Nigel Farage poised to make huge gains in Labour's Red Wall shake up as 68% say 'Britain is broken'
Politics LIVE: Nigel Farage poised to make huge gains in Labour's Red Wall shake up as 68% say 'Britain is broken'A new poll has suggested more than two-thirds of voters in Labour's Red Wall believe Britain is broken.
Survation polled 2,032 adults online aged over 18 living in the East Midlands, West Midlands, North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, finding that 68 per cent of people polled thought Britain was "broken."
Reform’s support since the General Election last year has risen from 18 to 30 per cent, with Labour’s vote share falling from 39 to 27 per cent, reports The Sun.
The poll was also worrying news for Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives, as just 26 per cent see them as the biggest electoral threat to Labour, compared to 44 per cent for Reform UK.
In all the areas where the North and Midlands having local elections, Reform would get 27 per cent, ahead of Labour on 26 and the Tories on 21.
Meanwhile, voting intentions for areas where elections are going ahead in May, Reform’s share rises to 29 per cent, Labour’s falls to 20 with the Tories on 24.
Around 53 per cent of people said the cost of living is the most important issue for deciding how they will vote next month, with immigration on 35 per cent and health on 32 per cent.
Davey calls Trump 'unreliable partner' after Vance trade deal comments
The Liberal Democrats has called Donald Trump an "unreliable partner" as he suggested the US should not be allowed to "bully" the government.
Party leader Sir Ed Davey said: "It would be deeply undemocratic if Parliament were to be sidelined on such a critical issue for the country.
"Conservative and Labour MPs should commit now to voting down any Trump deal that undercuts British farmers and their high food standards, sells out the NHS, or waters down protections for children online.
"A good trade deal with the US could bring huge benefits, but Trump is an unreliable partner who breaks deals whenever he feels like it. He and his sidekick JD Vance must not be allowed to bully their way into a bad trade deal for the UK.
"The Government must commit to protecting our NHS, farmers and online safety laws, not barter them away just to appease Donald Trump."
Robert Jenrick launches scathing assault on 'Sharia courts in jails' as he backs key prison reform
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GB NewsShadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a stark warning over what he describes as a crisis in Britain’s prisons, following a shocking attack over the weekend involving one of the Manchester Arena bombers.
In a video message to GB News members, the Tory MP spoke of how convicted terrorist Hashem Abedi, “one of the most dangerous men in Britain,” launched a violent assault on three prison officers using a makeshift weapon and even boiling oil.
“Unbelievably, this dangerous criminal had access to materials… even to boiling oil to attack brave prison officers,” Jenrick said, calling the incident a wake-up call for the prison system.
Business and trade minister welcomes Vance's comments on possible UK-US trade
Business and trade minister Sarah Jones has welcomed JD Vance's comments that there was a "good chance" of the UK getting a "great deal" with the US.
The MP for Croydon West told LBC: "The conversations are ongoing, I can’t update more than that. We know we’re in a good position. We are having good conversations.
"The secretary of state [Jonathan Reynolds] has been having good conversations with his partners, and there is a deal there to be done.
"But as to when that will be done I wouldn’t be able to tell you, but it’s positive that the vice-president is positive about our negotiations."
National lead officer at Unite says Birmingham City Council has 'shifted the goalposts'
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Onay Kasab, national lead officer at Unite, said Birmingham City Council has "shifted the goalposts on several occasions” on pay.
Kasab told the BBC: "The fact is that the council have shifted the goalposts on several occasions. At some points they’ve said it’s about equal pay. Other points, they’ve said it’s about a better service.
"Quite how you get a better service by cutting people’s pay, I don’t know. And now we are talking about cost. That’s the reality here."
He added: "I think different political decisions need to be made. Why should working people be forced to pay the price for austerity? Why should our members pay the price for cuts to local authorities?"
Starmer maintains edge over Farage for faith in NHS with Red Wall voters
Red Wall voters have said they have moire faith in Labour to improve the NHS, but respondents only gave him a five per cent edge over Reform.
A poll of 2,032 adults online aged over 18 living in the East Midlands, West Midlands, North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber had Labour on 30 per cent compared to 25 per cent when asked who can best improve the NHS and health services.
Nigel Farage has a nine-point lead on the question of "who is the stronger leader" — polling 35 per cent to Starmer's 26 per cent.
'Good chance' that Britain will secure 'great' trade deal with US as both sides 'working very hard', says JD Vance
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets with President Donald Trump, alongside Vice President JD Vance
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The US is "working very hard" with the UK on negotiating a "great" trade deal, vice president JD Vance has said.
It comes after US President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports to the United States several weeks ago, rocking the world economy, sending stock prices tumbling and sparking fears of a global recession
Families of Hillsborough survivors say they are left 'in the dark' on anniversary of tragedy
Campaigners who are fighting for a law to prevent cover-ups, in honour of the Hillsborough victims, say they are “in the dark” about the legislation on the 36th anniversary of the disaster.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had pledged to introduce a "Hillsborough Law" before this year’s anniversary of the tragedy, which took place at the FA Cup semi-final on April 15, 1989.
But on the eve of the anniversary, Downing Street said more time was needed to draft the best version of the legislation, which campaigners hope will include a legal duty of candour on public authorities.
Last month, it was reported that a meeting between Starmer and campaigners had been cancelled, with claims officials were attempting to have the contents of the Bill watered down.
A Downing Street spokesman said: "Having consulted with groups over recent weeks and months, we believe more time is needed to draft the best version of a Hillsborough Law, but we remain fully committed to bringing this legislation at pace, and we’ll obviously continue to work with them in the weeks ahead and provide an update when we’ve got it."
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