The Prime Minister has been warned that people smuggling gangs run "ridiculously smooth" operations that are virtually impossible to "smash".

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Helen Whately has declared "zero confidence" in Sir Keir Starmer's ability to secure a migrant deal with France. Speaking to GB News, Whately said that when the Prime Minister negotiates,

Although MPs comfortably passed the government’s Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments Bill by 336 votes to 242, dozens of Labour backbenchers thumbed their nose at the prime minister. Some 47 voted against the legislation, with a further 14 abstaining.

UK agrees with Emmanuel Macron to ramp up production of Storm Shadow missiles to counter threats across the world

Sir Keir Starmer has sparked fears of a new stealth tax after Kemi Badenoch warned that "millions of our poorest pensioners face being dragged into income tax for the first time ever". Fears arose after the Leader of the Opposition quizzed the Prime Minister on whether Labour would maintain its commitment to unfreeze income tax thresholds.

The effect of the policy is to drag millions of workers into higher tax bands when their pay goes up, raising tens of billions of pounds for the Treasury in the process. But critics say this is a stealth tax, a sneaky way of giving the chancellor more money to spend without having to increase the rate of income tax or National Insurance.

The Prime Minister was challenged to pledge there would be no tax hikes on working people - but refused to do so

Lobbyists have called the UK’s deregulatory agenda “insidious”, believing that the Labour government’s continued push to remove financial red tape is “damaging” consumers.

Keir Starmer’s government has hit its lowest ever approval rating with the public, according to a damning new poll. The YouGov survey, carried out to mark Labour’s first year in power, found that just 13% of voters are happy with the party’s performance. By contrast, 67% of the public say they disapprove of how the government is doing.