Wealthier voters in poorer areas most likely to have voted Brexit, new study finds
Because of greater financial security particularly home-ownership, more affluent voters were less wary of the potential risks of changing the status quo.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
DWP to hire ‘external agents’ in crackdown on benefit fraud that government’s own data shows doesn’t exist
‘If the government is concerned about fraud, it would be serious about the £15.2bn that multinational companies hide from the UK via tax havens.’
Tougher post-Brexit immigration rules worsening Britain’s vets shortage, MPs and immigration law experts warn
A less well-documented casualty of Britain’s departure from the EU is the veterinary sector.
James Cleverly prompts ridicule for praise of Susan Hall
‘Fortunately, London saw through her vitriolic and personal attacks and massive lies… What an embarrassing tweet.’
Daily Mail’s ‘New Dawn for Britain’ front page resurfaces on Europe Day
‘New dawn? More of a flickering fluorescent tube in the bogs of a Wetherspoons somewhere.’
Will Sunak now shift to the left or right?
In a bid to see-off more humiliating defections, there is likely to be more of the same desperation to get flights to Rwanda off the ground, more speeches littered with US-imported culture war rhetoric, and still more pledges to control spending to pave the way for tax cuts from the Prime Minister.
Tory MP faces calls to resign for banning asylum cases from his surgery
“I, for one, want to dedicate my resources to putting Dudley people first,” said the MP.
Head teachers’ union confirms detrimental impact of school funding cuts at annual conference
School leaders’ jobs have been “made far harder by this Conservative government. School buildings are falling apart, pay has been driven down and teachers are being driven out.”
All the metro mayor election results
The Tories won just one of the metro mayor elections across the country.
Former director of Restore Trust mocked for making bizarre comparison about National Trust’s D-Day event U-turn and free family passes
‘This is the most ridiculous tweet I’ve read all day.’