World’s richest people lose $208 billion in a day due to Trump tariffs
Mark Zuckerberg lost over $17 billion, Bezos’ wealth dropped by more than $15 billion and Musk’s by $11 billion
Olivia Barber
Brexiteers ridiculed for claiming Trump tariffs are a “Brexit success”
They are celebrating the fact that the UK faces lower tariffs than the EU, while Brexit is costing the UK economy more.
Select committee criticises DCMS over £400 million in unpaid covid sports loans
The report highlights “severe weaknesses” in how DCMS has managed the loan book, including a conflict of interest with Rugby Union
Reform UK candidate’s social media page revelled in gold price surge amid Gaza war
The party’s mayoral candidate shared posts appearing to celebrate the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on gold
Kemi Badenoch slammed for citing ‘fantasy figure’ to claim families will be poorer under Labour
Keir Starmer called her out for using what she claimed was the OBR’s figure in PMQs
Telegraph deletes misleading article about Stop Funding Hate and agrees to pay legal costs
The Telegraph accused the campaign group of “amplifying” antisemitic content yet provided no evidence to back up the claim.
Kemi Badenoch repeats ‘absurd’ race swap conspiracy theory spread by Elon Musk
A post on X claiming the boy the Adolescence protagonist is based on was black, not white, went viral and was commented on by Musk.
Tories set to make significant losses to Reform UK in local elections
‘Reform UK look like the main gainers as they could take control of eight councils to gain their first real power-base in local government.’
Tories accused of hypocrisy as shadow minister accepts free Cheltenham tickets
Shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins accepted two tickets to the Cheltenham races, while the Tories criticised Reeves for accepting concert tickets
Green Party co-leader accuses Keir Starmer of ‘dancing to Farage’s tune’ over small boats
‘The only way to stop people being forced into the hands of people smugglers is to introduce safe routes for people to seek safety in the UK.’