17+ hour, 45+ min ago   (741+ words) By GLEN OWEN POLITICAL EDITOR Nigel Farage is today celebrating an astonishing £72million windfall after receiving two donations of £36million in the space of 24 hours. Mr Farage's Reform UK announced on Friday evening that it had received the first £36million donation — the largest…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago   (538+ words) By KEMI BADENOCH - LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION Andy Burnham has bottled it yet again. He hasn’t made a single significant decision on defence, on welfare or on oil and gas. All things he promised he would sort during his leadership…...

5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (652+ words) By PETER HITCHENS, COLUMNIST AND COMMENTATOR It would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the lumpy stormtroopers deployed on our streets (including the street outside our offices) last week by the new national figure ‘Tommo’. It would…...

5+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1567+ words) It was the last great Viking battle, against the greatest Viking invader. On a field in Yorkshire, the Viking age in England came to a decisive end. Two kings clashed. Two of Europe’s finest warriors. One English, one Norwegian. Both…...

5+ hour, 45+ min ago   (778+ words) Inheritance tax is likely to be abolished if Kemi Badenoch becomes Prime Minister, party sources have told the Mail on Sunday. The move – which the sources said will happen if 'the sums can be made to add up' – would strike…...

5+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1308+ words) By SARAH VINE, COLUMNIST Almost ten years ago, the #MeToo movement began with a post on Twitter (now X) by the American actress Alyssa Milano, sharing her experiences of sexual assault and asking other women to do the same. Within hours,…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (526+ words) By CAROLINE WEST-MEADS, AGONY AUNT, YOU MAGAZINE Q I cannot stand my son’s wife. She is in her early 30s and initially we were pleased when he met her as she seemed pleasant, was polite, well-spoken and attractive and had a…...

5+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1786+ words) The Government owes a lot of people a lot of money – nearly £3trillion and rising at pace. This financial year alone, Chancellor John Healey is expected to borrow around £115 billion, two and a half times the amount the Exchequer sought out…...

5+ hour, 57+ min ago   (786+ words) By JEFF PRESTRIDGE, MONEY EDITOR AT LARGE There should be good news this week about the state pension which will delight those in receipt of it, especially pensioners who are struggling to cope with the cost of living crisis. It…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago   (642+ words) Britain's rush to Net Zero means it will be luck rather than good management if the lights stay on this winter, a leading analyst has warned. European nations face a series of energy shocks in the coming weeks thanks to…...