Politics

He said the tax increase, which is likely to impact on the young and poorest the most, is “very bad policy and politics”.

“I think probably my easiest fight would be Joe Biden because I think he’d go down very, very quickly," said the former president, who lost the last election to Biden.

He also called him Dave, which is believed to be a far right myth.

One firm warned the staffing crisis has made milk shortages over the next few weeks inevitable.

The UK is engaged in a bitter war of words with France over migrant crossings in the English Channel.

Ministers are pushing ahead with scrapping the £20-a-week UC uplift at the end of September.

“You can go to a game and if you throw a banana on a pitch, there'll be repercussions. Online, you can post a banana to a black player and you're not going to get punished. How is that right? Can't be," the former England footballer and TV pundit said.

Figures released this week show Britain has been relegated from Germany's top 10 trading countries.

The YouGov survey suggests plans to hike National Insurance to plug a funding shortfall in the NHS and social care has backfired among voters.