Politics
Dominic Raab: Hire prisoners and offenders to drive lorries
The Justice Secretary said prisoners and offenders should be given "skin in the game".
France threatens ‘retaliatory action’ after UK rejects most French boats
Clement Beaune said the country will “not hesitate to take retaliatory action”, sparking fears of another fishing war in the Channel.
‘Bring Jeremy back’: Voters in Bassetlaw react to Starmer’s speech
"He just pinches everybody's ideas and makes out that it's his ideas," one woman said.
Starmer’s first conference speech goes down well with public
Starmer’s performance went down better than either Jeremy Corbyn or Boris Johnson’s first conference speeches, polling found.
Single market helps EU dodge Britain’s supply problems
Experts said European haulage firms have "more flexibility to deploy labour" than post-Brexit Britain.
Conference speech: Hecklers tough on Starmer tough on the causes of Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer had taken the messiah complex of Tony Blair, the facial expressions of a constipated Gordon Brown and the music David Cameron bops to at his Chipping Norton soirés.
Starmer labels Johnson ‘a trickster who’s performed his one trick: Brexit’
The Labour leader said the UK needs a plan to "Make Brexit Work" in his long-awaited conference speech.
Starmer shrugs off hecklers, takes on ‘trivial’ Tories in conference speech
Thin on policy but high on emotion, the Labour leader's 90-minute speech outlined his priorities for government.
Labour promises to fix Johnson’s Brexit deal if it wins next election
"Let's be clear, shortages right across the country, shortages of fruit pickers, shortages of builders, shortages in terms of lorry drivers: all of that is down to Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab and the promises they made to the British people," David Lammy said.