The campaigns battling over Proposition HH have entered the homestretch on relatively equal financial footing as the property tax relief ballot measure faces growing opposition from local governments and business groups. The question, pitched by Gov. Jared Polis and fellow Democrats in the legislature to deal with expected tax hikes next year due to rising property values, is the biggest measure […]

The Prime Minister is axing A-levels and T-levels, in order to replace them with a new Advanced British Standard. Students will spend longer in classrooms being taught about five subjects, compared with the current average of three. Pupils will have to study English and maths until they are 18 as well, with “extra help for those who struggle most”. Due […]

The Chancellor announced a freeze on civil service expansion to help trim the size of the state. Mr Hunt said the move could ­ save £1billion a year and indicated that improving public-sector productivity may allow him to reduce the tax burden. Around 10,000 equality and diversity jobs are expected to go under the new plans. He pledged to cap […]

Killer parents will have the rights over their children stripped away under a new law that is set to go before Parliament. Known as Jade’s Law, the new legislation would see people stripped of their parental rights if they have been found guilty of murdering the other parent. Justice Secretary Alex Chalk is expected to announce plans to introduce Jade’s […]

Denver homeowners and businesses won’t have to start paying the city’s new sidewalk repair fee until next summer after equity concerns sparked City Council to delay implementation Monday night. The fee will now be collected beginning July 1, 2024, more than 18 months after voters approved the Denver Deserves Sidewalks initiative and six months after it was initially scheduled to […]

Priti Patel says public want delivery on small boats pledge Dame Priti Patel took aim at Suella Braverman’s migration speech as she suggested the Home Secretary was attention seeking. In an address in the US last week, Mrs Braverman argued that multiculturalism had “failed” and called for international treaties such as the UN Refugee Convention and the European Convention on […]

The Government is in the “final stages” of engagement with the DUP over its concerns as further changes of the Windsor Framework come into effect on Sunday, including the green/red lane system for the movement of goods, the Northern Ireland Secretary has said. Chris Heaton-Harris added there is “still more work to do” and called for the restoration of Northern […]

Nick Robinson asks Rishi Sunak ‘Where was the proposal for a tax on meat?’ Support for the Tories and Rishi Sunak appears to be trending up after a number of Conservative MPs privately expressed new optimism about the party’s potential fortunes at the next election. The positive poll is a major boost for Mr Sunak on the eve of the […]

Conservative attack ad accusing Sadiq Khan of ‘misogyny’ The Tories’ candidate for London mayor Susan Hall has brutally slapped down Angela Rayner this morning, after Labour’s deputy leader claimed Ms Hall would be “no friend of women” if she beats Sadiq Khan next year. In an article for LBC, Angela Rayner said the Tory maverick’s “reactionary views” threaten women’s rights. […]

GB News said it has launched an investigation into what it describes as “totally unacceptable” comments made by Laurence Fox about a female journalist.  Fox, leader of the Reclaim Party,  made a string of vile misogynistic remarks about Ava Evans, the political correspondent for online news site Joe, during an episode of Dan Wootton Tonight on Tuesday (September 26).  Fox, 45, […]