Labour is poised today to announce the first rise in university tuition fees in eight years, setting them on course to exceed £10,000. In 2020, Keir Starmer pledged to "support the abolition of tuition fees".
The higher education watchdog has been urged to investigate a "political" campaign to oust Buckingham University’s Vice-Chancellor for being too "Right-wing".
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
Homeowners face paying an extra £13,000 on their mortgages following Rachel Reeves’s high-spend Budget that the OBR predicts will drive up mortgage rates from 3.7% to 4.5%.
Canada is in the process of falling apart because of mass immigration and may not survive the century, says Maxime Bernier, a former Conservative Government Minister and now leader of the People's Party of Canada.
Kemi Badenoch has been announced as the new Conservative Party leader, defeating Robert Jenrick by 56.6% to 43.4% in a ballot of party members.
The OBR's damning Budget verdict has given the Tories ammunition for years, says Fraser Nelson. When it seemed politically expedient Labour pledged its devotion to the OBR. It's now facing the consequences.
Reform MPs have been banned from asking questions about the teenager accused of the Southport massacre in Parliament, Nigel Farage has revealed, amid concerns about the public being kept in the dark.
Vauxhall owner Stellantis's sales have plunged by more than a quarter amid an EV slowdown in Europe. It follows Volkswagen proposing huge workforce cuts and the closure of German factories.
Labour’s newly appointed 'Value for Money' tsar will be paid the equivalent of a £247,000 annual salary, despite a track record of overseeing projects beset by delays and spiralling costs.
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