Nigel Farage hits back at Sir Keir Starmer after being blamed for surging small boats: 'Stop gaslighting the public!'

Nigel Farage has hit back at Prime Minister Keir Starmer after he blamed Brexit for "Farage boats" crossing The Channel.

Speaking on GB News, The Reform UK leader said: "Once again the Prime Minister is inverting the truth.

"He is gaslighting the British public and attempting to blame everything on me."

Labour cabinet in revolt as concerns Digital IDs could drive voters to Greens and Lib Dems

Sir Keir Starmer is staring down a backlash from his own cabinet over plans for compulsory digital IDs as fears grow left wing voters could be driven to the Green Party and the Liberal Democrats.

Cabinet ministers blasted the policy, with one telling The Times the plan was a "fantasy."

Both Zack Polanski and Sir Ed Davey's parties have come out against the controversial plans which were announced last week.

One minister said: "We need the voters on the soft left and this will just alienate them.

"It's not clear to me that this will do anything to stop people crossing the channel anyway, given that migrants are already working illegally in the black market."

Anas Sarwar says Prime Minister has 'found his fight'

Anas Sarwar says the Prime Minister has "found his heart, found his fight" at the Labour conference.

The Scottish Labour leader defended Sir Keir Starmer but said his party must "shout louder" rather than "whisper" about its achievements.

Mr Sarwar joined Defence Secretary John Healey on a visit to the Malin Group’s welding skills centre in Glasgow on Wednesday.

He said: "My challenge is we don’t need to just hear that in five days of a Labour conference, I want to hear the Labour case, I want to hear the Labour achievements and I want to hear about Labour choices every single day so we can defeat both Reform and the SNP."

Shabana Mahmood says Labour is 'a little dysfunctional family' at times

Shabana Mahmood said that Labour can be "dysfunctional" at times.

The Home Secretary said: "We are a family, a little dysfunctional at times perhaps, but a family just the same."

When asked about her own leadership ambitions, she told a conference fringe event: "Like everyone else in the Labour Party, we are designed to be loyal," she told a conference fringe event on Tuesday.

Ms Mahmood’s status as a "rising star" of Labour was confirmed with her additional role as chairman of the party’s ruling national executive committee.

Addressing the conference, she said the Labour Government "was following in the footsteps of Attlee’s new Jerusalem."

She said: "Above all else, one thing has been clear to me at this conference. We know the scale of the challenge that we face. We know that working-class communities across this country are calling out for change.

"That change is under way. Yes, change takes time, but change is coming. And together I know that we will renew this country."

WATCH: Martin rips apart Sir Keir Starmer for pinning migrant crisis on Brexit: 'Hasn't done his homework!'

Martin Daubney has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “backing the wrong horse” after the Prime Minister linked the small boats crisis to Brexit.

Speaking on GB News, Martin said the Prime Minister “hasn’t done his homework” as he unveiled figures showing how deportations collapsed under the EU’s Dublin Regulation while arrivals soared.

The dismantling of Mr Starmer's argument comes as he blamed Nigel Farage for Britain's migrant crisis, describing small boats crossing the Channel as "Farage boats" in a sit-down interview with GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope.

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Greens welcome ban on 'deeply unpopular' fracking

The Green Party has welcomed Labour's announcement that they will be banning fracking, but accused the Government of "giving in" to the demands of oil and gas companies.

Bristol Central MP Carla Denyer said: "It’s absolutely right that Labour are finally putting the nail in the coffin of fracking, which is unsafe, climate-wrecking and deeply unpopular across the country.

"But what Ed Miliband didn’t advertise in his conference speech is that he’s considering giving in to the demands of big oil and gas companies and watering down his long-promised ban on new north sea oil and gas drilling.

"This would be the ultimate betrayal to the people of this country who desperately want this government to take the action needed to secure a safe future for us, our kids and our grandkids."

Labour MP says complaint about 'Muslim misogyny' is comparable to 'Christian gun crime'

A Labour MP has compared suggesting Islam has a problem with misogyny to Christianity having an issue with gun violence in America.

Luton North MP Sarah Owen made the comparison between misogyny and gun laws at a fringe event on Islamophobia at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on Tuesday.

The row started after a member of the audience, who said she was a former midwife from Manchester, asked the panel about "women with valid concerns about Islam".

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Reform UK donors forced to step in to cover Nigel Farage's security detail after authorities 'slash protection by 75 per cent'

Reform UK claims authorities cut Nigel Farage's security by 75 per cent with "generous donors" forced to step in to ensure his safety.

Zia Yusuf, the party's Head of Policy, made reference to the "tragic" assassination of Charlie Kirk as he revealed the news on social media.

He said: "Two weeks ago, the authorities reduced Nigel’s security detail by 75 per cent.

"I want to be clear to Reform supporters, thankfully we have had generous donors step in to sure up that security so I can assure you Nigel is safe and he is well protected but that places into context this hideous campaign of incitement to violence against the man who is bookmaker's favourite to be the next Prime Minister."

A House of Commons spokesman said: "The ability of Members and their staff to perform their Parliamentary duties safely, both on and off the estate, is fundamental to our democracy.

"Any assessment of an individual MPs’ security arrangements or advice is subject to a rigorous risk-based assessment, conducted by security professionals and with input from a range of professional authorities.

"Whilst these are naturally kept under continuous review, we do not comment on specific details so as not to compromise the safety of MPs, parliamentary staff or members of the public.”

Government urged to close fracking 'loophole' after Ed Miliband's vow to 'send frackers packing'

The Government has been urged to close a loophole that allows the extraction of fossil fuels from underground through a process known as “proppant squeeze”, which is not legally defined as fracking.

It follows Ed Miliband's announcement that he wants to ban fracking in Britain.

Friends Of The Earth cited a planning application for a new development in Burniston, North Yorkshire, which is currently under consideration.

The campaign group also warned that Reform’s pro-fracking stance means dozens of areas across Scotland, northern England, the Midlands and the South could see projects developed if the party were elected into power.

Its analysis found that a total of 187 constituencies are partially or totally within areas that the British Geological Society has labelled “Shale Prospective Areas”, meaning they have the specific geological conditions that could make fracking viable.

Tony Bosworth, climate campaigner at Friends Of The Earth, said: “Reform has seriously miscalculated if it thinks people will lie down and accept such a deeply unpopular policy were it ever to get into power.

“Communities that have driven would-be frackers out of their areas remain on standby to see them off again, whenever that threat should arise – and we will stand with them every step of the way.”

'Reform's war on the future would betray every young person in our country and every person yet to be born' - Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband has accused Reform UK of waging an “all out war on future generations”.

The Energy Secretary told the Labour Party conference: “Reform would wreck everything we are doing.

“They’ve said they would ‘wage war’ on clean energy. A culture war they are importing from the United States, driven by the rich and powerful interests who fund them.

“Let’s spell out what Reform’s war means: It’s a war on the workers at the Siemens wind turbine factory in Hull; it’s a war on the construction workers building carbon capture and storage in Teesside; it’s a war on the workers at the new cable factory in Scotland; and a war on the working people of Britain.

He added: “Their's is an all out war on future generations too.

“I’m incredibly proud of British climate leadership. I’m incredibly proud of Labour climate leadership.

“And I say Reform’s war on the future would betray every young person in our country and every person yet to be born.”

Ed Miliband takes swipe at Elon Musk: 'Get the hell our of our politics and our country' 

Ed Miliband has told Elon Musk to "get the hell out of our politics and our country".

He said: "He incites violence on our streets, he calls for the overthrow of our elected Government, he’s an enabler of disinformation through X. He thinks he can tell us how to run Britain.

"Conference: we have a message for Elon Musk. Get the hell out of our politics and our country.”

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Energy Secretary demands fracking ban as he vows to 'send the frackers packing' 

Ed Miliband has vowed to “ban fracking” as he launched into a fresh Government attack on Reform UK, saying he wanted to send the “frackers packing”.

The Energy Secretary said “[Nigel] Farage and his cronies” were “job-destroying, bill-raising, poverty-driving, science-denying, [Vladimir] Putin-appeasing, young-people betraying bunch of ideological extremists”.

He continued: “And we know where they want to go next because they have told us – fracking. Fracking in your communities. Fracking will not take a penny off bills. It will not create long-term sustainable jobs.

“It will trash our climate commitments, and it is dangerous and deeply harmful to our natural environment.

“Friends, the good news is that communities have fought back and won this fight before and will do so again.”

Mr Miliband claimed “the Tories tried to overturn the fracking ban” and added campaigners had “sent those frackers packing”.

He continued: “I say, let’s ban fracking and vow to send this bunch of frackers packing, too.”

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Tory peer dubbed 'Baroness Bra' must repay £122million for breaching Covid contract

A High Court judge has ordered a company linked to Tory peer known as 'Baroness Bra' to repay the Government almost £122million for breaching a contract to supply 25 million surgical gowns during the Covid pandemic.

The Health and Social Care Department (DHSC) sued PPE Medpro, declaring that the company had provided 25 million “faulty” gowns that were not sterile.

The company, a consortium led by Lady Michelle Mone's husband and businessman, Doug Barrowman, was awarded Government contracts by former Conservative administration to supply PPE during the Covid pandemic.

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Ed Miliband says Reform UK is 'dead wrong' about causes of Britain's problems - but admits country needs to be run 'very differently'

Ed Miliband has said Reform UK is "dead wrong" about the causes of Britain's problems.

Addressing the Labour Party conference, the Energy Secretary said: "People are impatient for change and here is the thing - they are not wrong, they are right.

"Our country needs to be run very differently. Now we know what Reform's approach is - scapegoat anyone and anything they can pretend is the cause of all our problems.

"They want to blame diversity, they want to blame Net Zero, anything they can to stir up division.

"Friends I will tell you this, they are wrong, they are dead wrong about the causes of our country's problems.

"It's too dominant, right-wing, Tory ideas that have devastated Britain over the last few decades."

PM says he does not think Nigel Farge 'or Reform voters' are racist 

Sir Keir Starmer has stressed that he does not believe Nigel Farage or his supports were racist.

Speaking to Sky News following his speech at the Labour Party conference yesterday, Sir Keir said: "No, nor do I think Reform voters are racist.

"They’re concerned about things like our borders, they’re frustrated about the pace of change.

"I’m not for a moment suggesting that they are racist."

It comes after the Prime Minister last week described Reform UK's policy on immigration as "racist and immoral".

Keir Starmer adamant he WILL be Labour leader at next General Election as PM calls for voters to give him time to turn it around 

Sir Keir Starmer has remained adamant that he will be leader of the Labour Party at the next general election and has urged voters to give him time to turn the country around.

The Prime Minister has insisted he still plans to "change the country" - but cautioned it would take some time.

"I recognise the frustrations that in 12 months we’ve not been able to undo 14 years of failure," he told Times Radio.

“[But] I never said that was possible. I will be judged at the next election on, I think, three things above all else.

"Have living standards improved? Do people genuinely feel better off? Are public services better?

"And do people feel more safe and secure in their own neighbourhood?”

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Zia Yusuf says Reform 'will hold Keir Starmer responsible' if anything were to happen to Nigel Farage after his security detail was allegedly reduced

Zia Yusuf has said Reform UK will hold Sir Keir Starmer responsible if anything were to happen to Nigel Farage after the party leader allegedly had his security detail slashed by 75 per cent.

Speaking to GB News, Reform's Head of Policy Mr Yusuf referenced comments made by Labour ministers and Sir Keir over the course of their Party Conference in recent days.

He said: "Of course, not everyone is going to like our policies, we think they are in the interests of British people and standby them but the coordinated campaign, within 48 hours, pretty much all on the same day, against Nigel, bringing Hitler into this, calling him a Nazi sympathiser, fascist, racist, enemy, calling on his supporters to 'go into battle against an enemy' this is something I have not seen."

"I have seen personally the threats against him. I have seen so many social media posts, Tik Tok and X, calling for the explicit assassination of my friend and colleague Nigel, so the PM doing tis with his cabinet is unprecedented in this country," Mr Yusuf added.

"I want to be clear too - if something were to happen to Nigel, God forbid, we will hold the Prime Minister responsible for that."

WATCH: Shadow Chief Secretary to Treasury Richard Fuller brands PM's 'attack' on his party as 'bizarre'

Government to re-examine how UK courts apply human rights law in certain asylum cases, Sir Keir suggests  

Sir Keir Starmer has indicated the Government will re-examine how courts apply human rights law in the UK on asylum cases on concerns about torture.

The Prime Minister said ministers should “look at issues like that again”, over the European Convention on Human Rights article 3 on protection from torture, and inhumane and degrading treatment.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I think there’s a difference between someone being deported to summary execution, and someone who is simply going somewhere where they don’t have the same level of healthcare, or for that matter the same prison conditions.

“And therefore I do think we should look at issues like that again, I think there’s quite an appetite to look at issues like that again.”

WATCH: 'That's wrong, that is not the British way to do things!' - Pat McFadden discusses Reform UK's immigration policy  

Keir Starmer pushes ahead with Digital ID as PM ignores fury from 2.6 million Britons

Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed he will push ahead with his plan to introduce Digital ID after 2.6 million Britons signed a petition opposing his proposal.

The Prime Minister, who did not mention Digital ID in his keynote conference speech, addressed concerns about his plan in a sit-down interview with GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope.

Sir Keir told the People's Channel: "I mentioned them and they were a major part of my speech on Friday.

"At the beginning of the summer, I said, I don't want just a lot of policy in this speech.

"I want to elevate it to a point where we're having a proper discussion about who we are as a country, what do we believe in, and how do we make sure that we go forward as one country together, united, and not slip into the division, which I fear will be the choice of the next election."

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Keir Starmer labels Channel crossings 'Nigel Farage's boats' as PM lashes out at Reform leader over Brexit 

Sir Keir Starmer has blamed Nigel Farage for Britain's migrant crisis, describing small boats crossing the Channel as "Farage boats".

The Prime Minister made the staggering claim during a sit-down interview with GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope.

Following his speech, in which the Prime Minister accused Reform UK of being the "enemy of national renewal", Sir Keir told the People's Channel: “I would gently point out to Nigel Farage and others that before we left the EU, we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU and he told the country it would make no difference if we left.

"He was wrong about that. These are ‘Farage boats’ coming across the Channel.”

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