Category: Kent

Rachel Reeves ponders private finance to help fund £9bn Lower Thames Crossing

Chancellor looks at handing income from tunnel tolls to investors in UK’s largest infrastructure projectThe Treasury is investigating how to attract private finance to bring down the cost of the UK government’s...

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Starmer to say he’s ‘changed’ Labour as party rules out raising income tax or NI

Leader targets swing voters in Kent and Essex while shadow chancellor makes vow on taxes and spendingKeir Starmer will declare on Monday that Labour has changed “permanently” under his stewardship, after the party...

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Labour should be ‘less tribal’, says Keir Starmer after Elphicke defection

Party leader welcomes MP in Dover speech as he announces plan to replace Rwanda scheme with new border-security unitUK politics live – latest updatesThe Labour party should be “less tribal” and be open to...

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UK farmers vow to mount more blockades over cheap post-Brexit imports

Inspired by French action, British campaigners say they will continue slow tractor protests after Dover roads were blockedFarmers say there will be further French-style blockades following a slow tractor protest at Dover against...

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