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  1. WASPI women confirm plans for new legal challenge over State Pension age compensation

    Campaigners representing women affected by State Pension age changes say they are preparing to return to the High…
    #NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #Business #Costofliving #DWP #Finance #Pensions #PersonalFinance #Retirement #Statepension #UK #UKGovernment #UnitedKingdom #WASPI
    newsbeep.com/uk/582850/

  2. City sounds the alarm on pension inheritance tax upheaval

    Wednesday 13 May 2026 2:38 pm HMRC is changing the pension system City grandees have raised the alarm…
    #NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #AU #Australia #Business #Finance #HMRC #iht #Pensions #PersonalFinance #ukeconomy #UKgovernment
    newsbeep.com/au/669487/

  3. City sounds the alarm on pension inheritance tax upheaval

    Wednesday 13 May 2026 2:38 pm HMRC is changing the pension system City grandees have raised the alarm…
    #NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #AU #Australia #Business #Finance #HMRC #iht #Pensions #PersonalFinance #ukeconomy #UKgovernment
    newsbeep.com/au/669487/

  4. City sounds the alarm on pension inheritance tax upheaval

    Wednesday 13 May 2026 2:38 pm HMRC is changing the pension system City grandees have raised the alarm…
    #NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #Business #Finance #HMRC #iht #Pensions #PersonalFinance #UK #UKeconomy #UKGovernment #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/582136/

  5. Everything you need to know about the 2026 King’s speech

    image: ©serengeti130 | iStock King Charles III delivered the 2026 King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament…
    #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion #UKgovernment
    europesays.com/europe/40842/

  6. SWANSEA: Gower MP Tonia Antoniazzi calls on Keir Starmer to step aside — as Swansea East’s Carolyn Harris backs him to stay

    Gower MP Tonia Antoniazzi has become one of dozens of Labour MPs calling on Keir Starmer to step down as Prime Minister — warning that the party now faces “the real possibility of a Reform administration” if it does not change course.

    In a statement posted to social media, Antoniazzi acknowledged Starmer’s integrity and his record on international issues, including keeping Britain out of the conflict between the United States and Iran. But she said the election results had made clear he had lost the confidence of the country.

    “The pace of change is not being felt quickly enough by the people of Gower,” she said. “Recent election results make clear that the Prime Minister has lost the confidence of the country. Too much of our good work has been lost because we have not explained our policies clearly or brought people with us. When people do not understand what we are doing or why, they lose trust, and that trust is hard to rebuild.”

    She warned that Reform’s rise posed a genuine threat that the current leadership could not meet. “We now face the real possibility of a Reform administration, a party that promotes Trump-style populism and exploits discontented people but is really about benefiting its wealthy backers. We need a Labour Party and a Government that are strong enough to stand up to that threat with delivery. I do not believe that Keir can lead that fight.”

    She concluded: “For the sake of my constituents, for the Labour movement, and for the country, it is time for new leadership.”

    The intervention puts Antoniazzi at direct odds with Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris, who posted a public statement backing the Prime Minister to continue in the role. Harris argued that a leadership contest would be “a distraction at a time when the country is facing serious challenges at home and abroad” and pointed to the government’s record on NHS waiting lists, workers’ rights and housing.

    “This Government has already delivered real progress: NHS waiting lists have fallen for eight months in a row, workers’ rights have been strengthened, renters have been given greater security,” Harris said. “Keir Starmer should be given the opportunity to deliver the change we promised and get on with the job.”

    The two local MPs find themselves on different sides of a rebellion that had grown to 85 Labour MPs by Tuesday morning, rising steadily since the party’s dismal performance in elections across the UK last week.

    Labour suffered heavily across the board — losing control of more than 30 councils in England and around 1,500 councillors, while in Wales it was reduced to just nine Senedd seats, with First Minister Eluned Morgan losing her own seat. The scale of the collapse in Wales was particularly damaging for Starmer, with pollster Sir John Curtice having warned before the election that losing Wales would pose a greater threat to his leadership than any other result.

    Starmer addressed the Parliamentary Labour Party on Tuesday in a speech that was greeted with a fresh wave of demands to step aside. He vowed not to “walk away” from Downing Street, saying: “This is nothing less than a battle for the soul of our nation.”

    His speech was dismissed as “utterly inadequate” by one former minister, while ministerial aides to three cabinet ministers — including aides to the health secretary, home secretary and environment secretary — resigned their roles in protest.

    Sharon Graham, general secretary of Labour-backing union Unite, said Starmer’s speech had not “cut the mustard”, adding: “There isn’t a cat in hell’s chance that Keir Starmer’s going to lead us into the next election. It would be the death knell if that happened.”

    Antoniazzi, who has represented Gower since 2017 and is a former Wales women’s rugby international, has a history of independent thinking within the party, having previously resigned as a Labour PPS in protest at the Brexit trade deal vote. She was born and raised in Llanelli and has been a vocal constituency voice throughout her time in Westminster.

    Harris, who has served as MP for Swansea East since 2015, is one of the most prominent Welsh Labour voices in Westminster, having served as a minister in the Welsh Office and as a shadow minister on gambling reform.

    Starmer has so far refused to announce a departure timeline, insisting he will not walk away. Whether that position is sustainable as the parliamentary rebellion continues to grow will become clearer in the days ahead.

    More on Welsh Labour

    Mike Hedges warns Wales could face another election next year as Labour counts the cost of historic defeat
    The reckoning begins for Welsh Labour after its worst ever Senedd result.

    Ken Skates appointed interim Welsh Labour leader after historic Senedd defeat
    The party’s immediate response to losing power in the Senedd for the first time.

    Mike Hedges should quit Senedd seat for Rob Stewart, senior Welsh Labour figure says in scathing attack on ‘functionally broken’ party
    The internal divisions that erupted in the immediate aftermath of the election.

    Plaid Cymru largest party, Reform UK historic breakthrough, Welsh Labour reduced to nine seats — the new political map of Wales
    The full story of election night and what it means for Wales.

    #CarolynHarrisMP #featured #KeirStarmer #PrimeMinister #ToniaAntoniazziMP #UKGovernment
  7. GOVERNMENT MOVES ON TEENAGE DIGITAL ACCESS, AMIDST REJECTIONS AND PUSHBACK

    UK government will bring new rules for under-16s social media use, possibly including digital curfews. Find out what changes are coming.

    #SocialMediaRules, #Under16s, #DigitalCurfew, #ChildSafety, #UKGovernment

    newsletter.tf/uk-government-pl

  8. Peter Thiel's Palantir has 'recruited' 30 British officials, including from the Ministry of Defence, for its own interests in order to obtain government contracts

    Palantir has recruited  32 UK government and public sector officials including leaders of AI strategy from both the Ministry of Defence and the NHS, a new investigation by the Nerve reveals. 

    The practice has exposed the UK to an “acute risk” of corruption, transparency experts say, with the law woefully inadequate to guard against the multiple conflict of interests.

    #PeterThiel #Palantir #UK #UKpol #NHS #Military #Spyware #Fascism #UKgovernment

  9. Peter Thiel's Palantir has 'recruited' 30 British officials, including from the Ministry of Defence, for its own interests in order to obtain government contracts

    Palantir has recruited  32 UK government and public sector officials including leaders of AI strategy from both the Ministry of Defence and the NHS, a new investigation by the Nerve reveals. 

    The practice has exposed the UK to an “acute risk” of corruption, transparency experts say, with the law woefully inadequate to guard against the multiple conflict of interests.

    #PeterThiel #Palantir #UK #UKpol #NHS #Military #Spyware #Fascism #UKgovernment

  10. Peter Thiel's Palantir has 'recruited' 30 British officials, including from the Ministry of Defence, for its own interests in order to obtain government contracts

    Palantir has recruited  32 UK government and public sector officials including leaders of AI strategy from both the Ministry of Defence and the NHS, a new investigation by the Nerve reveals. 

    The practice has exposed the UK to an “acute risk” of corruption, transparency experts say, with the law woefully inadequate to guard against the multiple conflict of interests.

    #PeterThiel #Palantir #UK #UKpol #NHS #Military #Spyware #Fascism #UKgovernment

  11. Peter Thiel's Palantir has 'recruited' 30 British officials, including from the Ministry of Defence, for its own interests in order to obtain government contracts

    Palantir has recruited  32 UK government and public sector officials including leaders of AI strategy from both the Ministry of Defence and the NHS, a new investigation by the Nerve reveals. 

    The practice has exposed the UK to an “acute risk” of corruption, transparency experts say, with the law woefully inadequate to guard against the multiple conflict of interests.

    #PeterThiel #Palantir #UK #UKpol #NHS #Military #Spyware #Fascism #UKgovernment

  12. UK Bans Journalists from Digital ID Forum

    The UK government is calling on ordinary citizens to share their thoughts on a proposed Digital ID system, and you don't need to be an expert to join the conversation. Around 36,000 people have been invited to participate in the People's Panel on Digital ID, which will involve in-person meetings and online sessions to discuss how a Digital ID…

    osintsights.com/uk-bans-journa

    #DigitalId #UkGovernment #EmergingThreats #NationalSecurity #IdentityVerification

  13. CW: Animal cruelty petition and animation by ProtectTheWild

    www.instagram.com/reel/DXeuhly...

    This is a hard watch for anyone with a heart. You wont be able to unsee what happens here. I have no words for just how horrendous this is.

    Just for pitys sake share & join the petition.
    Theres a deeper question. Why do people do this to animals? Humanity is broken.

    #animalcruelty #petition #UKGovernment