News Round-Up

“Labour’s tax raids to cost families £1,000 a year more from next week” – Families face a hammering of £1,000 to their annual budgets from next week as Labour’s tax raids and inflation-busting bill hikes come into force, according to the Mail.
“The BBC makes cutting Britain’s benefits bill almost impossible” – Welfare has become the broadcaster’s sacred cow despite its increasing drain on the economy, says the Telegraph.
“Two-tier Sentencing Council must be abolished says Labour MP” – Labour MP Jonathan Brash (nominative determinism?) has called for the Sentencing Council to be abolished because it is “completely out of step with the British people” – in a tie looking, erm, very Reform-coloured.
“Nigel Farage pledges ban on civil servants WFH as he demands UK equivalent of DOGE” – Nigel Farage has pledged a ban on civil servants working from home as he proposed a British version of DOGE during a keynote speech for Reform UK, reports the Telegraph.
“Studies that Misled the World” – On Trust the Evidence, Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson recall when Cochrane Grandees showed their true colours and betrayed science in the pandemic.
“Labour considers using terror laws to nationalise British Steel” – Terror laws could be used to nationalise Britain’s last steel blast furnaces after their Chinese owner threatened to shut them down, reports the Telegraph.
“Drivers face Hammersmith Bridge ban under reopening plans” – Plans to ban cars from crossing Hammersmith Bridge when it reopens due to environmental and cost reasons are being drawn up by Ministers in a move likely to infuriate thousands of drivers, the Telegraph reports.
“UK’s Net Zero tsar: I understand why people are angry” – The Telegraph speaks to Emma Pinchbeck on the compromises needed to hit Britain’s 2050 climate change target.
“How Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction” – JSO, the climate activist group, is planning its final protest next month after senior figures were given long prison sentences, says the Times.
“Met smash down door of Quaker meeting house to arrest activists” – More than 20 Metropolitan Police officers broke down the front door of a Quaker meeting house to arrest six women who had met to discuss climate change and Gaza, the Times reports. According to the police, they were planning a protest that would ‘shut down’ London.
“Father banned for screaming ‘you’re a boy’ at under-12 girl after ‘transgender rumours’” – A parent has received an 18-week touchline ban after screaming “you’re a f—–g boy” at a player rumoured (apparently falsely, though who really knows) to be transgender in an under-12s girls rugby match, the Telegraph reports.
“Alec Baldwin is in trouble for ‘manterrupting’ his wife – but somebody had to” – Victoria Coren Mitchell defends (some) mansplaining in the Telegraph.
“Gary Stevenson: trader turned Left-winger accused of telling ‘fibs’” – Former city trader turned Left-wing darling Gary Stevenson is accused of exaggerating and dissembling about his past in the Mail.
“FCC to investigate Disney and ABC over potential violation in diversity practices” – The Federal Communications Commission has said that Disney and ABC’s DEI efforts may breach equal employment opportunity regulations, according to the Telegraph.
“Zelensky may regret wishing for Putin’s death” – With most of the other real hardliners coming from the same homo sovieticus generation as Putin, it would be a toss of the coin, says Mark Galeotti in the Spectator.
“Revealed: How people smugglers move millions around the world without leaving a trace” – Afghanistan’s ancient money transfer system allows migrants to pay their handlers without a paper trail, says the Telegraph.
“Kathleen Stock case shows the rising bill for denying sex is real” – In the Times, Janice Turner says that while previously senior managers preferred to lose tribunal cases than have a showdown with vindictive woke staff, the times are changing as the bills pile up.
“The Double Standard in the Human-Rights World” – In the Atlantic, Michael Powell wonders why organisations that explicitly valued impartiality and independence have become stridently critical of Israel.
“Amanda Spielman’s peerage is richly deserved” – Amanda Spielman, the former Ofsted Chief Inspector, is set to become a Conservative peer after being nominated by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, the Telegraph reports.
“Bulgarian at heart of Britain’s biggest benefit fraud could be back home with children within months” – A Bulgarian woman who was jailed for eight years for her role in the biggest benefit fraud ever uncovered in Britain could be sent home and reunited with her children within months, the Telegraph reveals, as she is set to be deported and Bulgaria has no plans to imprison her.
“Why did I bother getting a job?” – In the Spectator, Sophia Falkner wonders why she bothered getting her first £18,000 job in London when families in the capital on benefits receive the same income as a household on £65,000.
“Head of Prince Harry’s Sentebale charity accuses him of ‘harassment and bullying at scale’ after calling the Sussex brand ‘toxic’ – and claims they asked her to defend Meghan Markle against negative publicity” – The head of Prince Harry’s Sentebale charity, Sophie Chandauka, has accused him of “harassment and bullying at scale” after calling the Sussex brand “toxic”, reports the Mail.
“Iran will target Britain’s Chagos base if Trump attacks” – Iran has warned that it will target British forces in the Chagos Islands if Donald Trump attacks the Middle Eastern nation, according to the Telegraph.
“Councillor warned by police about helping parents who complained about school” – County councillor Michelle Vince was warned that she faced becoming a suspect if she helped parents who complained about their daughter’s school, as she says she fears her property will be raided, according to the Telegraph.
“Arresting parents for complaining devalues the very idea of ‘harm’” – It’s not surprising the police are confused when our language has turned the mildest feelings into trauma, says Matthew Syed in the Times.
“‘Arrogant’ BBC bosses rejected antisemitism training for staff” – Tim Davie, the BBC’s Director General, refused antisemitism training for the broadcaster, the Government’s adviser on anti-Jewish hatred, Lord Mann, has revealed, reports the Telegraph.
“Hamas agrees to Gaza ceasefire proposal” – Hamas has agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal it received two days ago from mediators Egypt and Qatar, the Palestinian militant group’s chief said on Saturday, as Israeli media suggest Hamas needs the cessation to suppress the protests, according to the Telegraph.
“How the West can defeat the evil death cults that murder with glee” – Douglas Murray offers his advice in the Mail.
“We win if the Right unites: that is the lesson from Canada and Australia for the Tories and Reform” – The Trump effect is not a good one for many Right-wing parties outside of America, but to win the Right needs to unite, says Daniel Hannan in the Telegraph.
“Should young women really be working in men’s prisons?” – In the Telegraph, Camilla Tominey questions the wisdom of allowing young, inexperienced female prison officers to guard wily lags.
“The Europeans don’t have a clue what they’re doing in Ukraine” – Europeans are threatening to sink Trump’s peace initiative with Putin, but what are they realistically proposing instead, asks Daniel DePetris in the Telegraph.
“Rachel Zegler’s Snow White flop sparks anti-woke U-turn at Disney” – According to the Mail, Hollywood whistleblowers have revealed how trans actors and progressive-themed films are being dumped in a ‘crisis mode’ panic. We can but hope.
“Record applications to top state sixth forms after VAT hike” – Record numbers of children, many from private schools, are applying to top state sixth forms for their A-levels, a rise partly driven by the introduction of VAT, according to head teachers, the Times reports.
“Labour MP branded disgrace after she uses taxpayers’ cash to pay for dog” – Senior Labour MP and whip Taiwo Owatemi is using taxpayers’ cash to pay ‘pet rent’ so she can live with her cockapoo dog in London, the Sun reports.
“Our warnings went unheeded: how neo-Marxists’ anti-racism destroyed British education – Part 3” – In TCW, Dr Frank Palmer laments that his and his colleague’s warnings in the 1980s fell on deaf ears.
“USAID Officially Shuttered After Court Victory” – USAID has been officially shuttered after a federal appeals court on Friday determined that the Trump administration could continue dismantling it, reports ZeroHedge.

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