The Treasury

The £40billion price tag of five years of Tory chaos and "waste" is laid bare today in a damning dossier.Taxpayers' money was squandered on useless PPE, cancelled deportation flights, the churn of ministers - and even a top Tory's libel…

The Tories have instructed lawyers to fight the release of documents showing the impact of a cut to Universal Credit ahead of the General Election. It comes after the Information Commissioners' Office last month ruled in favour of The…

Smears are desperateWith no record to boast of, it was inevitable the Conservatives would fight a dirty, cynical election campaign. The tone was set by Rishi Sunak with his repeated lie that Labour will raise everyone’s taxes. The Prime…

The cost of an average family shop has risen by almost £1,000 a year since the last General Election, startling new analysis revealed. Back in 2019 householders spent an average of £60 on food and non-alcoholic drinks per week - amounting…

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt shelled out nearly £2,700 for a shiny new red box for his last budget speech, it can be revealed.Treasury documents show the penny-pinching Tory upgraded his ministerial baggage with a fresh leather-bound box from…

Nigel Farage's Reform UK took more than £120,000 worth of furlough cash during the pandemic - despite arguing for the scheme to be shut down.Mr Farage described the government's response to Covid-19 as "woeful", claiming lockdowns "would…

Winston Churchill was a master of words. That’s why he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, not for being a great war leader. And that’s why he was able to circumnavigate the House of Commons ban on MPs using the unparliamentary term…

Labour has warned that Rishi Sunak “can’t stop telling porkies” in a new attack advert.The party is taking aim at the Prime Minister after he was accused of repeatedly lying in the ITV election debate. The Conservative Party has produced an…

Unable to defend their record, it was inevitable the Conservatives would fight a dirty and deceitful election campaign.But Rishi Sunak sank to a new low in the ITV debate with his inaccurate claim that Labour would hike people’s taxes by…

Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of "deliberately lying" over Labour's tax plans - and it was a reflection of the PM's character.Mr Starmer said he believed it amounted to a breach of the ministerial code, and would back a probe into the…