Our rail system needs reform. But Labour’s ideological approach could cost passengers and taxpayers more. Last night we tried to add safeguards to the Bill. But Labour simply railroaded it through.

There's a sinister lie at the heart of the Labour government – and it's finally out in the open It’s an absurd caricature that progressives are ‘nicer’ and more compassionate. Keir Starmer is proving that Labour are now the nasty party telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/0… Allister Heath

Labour went into an election promising to save people £300. But one of their first acts has been to take away up to £300 this winter from many pensioners in poverty. Complete betrayal.

We have forced a vote in Parliament next week to stop Labour’s cut to Winter Fuel Payments. It’s our first big opportunity to stop Labour from depriving millions of pensioners vital support this winter.

🚨 NEW: Germany is considering deporting migrants to Rwanda and using facilities there that were paid for by the UK [The Telegraph]

This is deeply concerning. As the dedicated veterans Minister, Rt Hon Johnny Mercer fought tirelessly for veterans, and particularly veterans who served in Northern Ireland. Labour must urgently demonstrate the same commitment.

Might be worth telling Angela Rayner

This week in Labour’s Britain: - Labour government forced into u-turn over Winter Fuel Payment vote - Labour break promise to cut energy bills by £300 - Reports show that 5 in 6 pensioners living below poverty line will lose their Winter Fuel Another good week of service 👍

Richard Holden speaks to Gateway 97.8 to discuss the election, his new constituency and Gavin & Stacey. Listen via the link gateway978.com/news/local/bas…

Always a pleasure to be on Gateway 97.8!

Russia is waging a "reckless campaign of sabotage" across Europe, the heads of MI6 and the CIA have warned in their first-ever joint remarks. news.sky.com/story/mi6-and-…

** Conservatives have forced a vote on The Labour Party’s plan to removed Winter Fuel Payments from millions of pensioners ** ✍️ I signed the motion with other Conservatives MPs It was simply wrong for Labour to try and pursue this policy via the back door without a vote in the

🧵 I always suspected the Damascene Conversion claimed by Ed Miliband to supporting Nuclear Power was fake. I was on my way to formally announce the below when the election was called. If Labour abandon this, they abandon the community of Wylfa... 1/5 telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Read to your children every single night. Read to them as much as possible day and night. Do not listen to utter twaddle.

Sir Keir says the English NHS is “broken”. But the Welsh NHS, run by Labour for 25 years, performs far worse. Labour owe the Welsh people an apology.

Madness Nuclear is clean and unlike the sun and wind, it’s always on. He’s closed down the North Sea, but we will IMPORT Oil and Gas. We have high grade coal under our feet but we will IMPORT it instead. Makes us reliant on other countries. Russia? buff.ly/3zbKNGU

Excl: A "high proportion" of 1,700 prisoners being released on Tuesday as part of the government's new early release scheme will be domestic abusers. Senior government sources highlight the extent to which victims and wider public are being out at risk: thetimes.com/article/353c67…

Separately, the government's domestic abuse commisioner tells The Times and The Sunday Times that victims of domestic abuse will be having "sleepless nights" before Tuesday's mass release. Nicole Jacobs warned that about a third of survivors of domestic abuse whose perpetrators are due for release

The Times and The Sunday Times Jacobs said survivors of domestic violence were “paying the price” for the prisons overcrowding crisis and risked being forgotten about. She said domestic abuse victims and survivors were particularly vulnerable because their perpetrators were more likely to have contact with

Farewell to Don Sheppard of #Basildon, one of our last D-Day veterans, who has died, aged 104 We owe real heroes like Don and his generation a debt of gratitude for standing up for freedom and saving this country from tyranny. My thoughts are with Don’s family and friends, and I