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Director-general quits after Telegraph revealed broadcaster misled viewers Daily Telegraph 09/11/25 link Tim Davie has resigned as director-general of the BBC after a Telegraph investigation into bias at the broadcaster. Mr Davie had been under pressure to quit after a 19-page memo revealed that a speech by Donald Trump which made him appear to encourage the Capitol Riot was doctored. It also revealed anti-Israel bias at the broadcaster as well as claims gender-critical issues had been downplayed. Deborah Turness, the broadcaster’s CEO of News, has also resigned. In a message to staff on Sunday afternoon, Mr Davie said he had decided to leave the BBC after 20 years and that it was “entirely” his decision. “This is entirely my decision, and I remain very thankful to the Chair and Board for their unswerving and unanimous support throughout my entire tenure, including during recent days,” he said. “I am working through exact timings with the Board to allow for an orderly tr...

Good morning. The Labour Party is imploding. Every week, Sir Keir Starmer is confronted with a new crisis, and yet some members of his party somehow remain optimistic. Despite David Lammy’s fumbling of the debacle surrounding the early release of prisoners, many looked to Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York as a beacon of hope to brighten a dark week. But, as I explain below, Mamdani’s success is hardly likely to be replicated in Britain. Allister Heath, Sunday Telegraph Editor Delusion is fatal in politics. The Labour Party’s crisis continues to build, and yet too many of its leading figures remain hopeful that the party could yet pull off some sort of stunning comeback. Politicians need a hefty dose of optimism bias to survive in high office on the best of days, but this level of derangement is off the charts. Yes, some of these Labour voices concede, Rachel Reeves’s breach of Labour’s manifesto commitments will probably finish her off. Yes, David Lammy performed abominably las...

Pensioners are taking their money ‘off grid’ to beat the desperate Chancellor’s clutches Daily Telegraph 06/11/25 Link Nothing makes politicians angrier than the public not doing as they’re told. Just look at the Brexit vote, the election of Donald Trump and countless other examples. As Rachel Reeves stares down the barrel of a Budget that could very well be the last act of her political career, she is running out of options to squeeze us for cash. The disastrous winter fuel policy barely raised any money – not least because thousands of people who weren’t signed up to pension credit began claiming the benefit so as not to lose access to the payments. The biggest personal taxation change at the 2024 Budget was the inclusion of unspent pensions into the purview of inheritance tax. As a result, anyone with decent pension savings in their 60s and older will have started hurriedly spending or giving away their money to avoid HMRC taking a cut when they die. This is the problem fac...

The Chancellor only has herself to blame for the dire state of the economy Daily Telegraph 04/11/25 link Tory austerity wrecked productivity. Brexit hammered exports. And the war in Ukraine and President Trump’s tariffs have driven up the cost of borrowing. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves was clear who was to blame in her lecture to the nation this morning on the worsening state of the public finances, setting out the arguments for why she will, as now seems inevitable, raise income tax in the Budget later this month. But hold on. In reality, she has only herself to blame – and the public will quite rightly never forgive either Reeves or her party for the huge betrayal that lies in store. It was a high-risk gamble. Instead of surprising everyone in the Budget on November 26, Reeves chose to make a major speech, setting out the dire state of the economy. She specifically refused to rule out tax rises. It now looks certain income tax will go up. The purpose of today’s statement wa...

Corporation edited footage to make it seem president was encouraging Capitol riot, according to whistleblowing dossier Daily Telegraph 03/11/25 Link The BBC “doctored” a Donald Trump speech by making him appear to encourage the Capitol Hill riot, according to an internal whistleblowing memo seen by The Telegraph. A Panorama programme, broadcast a week before the US election, “completely misled” viewers by showing the president telling supporters he was going to walk to the Capitol with them to “fight like hell”, when in fact he said he would walk with them “to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard”. The “mangled” footage was highlighted in a 19-page dossier on BBC bias, which was compiled by a recent member of the corporation’s standards committee and is now circulating in government departments. The dossier said the programme made the US president “‘say’ things [he] never actually said” by splicing together footage from the start of his speech with something he s...

GB News 02/11/25 Rachel Reeves was warned twice about needing a letting licence for renting out her £3,200 a month home despite telling the Prime Minister she was unaware. The Chancellor admitted to breaking housing rules after she rented out her family home in Dulwich without a licence. Ms Reeves initially claimed she and her husband were unaware about the licencing requirements, and instead blamed Harvey & Wheeler, the lettings agency used. Emails then emerged which showed the Chancellor's civil servant husband, Nicholas Joicey, had in fact been informed about the licence. Now, a source has said that Ms Reeves and her husband had originally contacted the estate agency Knight Frank about managing the property. At that point, Knight Frank warned them about the need for a licence, according to the Mail on Sunday. A spokesman for the agency said on Saturday: "It is standard procedure to notify all clients of their legal and regulatory obligations when letting a pro...

Counter-terror police assist investigation as two men arrested Daily Telegraph 02/11/25 Nine people are fighting for their lives in hospital after a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire on Saturday. Police have declared a “major incident” and counter-terror officers are investigating following the attack in which ten passengers were attacked by two men. The men were arrested at Huntingdon station by armed police shortly before 8pm. Witnesses said passengers hid in toilets to avoid the assailants, with others describing scenes of “pure chaos” and like something “from a film”. Passengers were described as being covered in blood and falling over themselves to escape the attackers along the train aisle. Eyewitnesses said they saw a man dressed in black walking through the train stabbing passengers on board with a large knife. One witness said there was “blood everywhere” and people were getting “stamped” on by others as they tried to flee. They added: “I heard some people s...