David Cameron has followed UKIPs lead by offering to raise the level at which families pay inheritance tax to £1m. The proposal revives a Tory promise from 2010 which Mr Cameron was blocked by Liberal Democrats from implementing in coalition –
Fresh calls have been made for an inquiry into claims that a senior NHS boss put patients lives at risk in order to meet Labour health targets and then gagged a whistleblower. Dame Barbara Hakin, who earns £205,000 a year
This month marks 18 years and four months since the world last experienced any warming. It also marks eight years and 11 months since author Mark Lynas floated the idea of international criminal tribunals for climate change ‘deniers’, saying: “I put [their climate change denial]
Islamic State leaders have released a document listing a number of crimes and their appropriate punishments under Sharia law. The list applies to the Aleppo province of Syria, but IS has been enforcing the barbaric rules across the whole of
Ride-on lawn mowers, golf buggies and mobility scooters will all need to be insured if EU lawmakers get their way. Judges at the European Court of Justice recently ruled that a 43-year-old insurance law should be extended to all motorised vehicles,
In a veiled threat to the EU and its financial institutions, Greece has warned that any foreign meddling in its domestic affairs makes the likelihood of ISIS infiltration into Europe more likely. Speaking to the Times, defence minister Panos Kammenos warned
Demands from Muslim leaders to double the number of mosques in France have been met with anger, and threatens to raise community tensions coming just months after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris. French commentators have argued that Muslim community
Britain’s politically correct equality laws have driven hundreds of thousands of women away from golf rather than make it more accessible, the veteran BBC golf commentator Peter Alliss has claimed. The former golf pro suggested that, since the laws were introduced, the
Islamist hackers took control of a government website this morning, posting an image of Saddam Hussein and criticism of Britain’s role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq – all set against a black background. The UK Air website, run by
Over 9,000 people die each year needlessly thanks to the unwillingness of Britain’s political classes to embrace public-private partnerships in healthcare, a new report has found. Far from being the “envy of the world”, the report’s authors highlight the fact
A front group for Muslim extremists has boasted of its intent to act as “kingmakers” in the general election, and claims to be able to influence the outcome of up to 30 seats. Last month Azad Ali, a senior figure
An inquiry has been ordered into how a civil servant’s account of a meeting between Nicola Sturgeon and the French Ambassador was leaked to the Telegraph. The memo contained the revelation that Sturgeon had admitted that she would rather see
Ukip has dismissed claims that it has covered up a poll in South Thanet which shows Nigel Farage trailing the Conservative candidate by one point. Party insiders have told Breitbart London the poll was not commissioned by UKIP, meaning they
Twitter has suspended the account of a second global warming sceptic for use of the word ‘crap’, despite his opponent using the same word in a debate on global temperatures on the social media network. Tom Nelson is the second
Thousands of mega-wind turbines more than double the height of Big Ben could be set up across Britain if the wind power industry gets its way. A “cost reduction task force” has argued that constructing more mega-turbines would bring down
Christians will officially be a minority group in the UK by 2050 as atheism and Islam continue to surge in popularity. According to new research, the proportion of people identifying as Christian will drop to 45.4 percent over the next
Both Russia and the US filed declarations on carbon reduction forecasts with the UN this week. But while Russia’s 30 percent reduction headline figure looks on paper to beat Obama’s pledge of 26-28 percent reductions, all is not what it
Thousands of patients have had their personal information sold to marketing companies after using an NHS-approved online pharmacy. Many of those who had their information flogged were using the Pharmacy2U service because they were too old or sick to travel
The Conservatives have pledged to defend British soldiers from “ambulance-chasing” lawyers by ripping up Human Rights legislation and introducing a new Bill of Rights. Senior Tories said yesterday that abuse of the Human Rights Act was happening on an industrial
Migrants have been moved out of an illegal camp near Calais known as ‘The Jungle 2’, leaving behind mountains of rubbish and detritus including burned out beer cans, filthy sleeping bags and discarded clothing. The cost of the clean-up operation is expected
More than 100 business executives running companies which together employ more than half a million people have come out in support of the Conservative Party. They are urging the electorate not to change course in the upcoming general election. The
A report that helped prompt prominent doctors to call for fracking to be banned on medical grounds has been found to have been written in part by an anti-fracking campaigner with links to Friends of the Earth. The “expert” report
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has attacked David Cameron’s record on immigration, saying that the Conservative Prime Minister had been “wilfully dishonest” when he pledged to cap immigration to the tens of thousands. Speaking on the beach beneath the white cliffs
A group of Anglican bishops and archbishops have called on their church to show a “faith response” to “climate justice” by divesting fossil fuels from the church’s investment portfolio. Calling climate change “the most moral issue of our day”, they
Councils are using new asbo-style by-laws to censure aspects of everyday life they deem messy, such as feeding pigeons or entering a retail car park after 6pm. Freedom campaigners are arguing that use of the laws is creating a patchwork of rules
