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Blow For Keir Starmer As Labour Tie With Reform And Tories Take Narrow Lead In Latest Poll
Labour are on par with Reform while the Conservatives are just one point ahead in a damning new poll on the UK’s voting intentions.
The Tories are ahead on 25% while Labour and Reform are on 24%, according to research from More in Common and published by Politico.
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The Liberal Democrats trail behind all three on 12% – despite having 72 MPs to Reform’s 5 – while the Greens are on 8% and the SNP on 3%.
More in Common also found prime minister Keir Starmer’s personal net approval rating dropped to -39, which is the lowest the pollsters have ever recorded for him.
It’s even approaching his predecessor Rishi Sunak’s low point of -41 in July 2024, which was when the former PM lost the general election.
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But Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform leader Nigel Farage have also seen a decline in their net approval ratings in recent months – Badenoch is on -18 and Farage -17.
More in Common asked the public who they would prefer as their prime minister – and the results did not exactly correspond with the voting intentions.
Starmer was in the lead with 21%, while Farage followed with 20% and Badenoch came in last with 12% – while a whopping 47% said they wanted none of the three main party leaders to sit in No.10.
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It comes as Starmer is already grappling with a floundering economy and the resignation of his second minister in just over six months.
Tulip Siddiq quit as the anti-corruption minister on Tuesday over her links to her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, who was recently deposed as the prime minister of Bangladesh and is currently under investigation for corruption.
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A fact-finding probe found Siddiq had not broken the ministerial code, but she announced she was stepping down because she did not want to be a “distraction” to the government.
Meanwhile, inflation continues to hover above the 2% mark – having dropped to 2.5% in December – while government borrowing costs remain high and the pound has fallen in value.
Exclusive: Richard Holden Slapped Down After Calling For Removal Of Gender-Neutral Toilets The Tories Installed
A former Tory chairman has been left embarrassed after calling for the removal of gender-neutral toilets his own government installed.
Richard Holden made the request in a written question to home secretary Yvette Cooper.
He asked “if she will make it her policy to remove the gender-neutral toilets in her department in Marsham Street”.
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Replying on behalf of her boss, Home Office minister Diana Johnson said: “The current number and location of gender neutral toilets in the Home Office’s Marsham office was established under the previous government in October 2017, at a cost of £36,963.20, and has remained unchanged since that time.
“There are no plans to spend further public money on the reconfiguration of the Home Office’s toilets.”
Holden’s slapdown emerged just a day after another Home Office minister, Angela Eagle, delivered a withering response in the House of Commons to another Tory MP’s question.
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Sarah Bool, the MP for South Northamptonshire, asked: “Does the Secretary of State believe it is fair that undocumented illegal migrants get priority access to the NHS over British taxpayers?”
Eagle, who is the immigration minister, replied: “Mr Speaker, they don’t.”
The MP’s question followed reports earlier this month that undocumented migrants were receiving preferential treatment when it comes to hospital treatment.
But an NHS spokesman told the Daily Express: “The NHS is legally required to provide healthcare services to asylum seekers and migrants which are free at the point of use, with local integrated care boards (ICBs) responsible for commissioning these services based on need while ensuring all local residents can still access care.
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“ICBs also have a legal duty to address inequalities in access to NHS services, which can include rolling out dedicated services to communities experiencing the worst health inequities, while also supporting all those who need care.”
Graham Norton Reveals Surprising Origin Story Of The Iconic ‘Big Red Chair’
There are a few things Graham Norton’s BBC talk show has become synonymous with in the last 18 years – namely its eclectic mix of guests on the sofa, the host’s (often cutting) opening monologues, unpredictable audience interactions and, of course, the “big red chair”.
At the end of each episode, Graham invites members of the studio audience to tell different stories from their lives in a cosy-looking armchair, only to tip them out with the aid of a lever once they start to bore him.
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But what might surprise you to hear is that the “big red chair” was never intended to be a permanent fixture.
In fact, Graham told Seth Meyers during a recent episode of his US talk show that the whole thing “happened by accident”.
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The “big red chair” segment was actually intended as a one-off for when Ronnie Corbett was a guest during the fifth season back in 2009 (the late comedian was known for sharing anecdotes and jokes from his own armchair as part of the Two Ronnies sketch show).
“A couple of weeks later we got a call from our line producer going, ‘you know that chair you had built? Turns out, that was quite expensive! So if you could use it again…’,” Graham recalled.
“So it must be about 12 years now, and we use it every week.”
The Irish presenter also shared one behind-the-scenes tidbit about the “red chair”, when Seth pointed out how much he loves watching audience’s members legs fly up when they’re tipped backwards.
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He enthused: “They flip straight back, and it’s like they have puppet legs! It’s so delightful.”
Graham then revealed: “You are such a television professional, because we brief them to throw their legs up!”
Watch more of the interview below:
