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Political leadership stakes

SINCE the parliamentary Labour Party, Seema Malhotra included, is so vehemently at odds with leader Jeremy Corbyn, who probably still retains the backing of a majority of the party’s 400,000 members, the best way to settle the dispute is for all of its MPs to put themselves up for reselection in their respective constituencies.

On Boris Johnson vs Theresa May for Tory leader, I declare for Boris. Again I admit we are former colleagues from our days on The Daily Telegraph – “we Telegraph people should stick together,” he last appealed to me.


I know he has been a very bad boy in backing Brexit but, all things considered, Boris knows India well, is married to Marina, who is half- Sikh, and is, at heart, a progressive and liberal man.

So Boris, though I don’t have a vote, my good wishes will still be with you.

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HS2 workers watch a piece of the tunnel wall being put into place at the Greatworth green Tunnel on September 10, 2025 in Banbury, England. (Photo: Getty Images)

Minimum wage to increase to 12.71 pounds from April 2026

THE UK’s main minimum wage rate will rise by 4.1 per cent to 12.71 pounds ($16.67) an hour from next April, the government said on Tuesday. The move is intended to keep pace with average pay, though some employers say it will increase prices.

Britain’s minimum wage is the second-highest in Europe relative to average pay and has gone up by more than 60 per cent since 2019, as successive governments worked to lift it to two thirds of median hourly earnings.

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