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Ben Kentish

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The most quietly important contest in British politics is being ignored

As Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership appears to enter its final days, some Labour MPs are quietly beginning to look beyond the Prime Minister’s now...

13.05.2026 10

iNews

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The easy fix for Britain’s disgraceful paternity leave

At the very end of last year, my wife gave birth to our little boy. My own experience of fatherhood only echoes what I’ve heard from so many...

17.02.2026 30

iNews

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Holocaust Memorial Day matters more than ever, and the false comparisons must stop

By Ben Kentish This year’s Holocaust Memorial Day is the most important ever. The same was true last year, and the year before. Every year that...

28.01.2026 10

LBC

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The process of trying to undo Brexit has begun

22.12.2025 10

iNews

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Property rich but cash poor? You are still wealthy and should be taxed

25.11.2025 10

iNews

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Don't let them fool you, the impartiality police don't care about the BBC

11.11.2025 10

iNews

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Starmer has made the UK irrelevant in the Middle East

13.10.2025 10

iNews

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Michelle Mone is the poster girl for Covid exploitation - finally, it's payback time

01.10.2025 10

iNews

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The real reason Jeremy Corbyn will fail isn’t his politics – it’s his personality

02.09.2025 10

iNews

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The confected outrage over Angela Rayner's new property is nothing but snobbery

25.08.2025 10

iNews

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Only Keir Starmer could make the Lionesses' victory boring

28.07.2025 10

iNews

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Keir Starmer has learnt nothing from the benefits row

06.07.2025 10

iNews

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Britain can be transformed on the cheap - but Starmer isn't brave enough

10.06.2025 10

iNews

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Brits avoid the jobs migrants are doing - and I have the proof

13.05.2025 10

iNews

Ben Kentish

Arron Banks proves it - Reform is still a circus

28.04.2025 10

iNews

Ben Kentish

We were warned about a catastrophe for private schools – so what actually happened?

14.04.2025 10

iNews

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The Tories can't afford to pick landlords over renters anymore

01.04.2025 20

iNews

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It increasingly looks like there's a new 'nasty party' in Downing Street

17.03.2025 10

iNews

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Lindsay Hoyle and the reason MPs should travel first class

05.03.2025 10

iNews

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