Politics live: Angela Rayner funnelled YOUR cash into 'anti-Right-wing propaganda' to stop Nigel Farage becoming PM

POLITICS LATEST Labour funnelled your cash into 'propaganda' to stop Nigel Farage becoming PM 1791880568.376 Live Angela Rayner funnelled YOUR cash into 'anti-Right-wing propaganda' to stop Nigel Farage becoming PM Stay up to date with the latest political coverage with GB News Angela Rayner’s £15 million community recovery fund financed "anti-Right-wing propaganda" via training materials designed to counter support for Reform UK and the Conservatives, according to fresh documents. The fund was announced in 2024 by the then deputy prime minister to help communities recover from disorder following the Southport massacre. She said it would ensure communities had the resources they needed to rebuild. However, as revealed by The Telegraph, funding distributed through the scheme supported the Ella Baker School of Organising, which developed a training programme entitled "Defeating Narratives of Division". Birmingham City Council provided £13,450 towards a pilot programme, while Blackpool Council contributed £9,000 for a local version - with training also delivered in Sheffield, Walsall, Solihull and Sefton, which includes Southport. According to the documents, the programme included guidance on countering anti-immigration arguments, opposing protests and preventing working-class communities from moving towards right-wing politics. An online booking form for a training session warned of an “impending disaster of a Reform UK government”. Other materials described Nigel Farage as an “authoritarian populist" and encouraged activists to challenge narratives linking migration to pressure on public services and housing. The training also advised participants to influence community leaders and organise campaigns around local issues to build support for a "more inclusive" political narrative. A spokesman for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said: “Councils are not permitted to use taxpayers’ money to fund partisan issues or party-political activity.” The department added it had powers to recover money if it was found to have been misspent. Sign up to the Politics Newsletter Email address Sign up I agree to receive updates and information about my account, the GB News Community, and related products and services from GB News. By signing up you agree to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy and Community Rules. Thank you for signing up! See the latest from GB News here . Choose GB News on Google - add us as a preferred source Choose GB News Support GB News Champion free speech and independent journalism while unlocking exclusive benefits. Support us Follow for the LATEST UPDATES throughout the day... 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We cannot allow Russian strikes to dictate whether the Ukrainian people can keep their lights on, or turn their heating on, for another winter. “And Russia is not stopping at Ukraine. Europe’s adversaries are testing our defences, targeting our infrastructure through cyber attacks and sabotage, and attempting to weaken our resolve for Ukraine. “Those who seek to weaken our democracies thrive on division, so our answer must be unity. We need to back President Zelensky and support Ukraine with an energy ceasefire” The Foreign Office said Russia had carried out 200 attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the past week alone. Share 'All over the place' - Shadow Defence Secretary slams 'shambolic' re-run of Brexit debate by Andy Burnham Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge has described Andy Burnham as being "all over the place" when it comes to re-running the Brexit debate, despite pledging to move past the 2016 referendum. Speaking to GB News breakfast this morning, Mr Cartlidge said: "Only weeks ago, Andy Burnham said that he didn't want to reopen the divisions of Brexit, and here we are he's talking about whether the Russians interfered. Frankly, he's all over the place. "I mean, I was sitting next to Kemi [Badenoch] yesterday in the Commons when he responded to the statement. He had several questions about this. The answers were conflicting, contradictory. "He was on this podcast saying that the Russians had interfered, that there was evidence of this. He's now sort of retreating from that. I think it's all a bit shambolic, quite frankly. "And I just wonder what the average British person would think listening to this. I think whatever people thought at the time of the referendum, surely the abiding feeling will be not that all over again because it was divisive and it was difficult, of course. "In the end, the British people voted overwhelmingly to leave. And I think we should respect that as a democratic nation. And I think that really for Andy Burnham to have a by election in a leave voting constituency where he doesn't mention it to then suddenly put it back on the agenda, take it off. It is a bit shambolic." Share 'These are evil people' - Zia Yusuf doubles down on Reform's migration measures Reform UK home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf described a contingent of illegal migrants arriving in the Channel as "evil", pointing to the drastic action a Reform government would take to stop the boats. His comments come after the party's Kent conference yesterday, where Nigel Farage outlined a proposal to entirely halt the asylum system, with Robert Jenrick calling for the deployment of the navy when addressing the Prime Minister in the Commons. Speaking to GB News breakfast this morning, Mr Yusuf said: "This is a humanitarian mission. Almost 200 migrants have died making that journey across the channel. But we've also got to be really clear about the evil of some of these people on these boats. "The Home Secretary herself has said the very few women who are making this journey, almost all of them have been raped. We know a convicted terrorist has made it to Britain on these boats. "These are men who think nothing of throwing women and indeed children off these vessels. These are evil people. We have to be clear eyed about that. " He said: "Weapons posture for our Marines will be commensurate and proportionate to the intelligence led threat assessment of the people on that vessel", and that they will be authorised to "use lethal force if they have to". "We don't want any more people dying in the channel. But most importantly of all, we're being really clear with Nigel as Prime Minister. No one trying to get to Britain illegally will be able to make it to our shores." Share Chancellor affirms 'resilience' of UK economy as IMF forecasts 1.3% growth John Healey has pointed to the "resilience" of the UK economy in response to an upgraded growth forecast from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), despite warnings that inflation will remain higher for longer. The IMF now expects the UK economy to grow by 1.3 per cent in 2026, up from its previous forecast of 1 per cent. However, it also expects households to face a sharper rise in inflation than previously anticipated, putting continued pressure on the cost of living. Responding to the forecasts, the Chancellor said international conflicts were affecting people in the UK and around the world but argued the economy was demonstrating "resilience" in the face of these challenges. He said: "We're forecast to be the joint second fastest-growing G7 nation in 2026 and have the lowest deficit in the G7 by 2031." Mr Healey is due to deliver his first Budget on October 28. 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