TORY GOVERNMENT TO BLAME FOR OUTRAGEOUS AND UNFAIR SCRAPPING OF TV LICENCES FOR OVER 75s, GMB CONGRESS HEARS Stripping over-75s of their free TV licences is outrageous and unfair,claims the GMB Congress. Tories clearly don’t value pensioners – they’ve palmed off the responsibility free TV licences and snatched away the...
A huntsman convicted of allowing his hounds to kill four fox cubs has been handed a 16-week suspended jail sentence Paul Oliver was not banned from keeping animals because he would lose his job at a stud yard. Explaining her reasons for not banning the couple from keeping animals, the...
The UK economy took a huge knock in April as Brexit rumbles on. It contracted by 0.4 per cent compared to the month before, marking its biggest monthly fall since March 2016. It follows a decline of 0.1 per cent in March 2019. Industrial production declined by 2.7 per cent...
Conservative leadership favourite Boris Johnson has announced he would cut income tax for the highest earners if he became the Prime Minister. Johnson indicated he would raise the 40p threshold from £50 to £80k. Boris used the Telegraph to make his case for the cut, saying: “We should be raising...
A new Survation poll reveals the backlash the Conservatives will face if they try to sell off the NHS to US private healthcare companies. Just 17% of the public think the NHS should be included in trade deal discussions with the US government in a post-Brexit scenario. The figures are...
Analysis shows households face a 17% surge in grocery shopping basket costs if UK defaults to WTO trade terms Shoppers face being hit with hundreds of pounds extra on food and drink bills if the UK leaves the EU with ‘no deal’, new analysis for GMB union reveals today. The...
Theresa May has handed in her formal resignation to the Conservative Party. She informed the 1922 Committee of backbench MPs today. Her time as PM has been turbulent and overshadowed with mishaps and mistakes. May will remain as leader until a succesor is chosen, with Boris Johnson the most likely...
Owners had previously warned that Brexit would lead to factory closures
A terrifying new report has claimed that human civilisation could be over by 2050, unless climate change is tackled immediately. Researchers from the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration in Melbourne claims that climate change poses a ‘near- to mid-term existential threat to human civilisation.’ The report outlines a worst-case...