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Labour received highest ever amount of private donations last year
While the party continued to receive funding from trade unions, the main lift came from individuals and companies, who gave more than £13 million.
Tory MP calls for integration policy to encourage migrants to ’embrace British values’
Andrew Rosindell told MPs that ‘immigration is only successful when integration is successful’.
Tories and Labour in conspiracy of silence about post-election cuts – IFS chief
Paul Johnson said the Budget was not transparent about the trade-offs being pencilled in, and abolishing national insurance was ‘unrealistic’.
Pensioner caught on camera spraying ‘b*****d’ onto Thatcher statue
The 'grafitti gran' remains at large, after she was caught on CCTV scrawling a swear word onto the statue of Margaret Thatcher.
MPs call for Post Office removal from Horizon IT scandal compensation schemes
"Justice delayed is justice denied. And bluntly justice has been denied to our innocent sub postmasters for far too long"
Blur, not Blair: Britpop legend selected as Labour candidate for election
Dave Rowntree, the drummer for Blur, will officially run for office at the next General Election. Here's his political pedigree...
Rwanda Bill suffers further defeats as Welby told to ‘check his white privilege’
Overturning the Government bid to oust the courts from the process effectively blows a hole in the controversial legislation.
Hunt hints at more pre-election giveaways after £10bn national insurance cut
Experts have questioned whether the Chancellor’s spending plans can be delivered.
Pensioners the big losers from Jeremy Hunt’s Budget, says think tank
The Resolution Foundation said the Chancellor threw ‘fiscal caution to the wind’.