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Watchdog suspended 377 MPs credit cards and they did not want you to know about it
A huge number of MPs have had their credit cards stopped since the 2015 general election. An FOI request, by the Telegraph found that 377 MPs have been penalised for credit card infringements. Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Ian Paisley are among the MPs to be penalised since 2015 for breaking the rules by not providing receipts or failing to pay back ineligible expenses. Cabinet Member Amber Rudd had her card suspended five times. Energy Minister Claire Perry admitted to...
Green Party campaign as ‘strongest vote to oppose Brexit and climate change’
The Green Party is launching its European Parliament election campaign today and their co-leader Sian Berry told The London Economic the party is on a high after unprecedented results at the local elections last week which heralded a "Green Wave.” The Green Party will argue today that with a history of Green MEPs working with the EU on climate targets, they are best placed to tackle a “climate emergency” working with other EU countries. Sian Berry insists that The Green...
Fascinating animated graph illustrates Jeremy Corbyn’s meteoric social media rise
An animated graphic illustrating the meteoric rise of Jeremy Corbyn is making the rounds on social media. The moving chart shows the top 20 UK MPs by number of Twitter followers between October 2015 and May 2019. While serving PM David Cameron ranks in the top position for the most part, Corbyn storms past the former Conservative leader in 2016 after he famously survived a leadership contest. Come mid 2017- after Labour increased their share of the popular vote...
Teen chased and stabbed to death named as London’s grim knife murder toll mounts
Police say 18-year-old McCaulay Junior Urugbezi-Edwards was repeatedly stabbed in Elephant and Castle, south east London, on Sunday evening
Police name second woman found dead in freezer
The two bodies were found in a chest freezer at a flat in Canning Town, east London
Extinction Rebellion protester has been banned from Oxford Circus
Ruth Jarman, 56, is accused of refusing to move on when police tried to clear a sit in at the usually busy junction on April 18
Police driver accused of using ‘too much force’ to stop moped teen will learn his fate tomorrow
PC Edwin Sutton denies professional misconduct after the teenager - named only as 'Mr G' - suffered "serious" injuries
Two teens arrested after 16-year-old boy shot in head
Two boys, aged 15 and 17, were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
Theresa May in secret talks over three-way second referendum
Theresa May is in secret discussions over a second Brexit referendum which would give the British public a three-way choice between her deal, no deal and staying in the European Union, according to reports. The Prime Minister will resume talks with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today as the leaders look to break the political impasse which has left parliament in flux over Brexit. As many as two-thirds of Labour MPs, including several shadow cabinet ministers and frontbenchers, have reportedly said...