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CETA “makes a mockery of Government’s stated objective of ‘bringing back control’.”
CETA amounts to a full frontal attack on Parliamentary democracy and any concept of national sovereignty and makes a complete mockery of the Government’s oft-stated objective of ‘bringing back control’ says Union. GMB, Britain’s general union, has criticised a Government plan to sign away UK sovereignty in a mega trade deal without MPs having their say in Parliament. On June 26, the House of Commons will be asked to ratify the 2,255 page Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between...
Students ‘vandalised their university in fossil fuel protest’ Court heard
Four face charges of criminal damage over the protest at King's College in London on February 1 last year
Urban trees can absorb as much carbon as a rainforest, scientists have discovered
The study on 85,000 trees in north London shows the importance of planting and protecting urban forests to offset fossil fuel emissions.
Worrying cancer risk found in flight cabin crew
A study of more than 5,000 flight attendants found cases were higher for every form of the disease examined
Businessman dubbed ‘rush hour prowler’ admits sex assaults on girls as young as 8
Former nightclub manager Kevin Bond, 51, was exposed as the sexual predator, who may have attacked 26 girls and got his nickname from the time of his assaults, at around 8am and 5pm.
Even Tories call for Boris to resign as Theresa May’s Heathrow lies emerge
As Boris Johnson went AWOL on the day he would have had to vote against the Government or with them against his principles on a new Heathrow runway, the Foreign Secretary was ridiculed by all sides. Fellow anti-Heathrow expansion campaigner and international trade minister, Greg Hands could easily have avoided tonight’s vote with a foreign trip, but instead took ministerial responsibility seriously and resigned on principle on Friday. Despite the junior minister having thrown the gauntlet down to his Conservative...
Police probe Drill music link in fatal stabbing of 15-year-old at birthday party
Jordan Douherty was fatally stabbed on Saturday night when dozens of gatecrashers turned up at a birthday party in Romford, east London, advertised online
More than 100 politicians killed across Mexico ahead of general elections
More than 100 politicians have been killed across Mexico ahead of general elections on 1 July. Mexicans will head to the polls this Sunday to elect a new president, senators and members of the Chamber of Deputies as well as more than 3,000 posts at regional and local levels. But the event has been marred with accusations of state corruption. The entire police force of the Mexican town of Ocampo was detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder of a...
Gig Economy – Hermes “decision a wake-up call for Government”
The Government should write into law a positive definition of self-employment to provide clarity on who is and who is not genuinely self-employed, IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has said. The call follows a decision in the employment tribunal today that a group of Hermes couriers were workers and not self-employed. GMB, the union for lifestyle couriers, scored a landmark legal victory against Hermes after an employment tribunal ruled their couriers are entitled to basic workers’ rights. The...