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International finance markets lagged behind people having a flutter on the night of the EU referendum result, according to a Cambridge University study

In a speech on Friday, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions announced important changes to current proposals for Universal Credit (UC). Amber Rudd announced that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will immediately lay two pieces of legislation: ·         The first will provide protections for people currently receiving the ‘Severe Disability Premium’ -additional benefits paid to disabled people who live independently, recognising the extra costs faced by people not supported by a carer. It will come into force on...

After a detained thief was handed over to police, he suffered a cardiac arrest

Footage of an audience member on Question Time destroying Theresa May’s attempts at leadership has gone viral. She said why she did not feel sorry for the prime minister and just less than 2 minutes managed to pull apart May, who is no longer looking very “strong and stable”. She said: “Could we get over feeling sorry for Theresa May? I don’t feel sorry for her. “She’s the woman who for many, many years has led the hostile environment for migrants...

Working people should not be made to pay the price for Conservative political failures says GMB Union amid the sluggish GDP figures today. Economic growth slowed to just 0.3% in the three months to November - the lowest for six months. Meanwhile manufacturing growth has fallen five months in a row now  - the first time this has happened since the global financial crash a decade ago. GMB says this is further proof we are on the wrong economic path. ...

Jeremy Hunt has made some controversial statements about Brexit and how it might not happen at all. He believes that if the PMs deal on Brexit is not backed by Parliament then the UK could remain in the EU. If May's deal was voted down it might lead to “Brexit paralysis” which would see the UK in the European trading area. This outcome would be “enormously damaging” for politicians’ relationships with voters and Britain’s global reputation, Hunt commented. “If we...

The price of chips could soar as Brexit and Russian Crimean tensions have left a shortage of potato pickers in Jersey, farmers say. Other factors including an improving economy in Poland and a pound that has been weakening since 2016’s EU referendum have also led to a lack of migrant workers on the island - the home of the Royal potato. Traditionally farms have relied on seasonal potato pickers from the EU, but Brexit uncertainties have made it far harder...

Evil cafe owner Terence Hamblett was branded "depraved and disgusting" by a judge

A thug has been jailed for battering a teenage girl and a boy in unprovoked attacks outside a school - while waving a hammer at them