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Employers are twice as likely to say Brexit is bad for young workers
Half of employers say Brexit will harm young people’s economic prospects in the short-term – twice the number that think it will be helpful, according to a YouGov survey for the charity Young Women’s Trust. Many employers also expressed concern about the longer-term financial impact on young people of the UK leaving the EU. 50 per cent of those with responsibility for hiring staff say that the economic implications of Brexit will negatively affect 18 to 30 year-olds in the long-term. This compares to 33 per cent who think it will have a positive effect. One in four (27...
Caroline Lucas and People’s Vote win plaudits following live Brexit debate
Caroline Lucas, arguing in favour of a People's Vote in a live Brexit debate broadcast on Channel 4, looks to have walked away with the plaudits after a fiercely contested battle with senior politicians. The Green MP lined up against Jacob Rees-Mogg, who campaigned for a hard Brexit, James Cleverly, who was backing Theresa May's deal, and Labour MP Barry Gardiner who called for a General Election in the debate, which replaced the Prime Minister's head-to-head with Jeremy Corbyn after the respective...
Brexit Betrayal march vastly outnumbered by Stop Tommy Robinson counter march
They were met by counter-demonstrators and anti-fascists, while police mounted a major operation to keep opposing factions apart
Labour demand government explains £2m taxpayers’ cash funding infowars unit which smeared Corbyn and Labour
"These Tories are using public money to subvert democracy"
Teen stabbed to death in Greenwich adds to capital’s shocking teenage death toll
The victim is the 23rd teenager to be murdered in the capital this year
Police artist impression of two thugs who battered elderly couple in savage machete robbery
Detectives described the robbery as a "truly horrifying attack"
Hero bin man died saving colleague from garbage truck
Paramedics battled to save dad-of-five 59-year-old Paul Abbott's life after he was hit by the truck on Tuesday morning.
UK cash machine ram raid epidemic now costs £150m a year
The UK saw 722 of the attacks in 2017 - an average of almost two a day
Brexiteer Priti Patel says UK should threaten Ireland with no deal Brexit food shortages
Disgraced former minister Priti Patel is in hot water again today – for gleefully suggesting that the threat of food shortages in a no deal Brexit could be used to encourage Ireland to drop their insistence on a backstop to prevent a hard border across Ireland. The former Tory Minister for International Development was reacting to a government report leaked to theTimes newspaper that outlined food shortages would be worse for Ireland than the UK in a no deal Brexit....