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Jeremy Corbyn today inadvertently received the rock star reception Theresa May aimed for in 2016 when she delivered the closing speech at the Conservative Party Conference. The Labour leader came out to the now famed rendition of Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes, despite there been no music in the background. It makes a stark difference to May's reception when she got a tame response with Elvis Costello & The Attractions blaring out of the stereos. Even the shadow...

British pensioners are now more financially secure than they ever have been, following the post-election deal between the DUP and Conservative Party, guaranteeing the triple lock pension and winter fuel allowance. More significant is the older generation’s ‘wealth mountain’—the property assets owned by those higher up the housing ladder. Unfortunately for their descendants, it is estimated that just 4 million of the 17 million Brits between the ages of 25 and 44 are set to benefit when their families pass...

An emotive speech by 16-year-old Lauren Stocks is going viral after she shed light on the state of Britain's schools. The GCSE student won a standing ovation following the speech which touched on the mental health of students and their well-being. Stocks rubbished statistics that found three in ten children in every classroom suffer with mental illness, saying the figure should be closer to half if not more. She said: "I could have walked into any food tech, history, art, maths...

Stop HS2 campaigners have been distributing rail tickets marked for the "privileged few" at the Labour Party Conference. The activists replicated British rail tickets with costs and consequences detailed on the front, with the class bracket stating "privileged few" and the ticket type referred to as "super excess vanity project". The high speed rail network connecting London with the Midlands and the North has been heavily criticised since its inception with many people dubbing it a vanity project on behalf of...

Shadow Secretary of State for Education Angela Rayner has pledged to end period poverty in schools by committing £10 million for sanitary products. Her strong words come after a report by charity Freedom4Girls found girls in the UK were missing school because they could not afford sanitary protection. Rayner told the Labour Party Conference that this is a "scandal" and that every child would get the support they needed under Labour. The Conservative government has said it will look at the issue. .@AngelaRayner :...

Donald Trump wants to be remembered as the “jobs” president. Just read the transcript of his post-Charlottesville press conference. Controversially, he failed to treat the national tragedy with the seriousness it deserved, and he failed to condemn the “alt-right” neo Nazis in the way he should have. Instead, he tried to steer the topic of conversation towards jobs. “I’ve created over a million jobs,” he boasted. “What people want now, they want jobs.” When asked what needs to be done...

Labour's Jonathan Ashworth today warned that the NHS urgently needs a £500m NHS winter bailout. The much needed cash was required to help increase capacity in struggling hospitals and to pay for extra staff. There are major concerns that the NHS could be at breaking point this festive season, without an immediate injection of cash. Labour has pledged to boost spending on the NHS through a 5% hike in income tax for the highest earners and changes to corporation tax. Shadow...

A brilliant Oxford student who stabbed her boyfriend in a drug-fuelled rage was shown mercy yesterday by a judge said he didn't want to hinder her career prospects. Aspiring heart surgeon Lavinia Woodward, 24, who has a history of cocaine and MDMA abuse, plunged a bread knife into Thomas Fairclough's leg. Cambridge-educated Mr. Fairclough, 25, told a 999 operator: "I think my girlfriend has taken a lot of drugs and is throwing a lot of stuff around the house." Woodward...

The world's botanic gardens contain a third of all known plants - housing almost half those in danger of being wiped out, according to new research. At least 30 per cent are conserved outside their original ecosystem in these floral paradises. And they include 41 per cent of all those classed as "threatened." Scientist warn a fifth of the earth's plant diversity is threatened with extinction but the gardens could provide a safe refuge to help reestablish lost species in...