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The Conservative Party received more money from dead people in legacies than they did from membership fees from living people last year, party figures show.  Membership plummeted by 40 per cent in 2017, returning just £835,000 to the party's coffers compared to £1.5 million the year before.  But the Conservatives managed to bag £1.7 million from dead people in the form of bequests, compared to £301,000 in 2016. That means they received more from dead people than they did from the living,...

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The Conservative party has suffered a collapse in the income it draws from membership fees as Labour and the Liberal Democrats see significant increases. According to party accounts the money earned from their membership plummeted by more than 40 per cent in 2017. By contrast membership income for the Labour party grew by around 12 per cent, while the Liberal Democrats saw theirs rise by almost a third. The shocking figures will add to the concern over the Tory party’s...

Huddersfield BMI Hospital, West Yorks., will be closed until tomorrow morning with the area outside the hospital been cordoned off by police.

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Average earnings in Britain are £13 a week lower than they were ten years ago, a Resolution Foundation report has revealed. The damning study found the ‘Just About Managing’ group accounted for half of the rise in employment since 2008/09, meaning The Conservatives’ oft celebrated jobs boom has been driven by those on the lowest incomes. Employment across the bottom third of households made up 1.2 million of the 2.1 million increase in jobs between 2008-2017. And job insecurity remains...

Detectives have launched an appeal after two men were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the attack shortly after 5pm yesterday (Tues).

A large proportion of homeless people are living in daily physical pain and face difficulties accessing treatment, according to a study released today. The research comes as the new government strategy to end rough sleeping was released a week ago. Research from Groundswell, a charity working to support homeless people, found that 53% of homeless people were experiencing long-term pain conditions such as arthritis (23%), sciatica (14%), cluster headaches (12%) and chronic back pain (23%). Among the general population only...

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