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Police & Crime Commissioner told to apologise after calling Tory Councillor a w**ker

A police and crime commissioner has been told to apologise after being accused of branding a Tory councillor a w***er during a town hall meeting. Hardyal Dhindsa, who is also a Labour councillor, is said to have made the foul-mouthed comments during a Derby City Council meeting on January 25. Councillor Phil Ingall reported Derbyshire's police and crime commissioner to the authority's standards department after he says he was twice called a w***er. The council's monitoring officer, Janie Berry, said...

Britain is ‘sleepwalking’ into a post-Brexit food price crisis, report claims

Britain is in danger of "sleepwalking" into a post-Brexit future with hugely increased food prices and unsafe and insecure food supplies, a report has claimed. This worrying study was compiled by academics from three top universities. They believe that the UK’s population expect low food prices and guaranteed supply for anything they need. Over the last twenty years Britain has benefited from a wealth of food and choice of food groups, even for the poorest in society. The report highlights...

Church of England slams “prohibitive” costs for foreigners & asylum seekers

The Church of England have slammed the "prohibitive" costs for foreigners and asylum seekers to get British citizenship. Foreign residents are currently forced to pay around £1,300 to receive citizenship, a fee which has a negative impact on integration, the General Synod said. The Church's governing body unanimously chose to investigate the current citizenship application process which begins with a £50 Life in the UK test. Ben Franks, a lay member of the C of E’s governing body, initiated the...

The jobs outlook: Where to look as the market heats up

Job vacancies in London rose by an impressive 11 per cent in the second quarter of 2017. Despite growing uncertainty in the run up to the general election last month, data published today suggests that businesses in London remained confident in Q2 2017, with job vacancies and applications showing a promising increase. The Q2 job market report from CV-Library, compared data from April, May and June 2017 with data from the same period last year, and found that there were 11 per cent more...

Is this the first sign that Theresa May’s days are numbered?

After building an election campaign in her image the Conservatives have removed Theresa May’s image from the Conservative party website homepage for the first time since she became Prime Minister. In a sign that the PM's days may be numbered the Tories switched their focus from “team Theresa May” to one that completely rids them of the association altogether. And it isn't the first time her absence has been noted. Raising the issue at the weekly session of Prime Minister’s...

Labour reveal damning Tory catalogue of child health failures & cancelled NHS children’s operations

The Labour Party are set to reveal that over 12,000 surgical procedures on children and young people have been cancelled in the last year alone. The Labour Party is to announce its intention to make child health “a national priority”, highlighting a series of failings from cancelled operations to staff shortages on children's wards under the Conservative Government. Speaking to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Shadow Health Secretary Jonathan Ashworth will today (Monday) accuse the Government of failing children’s health across the...

In pics – Jeremy Corbyn attends a service in memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in Dorset

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attended a memorial service in memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in Dorest. The group were 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for and convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers.  On 18 March 1834, the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced to penal transportation to Australia. The Tolpuddle Martyrs festival is held annually in Tolpuddle. Recent festivals have featured speakers such as Tony Benn and musicians such as Billy Bragg and...

Academic recreates Ealing comedy “Passport to Pimlico” & declares his house a republic to avoid Brexit

A Europhile academic declared his home an independent Republic in a bid to avoid Brexit, recreating Ealing comedy 'Passport to Pimlico'. Dr William Riches, 77, made his wife the President and gave his children and grandchildren citizenship of the Independent Republic of Middlewatch - the name of his house - so they do not need passports to cross the threshold. However, when Britain does leave the European Union visitors will require a visa costing at least £50 to enter the...

Watch – Of course he can’t! John Mcdonnell asks Hammond if he can live on struggling cleaner’s £297 a week

Tory Philip Hammond refused to deny saying public sector workers are “overpaid” even when the Shadow Chancellor showed him a pay slip from a cleaner who made £297 a week. Millionaire Hammond still was dumbstruck by McDonnell's clever ploy. John McDonnell slammed the Chancellor for the comments, allegedly made during a cabinet meeting last week. McDonnell told the BBC’s Andrew Marr: “I was at Bart’s Hospital yesterday with the cleaners, who are on strike. Why are they on strike? Because...

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