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The level of inequality in Britain far outstretches that of our European neighbours or other G7 countries, a new graph has revealed. According to OECD figures published in The Economist the richest people in the UK are leaps and bounds ahead of the poorest groups in terms of GDP per person. The figures were revealed as Jeremy Corbyn piled pressure on Theresa May in today's PMQs for allowing the UK to become a tax haven for the rich. Tory Britain: the...

Harvey Weinstein is to be this year's effigy burned by the Edenbridge Bonfire Society. The society has become renowned in recent years for burning effigies of controversial figures such as Donald Trump, Sepp Blatter and Katie Hopkins. The fire will be lit on Saturday night to raise money for local charities, with more than 10,000 people expected to attend the annual event. This is who Edenbridge Bonfire Society picked as their celebrity effigy this year. See @PA for more pic.twitter.com/SJVZez4hoH — Flora...

As we all know Brexit has not happened yet, however the UK economy already appears to be straining under the uncertainty of our withdrawal from the EU. Food prices are rising, property prices in London are falling, sterling has dropped against other currencies and large sections banking sector appears to be planning to shift operations to Frankfurt. Now the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) have said that as sterling has plummeted since the vote back in June...

A truck mowed down cyclists and pedestrians on a riverside path in Manhattan before crashing into a schoolbus in what appears to be the first terrorist attack in Manhattan since 9/11. The attack described by New York city mayor Bill de Blasio as a “a particularly cowardly act of terror” occurred not far from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. A suspect from Uzbekistan, named Sayfullo Saipov, 29, has lived in the US since 2010 and worked as an Uber driver. The...

Unable to count on Conservative Party members, the electorate, her DUP allies, and now even her own MPs, Theresa May’s government is now so weakened that it’s being mocked by Tory backbenchers in the House of Commons. Philip Davies is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Shipley in West Yorkshire. You may have heard of him from the occasions he used his position to talk out private members’ bills on tackling domestic and sexual violence against women. - With...

David Davis has conceded that Brexit withdrawal agreement with EU will 'probably favour the union' in one key way - financially. Speaking in the House of Lords European Union Select Committee, the Brexit Secretary said: “In the infamous – or famous – words of the European Union nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. “The withdrawal agreement on balance will probably favour the union in terms of the things like money and so on. Whereas the future relationship will favour...

Millions of Brits are facing a never-ending road to financial recovery, with one in eight believing they will never be debt-free. That’s according to new research which reveals a growing reliance on credit has led to the highest debt levels in recent history. The average person with debt is in the red by over £8,000 and that’s not even including mortgage repayments - the average mortgage owed is £106,755. Right now, nearly a quarter of adults are struggling to make ends...

A Met Police firearms expert who blamed himself for the shooting of Mark Duggan blasted himself in the head in the street during a standoff with armed cops, an inquest heard. Civilian employee Tony Hanley, 51, turned the handgun on himself when negotiations with armed officers broke down near his home in Wallington, south London, the hearing was told. Officers tried to talk to him on January 30, 2016, and used a taser and fired two rubber bullets at him...

A zero hours worker has won a court battle to force his former employer to pay him for annual leave. Helier Heath, 23, is now calling on others to know their rights after he took his former employer to court over unpaid holiday. Helier worked as a security guard with Plymouth-based Crown Security Solutions for about three months. During that time he was on a so-called zero hours contract, where the employee is not guaranteed any hours, and said he...