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A Tory MP was caught ogling a picture of semi-naked showgirls in the House of Commons this afternoon. The backbencher was snapped by Anna Soubry in the first parliamentary sitting since last week's election, which saw the Conservatives lose their Parliamentary majority and Labour surge in the polls. She tweeted the picture with the caption "Is this the first Parliament where everyone thinks they're a winner when in fact we're all losers except the DUP". The biggest question in parliament today: What's...

Inflation shoots up to 2.9% in latest figures – highest since April 2012 The GMB says Theresa May and the Conservative’s economic credibility is in tatters as inflation shoots up to 2.9% - the highest level in five years – while living standards are in reverse. The union is calling on the Prime Minister’s minority Government to end the public sector pay pinch which artificially keeps public servants pay well below inflation. Public sector workers were already facing an average...

Uncertainty was the theme in the latest Global Economy Watch from accountants PWC. Almost a third of business leaders say they expect at least one crisis within the next three years, and uncertain economic growth is perceived to be the biggest threat to business. Uncertainty over Brexit could dampen business investment and push up household savings rates, further dampening consumer spending growth. A hung parliament following the UK election could also add to business uncertainty. Barret Kupelian, senior economist at...

Today the Financial Ombudsman released its annual report unveiling a significant rise in the number of complaints about payday lenders. According to Chief Ombudsman, Caroline Wayman, "the most striking story has been the rise in contact we’ve had from people having trouble with credit. We’ve seen around three times last year’s volumes of complaints about payday loans". But aren’t things supposed to have improved a lot recently? The regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) made Wonga write off many loans in...

Like most people I went to a bog standard Comprehensive school; the teachers did their best with the range of children from a variety of backgrounds, and limited budgets. So news that private schools will receive more than £500m in tax rebates over the next five years, will anger many people who couldn’t afford to attend, or send their children, to fee paying schools. A tiny percentage of the UK are able to access these elite schools and the social...

  As it emerged that Prime Minister Theresa May was keeping Jeremy Hunt as Health Secretary in her post-election cabinet reshuffle his name was unfortunately mispronounced TWICE in one day by TV reporters. The unpopular Health Secretary who has presided over cuts and closures in around 40% of mental health trusts was subjected to the same "Freudian slip" twice, as on live TV the letter ‘C’ was added to his surname, once on the BBC:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDbSfa7jI8A   and again live on...

Yesterday a relaxed looking Jeremy Corbyn went on the Andrew Marr show to tell the nation he is ready to take on the Tories, if another election is called, and to win. He told Andrew Marr it is ‘quite possible’ that there will be another vote either this year or in 2018. Corbyn said he is also going to create his own Queen's Speech, based on the Labour manifesto, to be considered by parliament. As the Conservative Party appear to...

The vote to leave the EU has led to a "crash" in the number of European nurses registering to work in the UK. According to figures obtained by the Health Service Journal the NHS could be about to face its worst nursing workforce crisis for 20 years. Data shows the number of EU nurses registering with the NMC to work in the UK peaked at 1,304 in July 2016, a month after the referendum. However it has since dropped significantly, with...

Boris Johnson urged Tory MPs to unite behind Theresa May and mocked Jeremy Corbyn. The Foreign Secretary posted his rallying cry to a WhatsApp conversation which was promptly leaked to the media. Many would say the Tories are in free fall and PM May's days are numbered, and a minority deal with the DUP still hasn't been finalised. Jeremy Corbyn is hopefully Labour may even be able to form a government, if the Conservatives fail to bring the DUP on board....