Opinion

Banning people from working denies them the basic right of living in dignity - people who have a wealth of skills, talents and experiences that we need here in Britain, but are simply being put to waste. says Maurice Wren, Chief Executive of the Refugee Council:

The magic money tree wasn’t there because politicians didn’t want it to be there, and it is as simple as that.

It’s never been easy for an independent Ireland to trust the UK. Brexit is making it impossible.

Ministers - including Michael Gove, Sajid Javid, Dominic Raab, Geoffrey Cox and Steve Barclay - will meet every Monday with the sole task of delivering Brexit 'by any means necessary'.

As Foreign Secretary, Johnson licensed bombs two days after Saudi forces destroyed a food factory killing 14 people. And a day before a school was bombed, killing 10 children. Two months later, Saudi forces bombed a funeral killing 140 people. In the weeks that followed, Johnson signed another arms transfers for bombs.

For years, far too many refugees – people who fled from conflict and persecution, who were forced to leave their homes, their loved ones, their jobs, and their communities to find a place of safety – have experienced homelessness and destitution just at the point when their claim for asylum has been approved and they were recognised in need of protection.

Boris at number ten may just be the catalyst required to make change happen. A General Election surely must be imminent.

Boris will look to feast on the divisions he helped sow, and there's nothing more Trump-esque than that.

M&S take a huge step backwards by rolling out plastic marketing campaign aimed at kids