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Corbyn says the new evidence "leaves Boris Johnson’s denials in absolute tatters", adding that "this election is now a battle of survival for our NHS".

The notable economists argue that after “ten years of near zero productivity growth” and “public services under intolerable strain” which a “hard Brexit would only make worse,” Britain needs the “serious injection of public investment that the Labour Party manifesto promises.

Halting Brexit and bringing about a “real end to austerity” were among the “progressive policies” Ms Sturgeon would push for if there is a hung Parliament.

Labour unveils a bold vision for the UK.

“Everybody just says it’s the Government as if it’s this sort of like bland blob that you know, you can just go and blame.”

The shadow chancellor has set out Labour’s plans to reform corporate governance.

The shadow chancellor says no one ‘needs or deserves’ to be a billionaire.

The Labour leader said details of his party’s manifesto would be revealed on Thursday.

Jeremy Corbyn said the plans will bring communities together in an “inclusive and connected society”.

The move could hamper Tory efforts to win a majority, as Mr Farage risks splitting the pro-Brexit vote between his party and the Conservatives.

The ex-justice secretary warned that even if Johnson wanted to extend the transition period to negotiate a new free trade deal with the EU, he would be unable to do so.

The Labour Party is promising to spend £6 billion a year more than the Conservatives on the National Health Service. 

Labour said Tory accusations that their as yet unpublished manifesto would cost £1.2 trillion is ‘fake news.'

The front pages are dominated by negative reaction to the possibility of Jeremy Corbyn leading the country.

The manifesto notes that there has been a “grotesque scale of the unfairness” in the region.

In the final PMQs before polling on December 12, Boris Johnson had to defend his government’s NHS record and secret meetings with US pharma firms.

The Labour leader cautioned MPs against backing an agreement even if there was a confirmatory referendum.

Old Etonians such as Boris Johnson, David Cameron and Jacob Rees-Mogg are giving the school a bad name, its former head teacher has said.

There was widespread solidarity with the workers including from Van Morrison and singer Tommy Sands, who performed at the gates

Philip Hammond and Rachel Johnson have both claimed Boris is being backed by speculators who have bet billions on a hard Brexit.

"My team are healthier both mentally and physically than they were five months ago and that means that when they are here they are focused, engaged and determined to get the job done."

The policy announcement comes after the Sunday Times Good University Guide found Russell Group universities continue to be the worst performers for social inclusion.

Watson's latest intervention puts him on a fresh collision course with Jeremy Corbyn, who has made clear his priority is for an election once Parliament has closed off a no-deal Brexit.

“I could not consent to the introduction into our national life of a device so alien to all our traditions as the referendum which has only too often been the instrument of Nazism and fascism”.

Philip Hammond called the Conservative purge 'staggeringly hypocritical' as 8 current cabinet ministers had defied the Tory whip this year.

“Boris Johnson is a threat to our democracy” says John McDonnell

As recently as last month Transport Minister Nusrat Ghani told MPs in the Commons that HS2 would be delivered on budget and on time. But the memo to George Osborne contradicts that.

Corbyn is expected to reaffirm his commitment to give British people a final say on Brexit, with a second referendum with “credible” options to leave and remain in the EU.

The peer, who was speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, criticised Jeremy Corbyn’s slow response to the issue.

By building a co-operative economy from the bottom up we can build a socialist nation.

The Labour leader’s move came after Boris Johnson said the ‘last thing’ he wanted to do was call a general election.

A digital clock, reported to have cost at least £500, has been taken into Number 10.

It is not the first time concerns have been raised around the project coming in on budget.

The move is a ‘last-gasp’ attempt to curry favour with workers after years of wage caps, say union leaders.

Traders are concerned that a no-deal Brexit is more likely, after both Conservative leadership candidates toughened their positions.

Trade union leaders agree Labour should support a second referendum on any Brexit deal.

After Labour fell to third place in the European elections, Jeremy Corbyn has written to Labour MPs heeding calls for more unambiguous support for a people’s vote on whatever Brexit looks like. The Labour party lost half its MEPs, left with only 10, behind the Brexit Party and the Liberal ...

Rumours that Labour will become the referendum party have gained a lot of mainstream traction of late, and there’s a good reason why. Despite Jeremy Corbyn and other senior colleagues being openly sceptical of the merits of a so-called "confirmatory" referendum, the opportunity to squash the Tories in both European ...

The House of Commons will be given the first opportunity to vote for a second referendum today. The speaker, John Bercow, selected an amemndment from Sarah Wollaston, who recently left the Tories to join the Independent group. This was not, as you would expect, met with universal approval. The speaker ...

James O'Brien said "we live in a country that is utterly upside down" after a spate of Tory Islamaphobia cases went largely unreported in the media. Fourteen members of the Conservative Party have been suspended this week over Islamophobic comments made on Facebook, and last night Baroness Warsi, the Conservative Party’s ...

The incomes of the richest fifth of households grew by 4.7 per cent last year while the incomes of the poorest fifth fell by 1.6 per cent, official figures have revealed today. According to the Resolution Foundation the controversial freeze on benefit levels combined with higher inflation following the Brexit ...

Prominent Brexiteer Sir Jim Ratcliffe is to relocate to Monaco in a bid to save up to £4bn in tax, it has been reported. The Sunday Times revealed that the founder of the chemicals giant Ineos is working on a plan to avoid tax with accountancy firm PwC, which is also likely to ...

Was Winston Churchill a bad person? It’s amazing how such a simple question has set off a storm of acrimony and accusations. John McDonnell must have known what would happen when he attacked one of the sacred cows of British nationalist myth. McDonnell has problems of his own to contend ...

New video show Labour leader's hardline stance

The ONS (Office for National Statistics) reported that the growth in 2018 was 1.4% down from 1.8% in 2017. Even more worryingly this is the lowest rate since 2012. According to the ONS, quarterly growth also slowed, falling to 0.2% in the three months to December - down from 0.6% ...