Calls for PM to implement new EU workplace rights or “risk betraying voters”

GMB is urging Theresa May to implement at the earliest opportunity important changes to a European Union directive that will make it harder for unscrupulous employers to exploit workers. Following the landmark vote in the European Parliament today to strengthen protections on posted workers, the union is calling on the government not to drag its feet in implementing the change to the rights of posted workers. The changes are intended to prevent undercutting employers paying EU workers posted in the...

LIVE REVIEW: Svalbard break the Black Heart at album launch show

Venue: The Black Heart, Camden Date: 24.5.18 Support, Group of Man, møl It’s a younger crowd descending on the Black Heart than we’re used to seeing, a testament to the high energy blackened hardcore that tonight’s headliners, Bristol’s Svalbard, have been playing for nigh on a decade now. It’s heartening to see the ‘next’ generation of bands drawing in the ‘next’ generation of fans, and there’s a sense that the four piece are set to step over the threshold from...

Richard Madeley terminates interview with Gavin Williamson after defence sec refuses to “give straight answers”

ITV's Richard Madley terminated an interview with Gavin Williamson this morning because the defence secretary refused to give straight answers to his questions. The broadcaster was clearly infuriated with Williamson for dodging questions after he challenged him over the Salisbury poisoning case. After asking him three times whether he regretted having told Russia to “shut up and go away” in the aftermath of the attack, the Good Morning Britain presenter suddenly announced “interview terminated”, adding it would be “helpful if you answered...

When we say all the evidence points to Brexit making us poorer, this is what we mean

A viral tweet is doing the rounds on social media after highlighting the compelling body of evidence that suggests Brexit will make us all poorer. The government's leaked impact report that came to light in March of this year confirmed most of our fears that every region in Britain will be left economically worse off by Brexit. And with negotiations still to be completed, it found the more divergence from European regulations and trade the UK goes for, the worse...

Jacob Rees-Mogg “Saddened” by Irish landslide vote over abortion

Senior Tory Jacob Ress-Mogg told LBC radio that he was saddened by The Republic of Ireland’s decision to repeal its 8th amendment and allow abortions to take place in the country. The vote was a historic victory for Irish people who had been campaigning for the amendment’s repeal ever since it was passed in 1983. However, the result was welcomed by the PM, Mrs May who tweeted : ‘The Irish Referendum yesterday was an impressive show of democracy which delivered...

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