Politics

The latest polling data has put the Conservatives and Labour neck and neck in the race for 10 Downing Street. ICM Research puts Labour one point ahead of the Tories with 40 per cent of the vote. Corbyn's party has increased their share by two points while Theresa May's Conservatives have dropped a point. Elsewhere the Lib Dems, UKIP and the Green Party all remain static with a nine per cent, five per cent and three per cent share of...

A sound expert has claimed Diane Abbott’s microphone was deliberately turned down and the others turned up during her Question Time appearance on the BBC. Producer Martyn Ware says the volume was decreased to make her sound weaker and to make it more difficult for her to defend herself. The accusations come as the Labour party lodge a formal complaint with the BBC over the treatment of the shadow home secretary on Question Time. According to reports the show's new host,...

Brexit dithering has cost Labour some 150,000 members and £6 million, according to party insiders. The number of paid-up activists now stands at around 385,000 - down from a peak of more 500,000 in 2017 -  amid fury at Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit stance, the Sunday Times has claimed. Sinking numbers has hit Labour's coffers to the tune of around £6 million. Corbyn has been caught between a rock and a hard place over Brexit. While the majority of its members back a second...

The fortunes of the world’s richest people rose by £2 billion a day last year, while the wealth of the poorest dwindled by 11 per cent. Some 3.4 billion people were forced to survive on less than £4.27 a day each according to new Oxfam research. The 26 richest people globally now hold the same wealth as the poorest half of the population – compared with the richest 43 in 2017. According to the Public Good or Private Wealth? study...

A groundbreaking investigation into public sector pensions has revealed the 22 individuals who run UK government departments have an annual average pot of £907,273. The TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has today revealed the details of some of the most generous unfunded pensions in Whitehall, with Sir Simon McDonald, head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, currently sitting on a pension pot valued at £1,858,000. Fourteen of the top government bureaucrats will also receive a huge lump sum payout in addition to their annual...

The campaign by activist collective Led By Donkeys is meant to highlight the predictions made by top politicians in the run up to Brexit.

Brexit has been blamed as one of the deciding factors behind a factory closure in Suffolk with 430 jobs at risk, the East Anglian Daily Times has revealed. Philips Avent will move most of its operations from its factory in Glemsford to Philips’ existing innovation and manufacturing site in Drachten, the Netherlands. The site manufactures products for the non-UK market, exports that will be put in jeopardy once the country leaves the EU single market. Staff were told that Brexit was...

The UK would vote to stay in the European Union by a huge 12 percentage points if it was given another vote, according to the latest poll. The results of the study show that 56 per cent would vote to stay in the EU and 44 per cent would vote to leave, excluding those who would not vote or didn’t know. It is the highest level since the Brexit referendum in 2016. In the June 23, 2016 referendum, 17.4 million...

Caroline Lucas has said there is "no sign" the Prime Minister is willing to compromise following talks this morning. Theresa May is holding discussions with MPs after her Brexit withdrawal plan was voted down in the House of Commons on Tuesday. She has urged politicians to put  self-interest aside and "work constructively together" on Brexit, but according to Green MP Lucas it seems she is not willing to show the same resolve. Posting on Twitter, Lucas said: "Just come out of...