Politics

Piers Morgan received a very public dressing down on social yesterday after declaring his support for a No Deal Brexit. The outspoken TV presenter claimed that “No Deal is actually Brexit” in a tweet posted to millions of his followers, adding that “people voted to leave the EU, not to stay in bits of it”. But his sentiment was skilfully unravelled after Steve Analyst made a fact-based assessment of his claims. He said: “Hello Mr Morgan, I’ve just seen this...

The Labour Party has been lambasted after a party spokesperson confirmed it is official policy to end freedom of movement once the UK leaves the EU. Despite pledging that Labour will develop and implement “fair immigration rules” in its 2017 manifesto the Prime Minister cited ending free movement as an area of agreement between the two parties after PMQs yesterday. Labour recently backed an indicative votes motion setting out a Norway-style Brexit – termed Common Market 2.0 – which would...

Yvette Cooper's Bill has passed by one vote late tonight in the House of Commons and is expected to be rushed through the House of Lords too in a last minute bid to ensure the UK does not crash out of the EU by mistake with no deal. The draft legislation tabled by Labour MP Yvette Cooper calls on the Prime Minister to table a motion seeking MPs’ approval for an extension to the Article 50 process beyond April 12...

A new report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Regenerating Seaside Towns has concluded that coastal communities are in desperate need of improvements to transport, housing and broadband as well as better access to further and higher education for young people if they are to reinvent themselves. The future of seaside towns report, published today, highlighted the challenges of peripherality in coastal areas which has led to them being neglected by government. It recommended that the government should...

MPs were tied today as an amendment by Hillary Benn MP on whether to have another round of indicative votes on Brexit for MPs to find a way through for Brexit was tied at 310 votes for, 310 against. House of Commons Speaker John Bercow used a casting vote after the first House of Commons tie in 26 years of politics to block the backbench motion. Bercow said that in accordance with precedence, and with the principle that important votes...

David Lammy has been lauded on social media for delivering an impassioned speech on Brexit to the House of Commons today. The Labour MP denounced Brexit as a "con, a trick, a swindle" and "a fraud" in the address, saying it is "a deception that will hurt most of those people it promised to help". He added that it is a "dangerous fantasy which will make every problem it claims to solve worse", highlighting that both Vote Leave and Leave...

Minister resigns in protest at Corbyn's crunch Brexit talks with PM

More than 200 school playing fields have been sold off by the government since 2010, new research has shown, which could have a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of future generations. Since May 2010, a total of 215 school playing fields have been flogged across the country. GMB Union say this short-sighted sell off will have serious health implications for generations to come, and could put England’s footballing future at risk. According to NHS figures, 28 per cent...

Jean-Claude Juncker branded David Cameron "one of the great destroyers of modern times" in a fiery speech delivered to a regional parliament in Germany. The European Commission president said he had been banned from playing any role in the Brexit referendum campaign and that things could have turned out differently had Cameron allowed him to help. Speaking in the German state of Saarland on Monday, he said: "We know now what the British parliament does not want. But we haven't...