Politics

In a historic night in which MPs tabled motions on Brexit, they voted for an amendment jointly tabled by a Conservative and a Labour MP to prevent a no deal Brexit. Dame Caroline Spelman (Conservative) and Jack Dromey's (Labour) amendment was non-binding but was won by  318 to 310. The amendment was to prevent a "no-deal" Brexit with a motion that Parliament "rejects the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement and a Framework for the Future...

MPs voted against Labour MP Yvette Cooper’s amendment which attempted to stop the possibility of a no deal Brexit happening. The motion was voted against by 298 to 321 votes.  The Labour MP’s amendment had the support of the Labour leadership and some Conservative MPs as it tried to stop the UK crashing out of the EU in an eventuality that the majority of MPs are convinced would be incredibly damaging for the UK economy by giving Parliament time to...

UPDATE: MP’s have voted for an amendment jointly tabled by a Conservative and a Labour MP to prevent a no deal Brexit and for Theresa May's deal if there is no backstop: LATEST AND REACTIONS Donald Tusk reacted warning that the backstop was an integral part of the withdrawal agreement and that "the withdrawal agreement is not open for renegotiation. MPs tonight voted against the Labour Party’s official amendment to the EU withdrawal by 296 to 327. Jeremy Corbyn’s motion...

Mike Graham, on his morning show on talkRADIO, took a call from a disgruntled Polish man

Surely it can't get anymore insane than this?  BBC news filmed some vox pops to gauge what the average person on the street thinks about the potential of food shortages post-Brexit. The British Retail Consortium penned an open letter about their concerns over potential food supply issues when the UK leaves the EU. The final gentleman's answer was jaw-dropping. He told the presenter "It's purely scaremongering. As far as I'm concerned it would do the country good to go without...

A no deal Brexit could see between 50,000 and 250,000 British expats return to the UK from the European Union, a leaked government memo has revealed. The internal document, shared with Buzzfeed News, suggests government officials are preparing for a sudden rush of citizens to return home if Britain crashes out of the EU without a negotiated settlement. The EU exodus could put a significant strain on public services, with around 40 per cent of returning expats expected to be be pensioners, placing...

As MPs debate amendments to Theresa May's Brexit bill and various suggestions to break through the current deadlock including giving the British people the final say, bitter opponents of a people's vote might not enjoy being reminded of how articulate they have been in the past about the arguments for a second referendum. For instance the Brexit campaigner and former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith recently insisted Britain would face the same sort of unrest...

The north of England has borne the brunt of austerity cuts imposed since 2010, with the most deprived communities taking the biggest hit. A new study by the Centre for Cities thinktank shows communities which are enduring the highest poverty rates and weakest economies are facing cuts twice that of their counterparts in the more affluent south. The report also points to a "city and country" divide, with urban council areas having shouldered cuts to services such as street cleaning, road repairs and...

A Tory councillor has come under fire for urging her local authority to pull down tents used by homeless people. She took to Twitter to share he thoughts on the homelessness issue in the city she represents. Kathryn Kelloway, a councillor for the Cyncoed area of Cardiff, tweeted to the city council’s leader a picture of herself standing in front of tents pitched on a shopping street. “Cllr Thomas, if you seek safety in our city centre, if you seek prosperity for...