Politics

This June, in light of lack of public trust after the Grenfell disaster, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire promised that a green paper on social housing would be published before the parliamentary recess. Its failure to appear, despite a worsening housing crisis and the fact that the Labour party published its own review of social housing back in April, has led to widespread anger across the housing sector. A freedom of information request...

Researchers say the political context the respondents grew up in - during the ages of 15 to 25 - is the time when people form key opinions and are most sensitive to social events

Entrepreneurial Tim Baker plans to 'make bog roll great again' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival after its popularity at Christmas

The Tory MP and his family are away on holiday in New York and have become the victims of vandalism to their property. The culprits spray-painted abuse ‘posh scum’, ‘shut up and die’ and ‘****head’ across his windows and garage of his home in West Harptree, Somerset. They also stuck a purple dildo on his wife’s Land Rover. Continuing the sexual theme they also threw condoms onto the lawn that leads up to his family home. His maid discovered the...

From austerity, to Brexit, to economic collapse. That is the story of how the Conservatives have crippled the country over consecutive parliamentary terms and now the details have been exposed in full in a damning new study. According to a comprehensive research paper by University of Warwick economics professor Thiemo Fetzer Tory austerity and welfare cuts directly caused Brexit. The study concluded that if austerity had not happened, the Leave vote in 2016 would have been 9.51 percentage points lower and “could have swung...

A French drugs company has increased it stock to give it a 14 week buffer in the case of a hard Brexit. The company, Sanofi, is increasing various product lines, including insulin. The concern is that if the UK can’t reach a deal with the UK there could be transportation issues by land and air. Hugo Fry, managing director, Sanofi UK said: "The uncertainty in the Brexit negotiations means that Sanofi has been planning for a 'no deal' scenario." He...

The probability of No Deal is increasing by the day, Jeremy Hunt has said in his first newspaper interview since taking over as Britain’s top diplomat. Speaking to the Evening Standard he appealed to the European Commission to strike a “sensible” pro-jobs trade deal with Britain, saying "there is real chance of No Deal by accident". He stressed that such a chaotic scenario would cause job losses on both sides of the Channel and hit EU businesses by stemming the flow of...

The car industry has been one of the most vocal against Brexit due to the damage it could inflict on car production in the UK. Now Mike Hawes, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has said that none of the car makers in the UK is ready for a no-deal Brexit. He said he is “increasingly concerned” about the UK failing to reach any kind of deal with the EU. A “no deal” Brexit means that...

John McDonnell has sent early warning signs to London's financial sector saying he wants to "transform capitalism" and they had "better get used to it". The Shadow Chancellor pulled no punches in a strongly-worded interview with CityAM today. He said "we are sixth or fifth biggest economy in the world and yet at the same time we can't house our own people, a million foodbank parcels handed out last year - that is a system that's not working". His sentiment echoe that of...