By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic Its referendum day in Scotland and the media has issued a frenzy of pleas urging you to vote one way or the other. One of the biggest votes on a single issue in the past century and the power lies in the ...
Best Newsnight Moments from the past 25 years. Jeremy Paxman has stepped down as presenter of Newsnight after 25 glorious years of expertly intimidating politicians as the people's voice. Leeds-born Paxman has been criticised over the years for being overly aggressive, intimidating and condescending, but in confronting the secretive world of politics ...
By John Simm There was a certain degree of shock after the recent European elections. Joey Barton's not too tactful sentiments on Question Time summed it up quite adequately. Popular opinion often shifts to the right during recessions with people blaming "others" for their current poor fortunes. They always look ...
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic The great London housing crisis is a potent example of how capitalist structures fail when left to their own devices. Mayor of London Boris Johnson believes we would be utterly nuts as a society if we "slammed the door" on wealthy foreigners ...
By Joe Mellor, In house Reporter Sir John Major is front page news again, in a comeback as unlikely as a new Gary Glitter release topping itunes. The state-educated former prime minister, whose father Tom was a famous circus performer, had previously kept a low profile since leaving office in ...
By Rachel Wilson, Political Reporter On November 4 2013 the Living Wage rose by 25p to £8.80 an hour in London. Outside of London it rose from £7.45 to £7.65. Focused on stemming the rising tide of 'in-work poverty', the modern UK Living Wage campaign was launched by members of ...
Suggestions that the Reform UK leader is close to Trump have been dismissed as he jets out to the US for the sixth time.
He was able to become an Austrian citizen thanks to his grandmother.
Speaking to Andrew Marr on LBC, the actor said Labour should have learned from the lessons of previous administrations.