“Why are the Government singling out the charter of fundamental rights to be the only piece of EU legislation that they wish to repeal?” Asked Conservative MP Kenneth Clarke this week. “I have yet to hear an example from anybody of a case where the charter of fundamental rights has ...
Today Prime Minister's Questions was dominated by the collapse of Carillion, with the leader Jeremy Corbyn of The Labour Party attacking the 'too cosy relationship' between successive Tory governments and private companies: "This isn't one isolated case of Government negligence and Corporate failure. It's a broken system. "Under this Tory ...
Momentum has secured a landslide victory in elections to the National Executive Committee, with the group's founder hailing the result as a victory for "21st century socialism". Jon Lansman, the founder of Momentum, was among three new members elected in the vote, with Yasmine Dar and Rachel Garnham joining Lansman. Comedian ...
This weekend McDonalds workers are celebrating winning their biggest pay rise in a decade after staff at restaurants in Cambridge and Crayford went on strike at the end of last year. The high-profile #McStrike campaign was supported by Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn followed similar successful campaigns by McDonalds staff in ...
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has leapt to the defence of his Government’s new appointment to its universities watchdog as other prominent Tories have defended Toby Young too despite his appalling comments about working class students and women. "Ridiculous outcry over Toby Young. He will bring independence, rigour and caustic wit. ...
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The final Prime Minister's Questions of 2017 was filled with dire warnings about how 2018 is set to be the most parlous year yet for Britain's National Health Service. The Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn warned the Prime Minister that there are 1,000 fewer GP's than the day she ...
"It is becoming clear that many on the government benches want to use Brexit to rip up standards, rights to work and deregulate the economy." "For many on the benches opposite it is the chance to make Britain a tax haven for the super rich. The choice is clear: a ...
After a tentative agreement was finally achieved in the first phase of Brexit negotiations, Theresa May was not expecting a major defeat on her Brexit plans in the House of Commons. Eleven Conservative rebels voted with the opposition for Amendment 7 - an amendment by former Conservative Attorney General Dominic ...