The Liberal Democrats have announced that they are set to launch a new supporters scheme this week in a bid to lure left-leaning Remainers feeling disenfranchised by the two main parties. Dubbed “Momentum for moderates” by leader Vince Cable the initiative will allow nonmembers to vote in a leadership contest ...
The British electoral map would be bathed in a red hue if only 18-24 year-olds were allowed to vote, new research has revealed. According to polling data carried out between 28th and 29th August 2018 Labour would take a massive 600 seats from the youngest voters if there was a ...
Theresa May was asked “What did you do to help the release of Nelson Mandela?” ahead of her visit to Robben Island yesterday. The prime minister came under scrutiny over her stance on apartheid as she prepared to visit a prison that held captive political campaigners during a period of ...
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MPs are calling for a rise in their allowances because Brexit has increased their workload, The New European has reported. Expenses watchdog Ipsa (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) has said it has received representations from MPs to raise their staffing budget because the work on their plate has gone up since ...
This is because families still have the final say and presuming consent means they are much less likely to think this is what their loved ones would have wanted.
MP Fiona Onasanya, MP for Peterborough, allegedly conspired with her younger brother Festus to avoid penalty points.
The Conservatives have pledged £100 million to "end rough sleeping on England's streets by 2027" after the number of people left homeless due to austerity cuts has soared. Last year, around 4,800 people were estimated to be sleeping rough in England. This is 15 per cent higher than in 2016, and ...
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 ...