By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Labour leader has been invited to speak at the world famous Glastonbury festival. He has been asked to participate at Worthy Farm by veteran left-winger and musician, Billy Bragg. The festival is run by landowner Michael Eavis and his daughter, Michael stood as a ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Conservative Party sneakily announced their plans to sell-off the Land Registry just before Parliament shut down for the Easter Holidays, at 5pm last Thursday. The Chancellor has been trying to off load the agency for several years. The Land Registry is responsible for controlling ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor In a move that is beyond parody, a call centre for the Brexit campaign has hired four non-British phone bank works, according to the Guardian. The call centre, overseen by party donor Arron Banks, has taken on EU migrants, while at the same time telling ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The BMA (British Medical Association) said that strike action next month will be an “all out strike” for the first time in the history of the National Health Service. This escalation in industrial action will mean junior doctors will not be providing any form of ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Jeremy Corbyn isn't impressed with Iain Duncan Smith's moral awakening over welfare cuts. The Labour leader said: "Where's his conscience been hiding for 6 years?". Mr Duncan Smith resigned saying the cuts: "are not defensible within a Budget that benefits higher-earning taxpayers". But rivals have ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Bizarrely, Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary claimed people liked being sanctioned and having their benefits stopped. It is not known if he asked the thousands of people with disabilities, who are to have their ESA cut, if they liked their lowered income. ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The session began with Karin Smyth, Lab, wondering if the PM had failed on the number of apprenticeships being offered to our kids. To be fair they can probably make more uploading themselves jumping from scaffolding onto their You Tube channels, than toiling away in ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Around 50 Conservative MPs are planning to rebel against the Chancellor’s plans to relax the Sunday trading laws, which also includes two ministers who may be ready to resign. The Chancellor, George Osborne, is facing another backlash from his party, this time over extending shopping ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Since July 2015 fourteen MPs have had their credit cards suspended for not providing evidence of their spending on time or making the repayments. In total a debt of £27k has led to the blocking of their credit cards. Ipsa (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) issues ...