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 ...
The Government's free school meals plan threatens to leave children hungry and cut jobs, according to the union that represents school catering and lunchtime supervision staff. GMB has responded to the Department for Education’s consultation on free school meal entitlement under Universal Credit, saying the plans are a “cut disguised as a ...
Jeremy Corbyn this weekend appeared to question the historic bond between Britain and the United States, refusing to call it the UK's most important relationship in an interview aired on Peston On Sunday. The Labour leader was critical of Donald Trump and his "endless offensive" comments which appear to have distanced ...
A petition has been launched to urge the government to investigate allegations that MPs and peers raped and assaulted children throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem MPs and peers have been named in the appeal for investigation, including Sir Peter Bottomley MP, Sir Edward Leigh MP and ...
In the first two of a series of trials over the next few weeks, nine out of ten activists were found guilty of Obstruction of a Highway today (12 January 2018) at Stratford Magistrates Court. Over 100 people were arrested in September 2017 outside the Excel Centre in east London, ...
I doubt I'm the only one in Britain currently feeling uneasy: the world seems to have gone a little bit topsy-turvy, hasn't it? For months and months, even the vaguest suggestion of a second referendum, or a 'final say' on the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union, well... ...
Former Mayor of London Boris Johnson has engaged in a battle of words with his predecessor over the visit of Donald Trump to the UK - calling the Labour politician a "puffed up pompous popinjay". Sadiq Khan said President Trump's decision to cancel his planned trip to the UK shows he ...
Earlier this week, Marks & Spencer were the subject of social media outrage following the launch of a “Cauliflower Steak” as part of their new “veggie” range. A thick slice of cauliflower was presented as a “steak”, joined by a sachet of “lemon and herb drizzle” and sealed within an ...
Donald Trump today tweeted that he has cancelled a trip to the UK because he is unhappy with the "sale" of the US embassy in Mayfair. The President was expected to cut the ribbon at the new state-of-the-art development in Nine Elms, but blamed the Obama Administration for overseeing the sale ...