The new Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd walked into a row over poverty with a United Nations expert within days of taking up her post. She had criticised a report by UN expert Philip Alston that blamed Government austerity policies for inflicting “misery” on thousands of UK citizens. Mr Alston, the UN special rapporteur […]
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A drop in the number of migrants coming to the UK is giving companies a recruitment headache, according to new findings. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which represents HR professionals, says there is a shortage of workers from inside and outside the EU. Vacancies are becoming increasingly more difficult to fill, forcing […]
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Labour’s shadow Brexit Secretary insisted today that a hard Brexit could be stopped – directly contradicting his leader Jeremy Corbyn’s claim that it could not. Sir Keir Starmer said MPs could “absolutely” act to prevent the UK from crashing out of the EU without a deal after the departure date of March 29 next year. […]
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Theresa May’s Brexit plans are under new pressure today, with allies and opponents reportedly united in expressing concern that it is ‘the worst of both worlds’. The Prime Minister’s Chequers proposals were dealt another blow last week when Transport Minister Jo Johnson resigned. He demanded a ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit as he did, saying the […]
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Former Brexit Secretary David Davis says departing the European Union without a deal in place is “not as frightening as people think.” Mr Davis, who resigned earlier this year over Prime Minister Theresa May’s ‘Chequers plan” for Brexit, said there might be “hiccups” at first. But he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that no […]
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Britain’s economic growth will be the joint worst in Europe by next year even if it does leave the EU with a deal, according to European Commission forecasts. The UK will initially share the bottom of the league table for the continent’s worst economic growth with Italy, but will soon sit at the foot of […]
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Fines of £135,000 have been imposed on Brexit campaign organisation Leave.EU and an insurance company owned by Arron Banks. They were announced by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) this week after an investigation into breaches of electors’ online privacy. Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance, trading as GoSkippy, were each hit with £60,000 fines for breaching electronic […]
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Chemotherapy treatment is to be scrapped at one of the country’s largest health trusts because of a shortage of cancer nurses. The measure takes effect next week at King George Hospital’s specialist cancer unit the Cedar Centre in Ilford, Essex. Managers say they were left with no other choice after four cancer nurses at the […]
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The majority of voters in all Labour-held seats back a ‘People’s Vote’ on the UK’s impending departure from the EU, according to a study by campaigners. A YouGov poll of 26,000 people commissioned by the People’s Vote campaign found a marked shift in attitudes as the Government struggles to secure an exit deal. People’s Vote […]
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A criminal inquiry has been launched into suspected anti-Semitic hate crimes in the Labour Party, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick confirmed today. The investigation began after London’s LBC Radio obtained an internal Labour report listing 45 cases of alleged anti-Semitic social media posts by members. It passed the file to the Metropolitan Police in September […]
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