By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Esther McVey has just landed a £32k a year job (£530 a day) pad for by the taxpayer, only six months after being kicked out as an MP. The former jobs minister will now be chair of the British Transport Police Authority AND hold down ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor London leads the way again as the world’s first ever local currency cash machine opened in Brixton, the birthplace of David Bowie. The ATM which can be found in Market Row allows you to withdraw Brixton bank notes, which can only be spent in the ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Labour Mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has claimed that the Government’s abject failure in dealing with UK-administered tax havens has meant that the super wealthy can launder money, with impunity. Allowing the laundering of money through London has ramped up house prices as the dodgy money ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The best way to look out of touch, is to stand up in the Commons and tell the House people who are not millionaires are “low achievers,” you would have to be really out of touch to do that. Well Tory millionaire MP Alan Duncan ...
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Having worked within the kitchens of some of Europe’s most prestigious restaurants – notably Can Fabes near Barcelona and L’Atelier Joël Robuchon here in London – multi award winning pastry chef Joakim Prat opened his first solo venture last year. Located close to Kensington’s ...
Claims and counter-claims about how much it costs the UK to belong to the European Union have been rife in the run-up to the referendum in June, with both sides of the debate cherry-picking the statistics that support their side of the argument. To clear the debate up, The UK in ...
England and Nottinghamshire batsman James Taylor has been forced to retire at 26 years-old due to a serious heart condition. The sad news was revealed by the England Cricket Board today ahead of the 2016/17 counties season. Taylor withdrew from last week’s fixture against Cambridge MCCU with what was believed to ...
Labour MP Dennis Skinner was kicked out of the House of Commons this afternoon for calling David Cameron "dodgy Dave". Speaker John Bercow asked Skinner to withdraw his use of the term "dodgy", but the MP remained resolute. Pointing at the Prime Minister, he said: "This man has done more to ...
The tax returns of Britain's leading politicians, made public following the Panama Papers leak, has revealed the Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip Boris Johnson earned almost ten times as much as Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. Personal taxation forms of David Cameron, George Osborne, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have ...