Theresa May today acknowledges the electorally toxic policy of making the England's higher education system the most expensive in the world. “We now have one of the most expensive systems of university tuition in the world,” the Prime Minister will admit. - Though according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
As Jeremy Corbyn dismissed a “ridiculous smear” by the Sun alleging he briefed a Czechoslovakian communist spy during the cold war after a photo of the two emerged, another more current embarrassing photo of a Russian agent expelled from the UK with a UK politician has come to light. The...
Faith leaders have called on the Government to end its “unjust, ineffective and inhumane” practice of detaining people indefinitely without trial for administrative reasons in immigration cases. At present, Britain detains around 30,000 people a year in mostly privately-run detention centres on administrative grounds, ostensibly while attempts are made to...
A cannabis law reform lobbying group has hit out at a Tory drugs minister for what they call “hypocrisy” for opposing drugs reforms while her husband’s company has a lucrative contract growing cannabis. Victoria Atkins husband's company is in partnership with GW Pharmaceuticals, a UK biotech firm, which is developing...
Tory cuts to immigration staff mean they can’t cope with existing workload, let alone prepare for Brexit. Government refuses to show clarity over post Brexit immigration. 3 million EU born citizens still face unnecessary uncertainty. British businesses with EU employees unable to prepare. Austerity-hit immigration department regularly makes mistakes. EU...
A Democrat candidate who has campaigned against lobbyists, especially oil lobbyists buying access to politicians in her area of West Virginia which has been heavily affected by fracking, was thrown out of a public hearing for attempting to detail some of the vast array of donations that lawmakers behind it...
A rare "sex manual" from 1720 revealing the most bizarre beliefs of Georgian England has been unearthed and could fetch hundreds of pounds at auction. The 300-year-old book offers a fascinating insight into attitudes towards sex at a time in Britain when witches were still burnt at the stake. They...
Alan Partridge is set to return to BBC One, a quarter of a century after the Steve Coogan character’s BBC debut. Filming has begun today on the new half hour show. The BBC have released details of the new show - “a heady mix of consumer affairs, current affairs, viewer...
@BenGelblum A shock report has revealed that British pensioners are now worse off than those retiring in India, China or Chile. Our state pensions are actually the least generous in the developing world, the latest research from the OECD shows. Brits earning the average salary of £26,500 will have to...