"It is becoming clear that many on the government benches want to use Brexit to rip up standards, rights to work and deregulate the economy." "For many on the benches opposite it is the chance to make Britain a tax haven for the super rich. The choice is clear: a...
Labour MP Frank Field told the House of Commons a harrowing story all too typical around the country - everyone should watch this: "We need a root and branch reform of PIP (Personal Independence Payments - the Conservatives replacement of Disability Living Allowance). One of the people who came to 'Feeding Birkenhead' foodbank...
In a question about sprinklers being urgently needed in tower blocks after the Grenfell Tower disaster, Prime Minister’s Questions today heard how the Prime Minister’s constituency has been protected from the austerity cuts that have ravaged other local authorities around the country. “Not one penny to fit sprinklers to Birmingham’s...
After the chair of one of the country’s top NHS trusts resigned in protest against government NHS cuts making his and other hospital's job impossible, the shadow health secretary made an emergency statement to the House of Commons today. "Lord Kerslake said our NHS faces the tightest spending figures in...
Jeremy Corbyn’s speech to the United Nations officials at Geneva’s Palais de Nations on Friday is well worth a watch. Whatever you think of the Labour leader’s politics, the speech as he received a peace award for his work over many years was thought-provoking on topics from growing inequality and...
If you are reading this please take a minute - just one minute - out of your day and watch this video. - Because this is what global warming looks like. I want you to imagine, 200, 300, 400 years from now, human beings, maybe your relatives, starving to death...
Wildfires in California have burned across Sky News owner Rupert Murdoch's $30 million winery. Murdoch, who owns Fox News Channel in America along with News International properties The Times and The Sun in the UK, has had his winery scorched as the blaze rips through Bel-Air. Many on social media have said...
Parliament heard today how Donald Trump's official invite to the UK should be cancelled or otherwise the US President should face UK laws against incitement to racial hatred on arrival. The House of Commons reacted to Donald Trump reposting islamophobic tweets from far right islamophobic extremists Britain First today, and...
Labour MP Dennis Skinner labelled Donald Trump a fascist in parliament today and put pressure on the government front bench to cancel the President's state visit to the UK. The comments come following a wide-scale backlash from MPs who have demanded Theresa May withdraws the invitation, saying he is "not...