Humans are ingesting the equivalent of one credit card per week from water, food and the air they breathe. A new WWF study called 'Assessing Plastic Ingestion from Nature to People' reports that people consume 2,000 tiny pieces of plastic each week, on average, which is the equivalent of eating...
The average employee reckons they waste almost 15 weeks a year - carrying out “pointless” tasks at work, according to research. The study of 2,000 workers found typically 142 minutes a day - more than two hours - are spent doing admin, paperwork and attending meetings when they could be...
The Labour Party has tabled a motion that would prevent a future Tory Prime Minister from forcing through a 'no deal' Brexit on 31 October. Up for debate in parliament tomorrow the cross-party motion would hand control of the parliamentary agenda to MPs on Tuesday 25th June. If it passes...
Dominic Grieve called Boris Johnson a “shallow populist” who would bring doom to the Conservative Party in a scathing interview published today. The Tory MP for Beaconsfield told The New European that Johnson would be “manifestly unsuitable for high office” if he won the leadership race – which he is...
More than half of Conservative members - who will choose the next Prime Minister – are aged over 55, according to leaked figures. Data published on the BBC today has found Dominic Raab has spent more than £50,000 on Facebook ads in the last week targeting the party’s key demographics....
The Withdrawal Agreement is not going to get through Parliament and the UK needs more time to sort out a Brexit deal, Mark Harper announced today in a rare display of realism. Alongside Rory Stewart he is one of the few Conservative leadership candidates campaigning on hard-truths in his bid...
Michael Gove has become "unbackable" as the next Conservative Party leader following his drugs disclosure. Formerly a well-fancied second favourite at 4/1 with Betway in the Tory leadership race, Gove’s odds are now at an all-time high of 20/1. The 51-year-old’s recent confession to indulging in cocaine when working as...
The tenant fee ban will save UK renters £192 million a year, new analysis has found. Researchers scouring government data found there are some 860,000 rental transactions a year across the UK, with the average tenant is being charged £223 in fees alone. But under new laws set out in...
Car manufacturing slumped by a massive 24 per cent in April as summer shutdowns were brought forward. New figures revealed the biggest drop in car manufacturing since records began as factory shutdowns took their toll on the industry. Several brought forward or extended shutdowns that normally take place in the...