Esther McVey was called out for propagating out-dated Brexit myths this weekend after tweeting a 2014 claim by the Telegraph that all EU members would have to adopt the euro by 2020. The tweet, which has been deleted after garnering thousands of likes and retweets, questioned whether the public was...
Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to use next week's Spring Statement to end the freeze on working-age benefits after a new report revealed some 200,000 Brits have been pushed into poverty due to the cutbacks. The freeze on DWP benefits is due to start its fourth year in a...
Jeremy Hunt is reportedly holding secret breakfast meetings with ministers to woo MPs to back him to replace Prime Minister Theresa May. A senior Tory figure has told The Sun that Hunt has been asking senior ministers what jobs they want in his Cabinet in exchange for their backing in secret morning...
A business owner had to fight back the tears after discussing the impact Brexit uncertainty will have on operations and the livelihood of her staff. Speaking to BBC News Sue Wynn-Jones, a horticulturist who runs Crug Farm Plants in North Wales, said two-thirds of their business is in Europe and...
A vegan pie has been crowned Supreme Champion at the first time of asking at the hotly contested British Pie Awards. The world-renowned Awards, which take place in the Rural Capital of Food, Melton Mowbray, saw close to 900 pies entered from a staggering 176 producers in a battle to...
The lawyer for Shamima Begum's family says there are "strong but as yet unconfirmed reports" that her baby son has died. Tasnime Akunjee wrote on Twitter: "We have strong but as yet unconfirmed reports that Shamima Begums son has died. He was a British Citizen." Begum's son, Jarrah, was born only...
Everton legend Dixie Dean will have an iconic hotel named after him just yards away from The Shankly in the heart of Liverpool. The new £10 million football themed luxury hotel is being built in tribute to one of the greatest goal-scorers of all time and will sit across the...
Money is a bigger taboo than sex, religion or politics, according to new research. Half of Brits say talking about personal money matters is taboo in everyday conversation, higher than sex (42 per cent), religion (26 per cent) and politics (14 per cent). The study also found that a quarter...
James O'Brien said "we live in a country that is utterly upside down" after a spate of Tory Islamaphobia cases went largely unreported in the media. Fourteen members of the Conservative Party have been suspended this week over Islamophobic comments made on Facebook, and last night Baroness Warsi, the Conservative Party’s...