Whatever happens next, Brexit has inflicted unprecedented damage on the UK’s financial services industry, the founder and CEO of one of the world's largest independent financial advisory organisations has warned. The finance sector, which makes up about 6.5 per cent of Britain’s GDP, is heavily reliant on Britain's connections with...
The BBC has been accused of allowing its Comic Relief TV appeal to become ‘an advert for Jeremy Corbyn’ because it painted a bleak picture of deprivation in the UK. Tory MPs lambasted BBC bosses for peddling ‘socialist nonsense’ and making ‘absurd’ claims about the scale of poverty in Britain...
Theresa May has issued a last-ditch plea to MPs, warning that a failure to vote through her deal when it comes before the Commons this week would mean "we will not leave the EU for many months, if ever". In an article for the Sunday Telegraph, she said a third...
Chris Grayling could face a bill of up to £28 million from two ferry companies hired to help cope with a no-deal Brexit if the UK does not leave the EU at the end of March. The FT has reported that if parliament decides to postpone the UK's departure from the...
A letter to Nigel Farage published in the Sunderland Echo the day before a Brexit Betrayal march got underway in the region is garnering viral traction on social media. The piece, entitled "Nigel Farage is not a friend to the people of Sunderland", vents that the city is "isolated because...
Far-right Australian lawmaker Fraser Anning found himself, literally, with egg on his face yesterday after a protester smashed one on the side of his head at a Melbourne news conference. The Aussie senator had blamed the slaughter at two Christchurch mosques on immigration policies that "allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to...
Nigel Farage has confirmed he will not complete the Brexit Betrayal march as just 350 protesters turned up to trek from North East England to Westminster. The former UKIP leader had tweeted "We're marching from Sunderland to London... get your walking boots on!" last month as he rallied supporters to...
London Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says the tragic events in New Zealand should "serve as a lesson" to other countries of the developed world. Forty nine people were killed in Christchurch and more than 20 have been seriously wounded following two mosque shootings. Australian PM Scott Morrison confirmed an...
Outsourcing giant Interserve is expected to go into administration later today after failing to persuade shareholders to approve a rescue plan for the company. The company, which has 45,000 UK staff, and 65,000 globally, runs support services and construction projects in a similar manner to Carillion. Its collapse was described as "history...