Footage of Southern rail workers chucking dirty water from a mop bucket on a homeless man has resulted in outrage on social media. A film has emerged of two station staff tipping soapy water on the man as he laid on the ground outside Sutton station. He appears to be...
Philip Hammond has been urged to use next month's Spring Statement to outline measures to fix the broken labour market and rescue the working poor. The Commons work and pensions committee chairman Frank Field called on the chancellor to tackle an "overwhelming precariousness" that has "engulfed families in low-waged work"....
The Church of England has put forward plans for five days of Brexit prayers after Britain leaves the European Union at the end of next month. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the church's spiritual leader, says he wants to pray in public with the leaders of the Catholic, Methodist, Baptist...
A video of Chuka Umunna schooling his future self on the virtues of staying loyal to your party has gone viral after the MP left Labour to found the Independent Group. The video, which was first published in 2016, called on those considering leaving the Labour Party to stay. He...
With the Oscars just hours away we thought we'd hit film buffs with this enticing quiz to see how well you really know the prestige event. The Favourite, Vice, Free Solo and Mary Queen of Scots are all up for gongs at this year's awards in what is expected to...
This week's announcement that nine Labour MPs have quit the party to join forces with centrist Conservatives as the Independent Group sounds like a little bit of history repeating for those old enough to remember the formation of the Social Democratic Party. In January 1981, four cabinet ministers announced their intention to...
A new campaign has launched today encouraging more City financial and professional services firms to pay the London Living Wage. The City of London Corporation, which runs the campaign backed by the Living Wage Foundation, is taking over the London Underground with a poster campaign to get more firms to...
A cross party coalition between the Liberal Democrats, SNP and newly-formed Independent Group could stand a chance of ousting the big two for the first time in modern British political history at the next General Election if they campaign on a Remain ticket. Early indications suggest the Independent Group and...
Just Eat is set to roll out a nationwide food safety improvement programme for the UK’s takeaway sector with a commitment of £1 million to raise hygiene and safety standards. Under the scheme all zero-rated restaurants will be removed from the platform from 1 May, and restaurants with a food...