One of the most influential architects of the Good Friday Agreement has told the BBC he is planning to take the government to court over the Irish backstop proposals included in the current Brexit deal. Former First Minister of Northern Ireland Lord David Trimble, who was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for...
Nearly two thirds of businesses plan to hire part-time staff over full-time once we leave the EU in an attempt to save money, new research has revealed. The report found that a significant majority of businesses believe the cost of hiring talent in the UK will increase post-Brexit, particularly if...
"The Labour Party has always been about people", the party's website proudly states on its legacy page. It was formed to give ordinary people a voice and has "sought power in order to improve their lives", with achievements from the NHS to the welfare state that have made a lasting difference to...
A starving 64-year-old man who weighed just six stone was denied benefits and told to "go and look for work" by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). Shocking images have emerged of Liverpool man Stephen Smith who was hospitalised over Christmas when his severe health problems left him in such a poor...
The start of the year often brings with it the most frugal months for Brits, with a demand to live well for less ever-present. And so in keeping with the nation's spendthrift needs we have picked a wine that will return change out of a fiver, but feels like a...
Nearly 30 years-worth of Britain’s net EU budgetary contribution was lost in one click this week after Barclays announced it is to move €190 billion (£166 billion) worth of assets from the UK to Ireland in preparation for a possible no-deal Brexit. The bank said it "cannot wait any longer" to...
Leave.EU and an insurance company owned by Arron Banks have been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for serious breaches of electronic marketing laws during the referendum campaign. The ICO announced an audit and an intent to fine Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance in November 2018 as part of its investigation into data...
A mystery Good Samaritan in Chicago paid for 70 homeless people to stay in a hotel as temperatures dropped as low as -32C. The offer came after the Chicago Fire Department confiscated nearly 100 propane tanks given to a homeless community to keep them warm. The department acted after one of...
Labour MP Jess Phillips received a rapturous response in parliament after she lamented the proposed £30,000 salary test for immigrants. The government published a heavily-delayed immigration White Paper last month setting out requirements for workers hoping to move to the UK. In what Sajid Javid described as the "biggest shakeup to the...