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England’s most senior Catholic clergyman, Cardinal Vincent Nichols is to face questions at the Independent Inquiry Into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) today. The Archbishop of Westminster was due to appear last month, but pulled out of the central London inquiry due to ill health. He will face questions from the inquiry about his time as Archbishop of Birmingham, and the handling of allegations of abuse by four priests, including the now dead Father John Tolkien, the son of Lord of...

Uncertainty caused by Brexit is causing buyers and sellers to sit tight in increasing numbers across the UK, according to the November 2018 RICS UK Residential Market Survey. Looking at London, the results from the latest survey continue to show a weaker trend in sales with demand and supply falling once again, as almost half of respondents to the survey across the UK as a whole cite political uncertainty caused by Brexit as impacting the UK housing market.  The number...

Theresa May has been left with a Commons majority of just 32.5 per cent after last night's vote.  Despite surviving a leadership contest by 200 to 117 votes she is now facing an uphill battle with a third of her own politicians having no confidence in her and the SNP, DUP, Labour, Lib Dems and Greens giving her scant support.  That leaves her with only 32.5 per cent of total MPs in the Commons out of the 650 MPs in total...

As the UK falls into chaos over leaving the EU, the EU itself has gone on and approved a huge trade deal with Japan starting in 2019. The European Parliament voted 474 to 156 in favour of the plan to bind the two economic powerhouses. This will create the world’s largest free trade area totally around a third of the earth’s GDP. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said in a statement: “This will bring clear benefits to our companies, farmers,...

Stratford-on-Avon District Council are accused of trying to get rid of homeless people in case they put off Christmas shoppers

Small business owners admit they are still 'clueless' about GDPR - leaving the personal data of millions of employees and customers at risk. Researchers who polled 1,000 owners of small businesses found half are confused by the do’s and don’ts when it comes to data protection and privacy regulations. As a result, owners and employees alike have made mistakes or have procedures in place which could have resulted in a multi-million pound fine for the business. More than a quarter...

Andrew Griffiths has had the Tory whip restored today as Theresa May frantically looks to get the support she needs to survive tonight's vote of no confidence. The Prime Minister will face the vote this evening with results expected to come in at around 9pm tonight. And she will need all hands on deck if she is to survive. Andrew Griffiths resigned earlier this year after it was revealed he sent 2,000 texts to two barmaids asking for explicit photos and videos...

Jeremy Corbyn was combative mood in today’s PMQs demanding that the PM puts her Brexit deal to parliament immediately. The Labour leader accused the government of behaving in a ‘totally unacceptable way’ to the House of Commons. May had cancelled the vote this week and instead made a dash across Europe trying desperately to get some concessions for her deal. Corbyn said he was “delighted to see the prime minister back in place after her little journeys”. He continued: “Having...

Mhairi Black nailed the absurdity of the behaviour of the UK Government in a way only she could in a speech to the House of Commons yesterday.  The SNP MP started off by lamenting parliament for ignoring the will of Scotland, saying they voted to remain and they were ignored and the Scottish Government produced a sensible plan but that was ignored too.  She added: “There’s not a hint of regret or even an awareness of the damage they are...