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Nigel Farage faces ban as MEP for failing to declare half a million in gifts from Brexit backing tycoon

MEP Nigel Farage, whose Brexit Party now has 29 MEPs and is in talks to join the far-right bloc in the European Parliament, may be suspended from his lucrative (£90,000 a year) job as an MEP. The European Parliament has issued Farage with a summons to a hearing on Wednesday afternoon at its code of conduct committee to explain why he failed to declare almost half a million in donations from Brexit-backing financier Arron Banks.  A Channel 4 News investigation...

Labour say youth custody is ‘in crisis’ as inspectors reveal mounting violence and self-harm in Feltham Children’s Unit

An HM Inspectorate of Prisons report into Feltham Young Offenders Institute has revealed a massive increase in violence and self-harm, over a quarter of children locked in their cell for the whole work day and nearly two thirds reported having been physically restrained by staff. Shadow Justice Minister Imran Hussain said youth custody was “in crisis” and called on the Government to urgently set out a plan to ensure that children in Feltham are safe  HMYOI Feltham A in west...

Change UK loses six of its 11 MPs following disastrous EU elections

More than half of Change UK’s MPs have walked from the party following disastrous EU elections, it has been confirmed. Six of the 11 MPs have quit the party with Heidi Allen and Chukka Umunna among them. Anna Soubry, who has been elected the new party leader, said she was "deeply disappointed" by the revelations. Change UK was formed earlier this year by 11 MPs who quit Labour and the Conservatives. Sarah Wollaston, Angela Smith, Luciana Berger and Gavin Shuker...

Trump confirms NHS “is on the table” in post-Brexit trade deal

Donald Trump has confirmed that the NHS will be on the table in a post-Brexit trade deal. Speaking at a press conference today the US President said: "When you're dealing in trade everything is on the table. So NHS or anything else, a lot more than that, but everything will be on the table, absolutely." https://twitter.com/mikegalsworthy/status/1135916902750928896 The comments come just days after US ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson caused uproar by making similar suggestions, and Trump's comments are likely...

Trump arrived at Buckingham Palace but hardly anyone bothered to see it

As the US President and his entourage headed down the Mall to visit the Queen he might well have expected thousands of people there to see him. Perhaps adoring fans would wave flags to welcome his arrival? However, it didn’t turn out the way as the following tweets will show. It seems that the people of London had better things to do today and police numbers appear to have outnumbered supporters. A holiday mood as tens of thousands of Londoners...

Farage defends Widdecombe’s comments on Homosexuality

Brexit Party leader, Nigel Farage, has defended comments made by Ann Widdecombe regarding sexual conversion. She had said that science could one day find a way to “find a solution” so gay people could become heterosexual. In an interview with ITV’s Good Morning Britain today, Farage refused to condemn Widdecombe’s views. Farage said: “In a free society tolerance needs to be a two-way street and I do think – I really do think – that devout Christians should be allowed...

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