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Child poverty statistics declared an “outrage and a scandal”

New statistics that show a third of children are living in poverty have been declared an "outrage and a scandal" by Labour MP David Lammy. A report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation revealed half a million more people are “trapped” in poverty than five years ago, with 14 million people living in poverty across the whole of the UK. Over half of those classed as in poverty are working age adults, alongside 4.1 million are children and 1.9 million are...

Daily Express switches Brexit position from boom to bust

The Daily Express today sensationally switched its position on Brexit from boom to bust as it warned of pain to come. Brazen proponents of the Leave Campaign in the run-up to the referendum the paper has splashed a Brexit exclusive warning that we must "suffer pain now so we can make Britain great again". The Trumpism was dished out in a double-page spread by political editor Macer Hall that appealed to readers to "sacrifice some prosperity now so we can...

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