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Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has been suspended by the Conservatives following ‘serious allegations’ that have been referred to the police. Mr Elphicke, has been the MP for Dover since 2010, and is also a former party whip. Mr Elphiche has denied any wrongdoing and accused the Tory party of tipping off the police before they informing him of his suspension. The married 46-year-old MP released a statement on Twitter saying: ‘The party tipped off the press before telling me of...

The British Council, whose patron is the Queen, were within their rights to sack a senior worker who described Prince George as the "face of white privilege" on a Facebook post, a tribunal has ruled. Angela Gibbins, 53, was given her marching orders after the "distasteful and personal attack" on the future King went viral last July. Her republican views were well known by colleagues. She refused to meet Prince Charles, the registered charity's vice patron, when he toured their...

This shocking photograph shows patients waiting on trolleys in a cramped hospital corridor - just months after three people died after delays in treatment. The snap shows three trolleys stacked up against the wall at scandal-hit Worcestershire Royal Hospital which visitors claim is "bursting at the seams". The picture, taken on Wednesday (1/11), suggests the hospital is already under strain with the worst of winter still to come. The photo taken by a member of the public which shows at...

A document on the Labour Party’s democracy review has been leaked outlining how the party plans to involve its hugely expanded membership to become a mass movement which can transform society. As of June 2017, Labour had 552,000 members, far out-performing the Tories 149,800 members and Lib Dems 102,000 members. And now the party plans to seize on its rapidly growing supporter base in order to transform society by working closely with its member-base and affiliated organisations. Included in the plans are three phases...

A third species of orangutan has been recognised - but less than a thousand are still alive, warns new research. Previously only two species of orangutans were identified – the Bornean and the Sumatran orangutan. Now, researchers have described a new great ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan. But it is the great ape species at greatest risk of extinction, with only around 800 remaining individuals in upland forest regions of North Sumatra. Two species of Indonesian orangutans had previously been...

The number of children living in poverty is set to soar to 5.2 million in the next five years as the richest members of our society get richer. New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies has predicted an increase of more than a million in the number of children living in poverty, more than reversing all the progress made over the past 20 years. The shocking numbers come as new OECD figures reveal the gulf between the rich and poor...

Women will have to wait more than two centuries to achieve equality in the workplace, according to new research. According to a damning study it will take 217 years for disparities in the pay and employment opportunities of men and women to end. This is significantly longer than the 170 years its researchers calculated a year ago - signalling that things are only getting worse. Commenting on the World Economic Forum study, Professor Marianna Fotaki of Warwick Business School said: "Cultural assumptions...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates today for the first time in more than ten years. The official bank rate has been lifted from 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent, the first increase since July 2007. Almost four million households face higher mortgage interest payments after the rise, raising concerns as families struggle to battle rising inflation and stagnant wages. Of the 8.1 million households with a mortgage, 3.7 million, or 46 per cent, are on either...

Professor Dame Glynis Breakwell is now facing more calls to stand down from her £451,000-a-year post in charge at Bath. One of her fiercest critics is former Labour peer Lord Adonis who described the figures as 'tragedy in the making'. He said he would do her job for nothing in a bid to restore the university's reputation. He said: "The vice-chancellor is steadily undermining her own university and her council refuses to stand up to her. “It is obviously time...