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The Police Federation has accused Theresa May of telling the House of Commons a "downright lie" about the level of police pay at Prime Minister's Questions today. Calum Macleod, the vice chair of the Police Federation, told HuffPost UK: "The government stating that police officers have had a 32% pay rise since 2010 is a joke – and is in fact a downright lie. "It shows they have lost touch with reality, if they ever had it, and are clueless as to the demands...

Labour stalwart Dennis Skinner outraged many on the left and remain camps this week when it was revealed that he had defied the Labour Party whip to vote with the Government on the EU Withdrawal Bill. Many took to social media to express their dismay and there were many shocked comments on our interview this week with the veteran MP nicknamed The Beast Of Bolsover. Right wing sections of the press such as The Sun and Daily Express wasted no...

Satellite images have been used to revealed the crippling economic collapse inside territory controlled by Islamic State. The new report paints a bleak picture of economic life under the terror group, and estimates that the Caliphate has contributed to a 23 per cent reduction in the gross domestic product (GDP) of cities under its control. With traditional economic indicator figures unavailable to assess conditions on the ground within Islamic State-held territory, researchers looked down on the cities from space. Using...

A police officer has been removed from duty after being captured on camera telling a black man: "You would be the first one I would shoot if I had a gun." Jack Chambers, 24, said he was left gobsmacked when the PC also asked him "Are you going to go Black Lives Matter on us are you?" West Midlands Police’s Professional Standards Department are now investigating after the video went viral on Facebook. The force confirmed they had received an...

Storm Aileen, is set to bring winds of up 75 miles per hour to parts of the UK this week, the Met Office said. Aileen is the first storm to be named since this season's names were released last week, as part of the scheme by the Met Office and Met Eireann to raise awareness of extreme weather in the UK and Ireland.      So far the photos aren't quite as dramatic as the storms hitting shores across the...

Campaigners from 38 Degrees and Surfers Against Sewage beach a boat made from thousands of plastic bottles outside Parliament. This is part of a 250,000 strong petition hand-in that asks the government to introduce a small, refundable deposit on all plastic bottles, glass bottles and cans. Chief executive of surfers against sewage, Hugo Tagholm, beached a boat made from plastic bottles found on beaches outside Parliament, Westminster. Campaigners from 38 degrees and surfers against sewage beach a boat made from...

The education sector is being hit heavily by slow growth in real-term pay, according to online supply teacher portal The Supply Register. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) this week reported that teachers’ salaries in England were worth 12 per cent less in 2015 than in 2005. The study, published on Tuesday, comes as pressure grows on the government to lift the 1 per cent public sector pay cap that is contributing to a crisis in teacher recruitment and retention, according...

You would think the banking industry would learn but sadly it appears not, according to a new report. The Adam Smith Institute, a leading think-tank, have said that the banking sector is an “accident waiting to happen.” The report has been published to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Northern Rock crisis, that led to a run on the bank. This new report, which was authored by Kevin Dowd, Finance and Economics Professor at Durham University, was scathing on...

The Conservative Party is to take control of a powerful Commons committee after a crucial motion was passed by a majority of just 19 late last night, giving them the ability to scrutinise Brexit legislation without wider parliamentary input. The motion, brought by Commons leader Andrea Leadsom, has been described by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a way of rigging the parliamentary system after the Tories found a work-around for navigating the Brexit process with a minority government. Traditionally, minority governments do not...