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Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has labelled the Tories "sick and sneaky" following their manifesto pledge to limit the number of pensioners who get winter fuel payments. An estimated 9,000 people died in England and Wales as a result of living in a cold home in the winter of 2014-2015. A University College London (UCL) study calculated that the near-ten thousand deaths was the highest number for 15 years. Dr Jessica Allen, whose team conducted the study, told BBC Panorama that people are dying...

Today will be declared as a historic victory for whistleblowers as Julian Assange paved the path to his freedom two days after Chelsea Manning was released from prison. The Wikileaks founder has had charges dropped against him in Sweden which means he could soon walk free without fear of been extradited to the US, where he is the subject of an espionage investigation. Prosecutors said the preliminary rape and sexual assault probe has been discontinued and an arrest warrant issued for Mr Assange would...

Theresa May leading us down garden path again, says union. The GMB has described the Conservative Manifesto as a ‘great swindle’. The election pledge, unveiled today, offers a bleak vision for Britain’s future according to the union. Tim Roache, GMB General Secretary said: "It's all well and good talking up a great meritocracy, but in reality the Conservatives are proposing a great swindle. "Many families already feeling the pinch face shouldering the burden for the social care they desperately need. "I fail...

The rise of post-referendum "Re-leavers" has given the government a huge mandate to push for a hard Brexit, new research has revealed. Re-leavers, defined as those who voted to Remain in the EU but think that the government has a duty to leave, have blurred the lines between “Leave” and “Remain” meaning the country is now split into three groups instead of two: The Hard Leavers who want out of the EU (45 per cent); the Hard Remainers who still want to try to...

Oh dear, the Tory Chancellor has had a bad day, Theresa May didn't back him to still be Chancellor for much longer and he made a £20n error on the cost of HS2 on Radio 4. He was trying to attack the Labour manifesto, but instead made a huge error. He said their was a massive hole in Labour's spending plans, but he then forgot the cost of the controversial high speed rail linked, hate by many Shire Tory MPs....

Plant life on Antarctica is growing rapidly due to climate change, scientists have found. Few plants live on the continent, but scientists studying moss have found a sharp increase in biological activity in the last 50 years. A team including scientists from the University of Exeter used moss bank cores – which are well preserved in Antarctica’s cold conditions – from an area spanning about 400 miles. They tested five cores from three sites and found major biological changes had...

Foreign secretary Boris Johnson blundered again yesterday when he talked about whisky during a visit to a Sikh temple - a religion which bans alcohol. The gaffe-prone Tory - whose wife is of Sikh descent - found himself in hot water when he went on the campaign trail in Bristol. He wore a ceremonial orange turban and joked he was pleased to have worn socks with no holes. But the mood turned sour when he addressed the congregation inside the...

A new video has been leaked showing the moment President Trump plagiarised a speech from Legally Blonde when addressing university students in the US. The video, made by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, reveals striking similarities between Trump's words and the graduation speech given by Elle Woods at the end of the 2001 comedy film. Speaking at Liberty University in Virginia on Saturday, Trump says in Fallon's clip: "You must go forth into to the world. Passion, courage in...

Theresa May will be jumping for joy at the latest job market figures that show the UK unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest in 42 years - but don't be fooled. The Tories have become attuned to using unemployment figures to mask other worrying economic trends since the aftermath of the financial crisis. During their tenure the number of unemployed people has fallen dramatically, which would seem impressive to the untrained eye, but is merely icing sugar on top of a...