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Recruitment entrepreneur James Reed is calling on business leaders to give generously to the Grenfell Tower appeal after donating £100,000 out of his own pocket. A Big Give fundraising page has been launched after a fire ravaged an apartment block in North Kensington on Wednesday morning. So far almost a quarter of a million pounds has been donated on the page, with all donations matched by The Big Give. He is now appealing to other business leaders across the capital to offer what they can,...

Council penny pinching and accepting the lowest bid was to blame for a huge blaze in a tower block which killed at least 12 people, a former worker claimed. The woman, who worked as a property manager for Conservative controlled Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council for 20 years said the deadly blaze could have been prevented if the council had spend money upgrading it. But Grenfell Tower, run by Tenant Management Organisation for the Royal Borough of Kensington...

The outgoing Conservative MP for Peterborough launched a tirade at a constituent after losing his seat to a Labour candidate for the first time in 12 years. Businessman Christian Stanley who has lived in Peterborough for the past decade had criticised his MP Stewart Jackson in conversations with other constituents on Facebook but was shocked to get a barrage of abusive messages from the former MP for Peterborough late on Monday night, calling him a “pillock” and a “thick chav”. “I've never met...

A reveller caught up in the London Bridge terror attack returned to Borough Market as it reopened today - to pay his restaurant bill. Richard Angell, director of the think tank Progress, who also tipped staff at the Arabica Bar and Kitchen, was enjoying a meal there on Saturday June 3rd when the horror unfolded. Mr Angell, 33, who has launched a campaign called #TipLondon, to raise money for the affected businesses, said it was "emotional" to see the "brave"...

Well many Corbyn supporters and wider left-leaning voters are surprised/delighted that the Labour leader managed to make significant gains on the Conservative party. Theresa May could not secure a majority and recent polling has shown that Labour could indeed win an election if it was held now. It was such a dramatic turnaround but how did he manage it? This Channel 4 video is definitely worth a watch, to see how Corbyn came from nowhere and shook the electoral landscape...

The average pay has dropped by 0.4 per cent, new figures have a revealed - a day after news broke that inflation has shot up to 2.9 per cent. Even taking into account bonuses real average weekly earning, taking account of inflation, decreased by 0.4 per cent and by 0.6 per cent excluding bonuses. Today’s figures are the first time average earnings, including bonuses, have gone into decline since 2014. GMB says the squeeze in pay and living standards is more evidence the...

Conservative’s flawed economic plan exposed once more as average pay drops even including bonuses GMB says the UK desperately needs a pay rise as average real terms wages drop once again. Even taking into account bonuses real average weekly earning, taking account of inflation, decreased by 0.4% according to today’s figures – and by 0.6% excluding bonuses. Today’s figures are the first time average earnings, including bonuses, have gone into decline since 2014. Just yesterday ONS figures showed inflation has...

Londoners who wish to help the victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster can donate clothes, food, blankets and toiletries to one of three drop off centres in west London. A call out has been put out to anyone in the area who is able to help after a fire ravished the Grenfell Tower in the early hours of the morning. Met Police have reported “a number of fatalities” following the fire in North Kensington, and several hundred people have been left homeless....

The heartbroken husband of a woman killed in the Manchester terror attack urged people to "choose love" as he bravely spoke at her funeral. Tony Kiss and daughter, 12-year-old Millie, gave heartfelt messages at the touching service for mum-of-three, Michelle Kiss, who was killed as she waited for her daughter after the Ariana Grande concert on Monday May 22. Tony and their children Dylan, 20, Elliot, 17 and Millie, 12, walked behind the hearse from their home to the local...