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Figures show immigration is at a record high in the UK, but what do the numbers really show? The latest set of immigration statistics showed that 650,000 people came to Britain in the year to June, a record number for a 12-month period. That headline figure earned lots of attention across media outlets – but when you inspect the data further, what do the numbers actually show?   The UK immigration numbers broken down The 650,000 figure was made up...

Donald Trump is responsible for "election dysfunction" according to one sex worker who is blaming a droop in trade on the president elect and Brexit. Jasmine, 20, who charges £140 an hour to help fund her university degree, said she has seen around 300 clients since starting two years ago. But she says that has shrunk by two thirds to just one a week and she reckons the turn-off is due to the political turmoil of the past six months. Jasmine,...

A woman has been publicly shamed by a nightclub after her "racist" 3am Facebook rant about being barred by an 'olive-skinned' doorman backfired. Foul-mouthed Deborah Smith, 44, penned her abusive tirade after being refused entry to The Loft for being drunk. But instead of apologising the club, in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, declared she was permanently barred with a caustic takedown. They described her as 'a dim racist' and shamed her further by asking if she would only be satisfied if they...

Blockbuster profits for squalid working conditions; that is the face of modern capitalism after pictures emerged of Amazon staff living in tents in freezing conditions close to one of its distribution centres. How is it, I ask, that a multi-billion pound company who pay a pitiful amount of tax are able to get away with also paying wages so low that people struggle to cover basic living costs? With in-work poverty becoming rife and social care being cut back at a dramatic rate...

Many environmentalists were worried about Donald Trump becoming US President after a number of comments seemingly dismissive of global warming and its dangers to the planet. In one tweet he wrote: "The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive." On Jan 29th 2014, Trump also Tweeted: "Snowing in Texas and Louisiana, record setting freezing temperatures throughout the country and beyond. Global warming is an expensive hoax!" And if that...

It is news that will panic many in the UK financial sector, it has been claimed that UK banks will be leaving the UK for Paris, once Brexit begins. Talks are in already at an “advanced’ stage, according to the French financial regulator. The secretary general of the AMF Benoit de Juvigny has said that UK banking institutions have been in touch asking for information about how they would be regulated if they made the move across the Channel. He...

The house has been debating the Brexit since in Parliament since PMQs finished just before 1pm today. The MPs went into vote and a huge 461-89 decided they wanted Article 50 triggered sooner rather than later, and starting the two-year process to exit the EU. However, they also backed a Labour that means May must disclose her Brexit plan before the process begins. This decision also meant that the PM will need to reveal her Brexit plan, and many are...

The PM was in Bahrain to “turbo-charge” the UK’s trade in the Gulf, I guess that is code for “sell more heavy weaponry to the Saudi Government to shoot civilians.” To be fair she can drop off a bit of hardware for the Bahrainis while she is there, rude not to. Additionally the main debate today was after PMQs, regarding Brexit (after finally being allowed to do it) so this was a bit of a non-event, sorry. However, sombre as...

How many times have you heard jargon such as VaR, IFA and AER and had no idea what on Earth people were talking about? When it comes to finances ignorance is bliss for most Brits, but it could be costing us a lot of money. A new report has found that two thirds of people could be losing out on cash because they don’t fully understand many financial terms, and 74 per cent say they feel completely bamboozled when talking to financial experts....