Theresa May has put safeguarding her position from hardline Tory Brexiters above safeguarding a good outcome in Brexit negotiations by committing to taking Britain out of any prospect of a customs union with the EU - however impossible a position that may be. A Number 10 source insisted: “it is ...
In an interview on her trip to China Theresa May told Sky political editor Faisal Islam that she will take Britain out of the Customs Union - even if that does make Britain poorer - as her own government’s leaked studies have shown. The Prime Minister was keen to stress ...
Journalists were left “laughing uproariously” after Angela Merkel poked fun at May’s poor attempt to negotiate a post-Brexit deal. She said that she felt trapped in a loop with May since the Brexit vote back in 2016. Merkel made her comments in a “secret” press briefing, during the World Economic ...
@BenGelblum The economy will grow more slowly outside the EU even if the UK manages to strike a final deal with Brussels reveals a leaked government report on the different Brexit scenarios. The nation’s income would be 5 % lower in 15 years time with a free trade agreement with ...
Every single disabled person receiving Personal Independence Payments (PIP) is to have their claim reviewed, the Department for Work and Pensions has admitted in an embarrassing climbdown set to cost the tax payer an estimated £3.7billion. A total of 1.6 million claimants of the main disability benefit will have their ...
Following a brief rallying call from her frontbenchers, Theresa May is now odds-on to resign in 2018. The beleaguered PM enjoyed momentary support from colleagues last week, but she has come under fire today from her own side as one of her MPs said the “window is closing” on her leadership ...
No, you aren't dreaming. The Right Wing hack behind Dodgy David Cameron's 'PigGate' scandal did say this, on live television: "Jeremy Corbyn is playing this beautifully. There is a much more worrying bigger picture here for the Conservatives in the opportunity that they have created for Jeremy Corbyn to underline ...
The odds of 2018 being Theresa May’s final year in power have been slashed by bookmakers, with the PM now just 5/4 to resign at any point in the next 12 months. After a cabinet reshuffle that saw little change, May has come under increased criticism and the leading online ...
Toby Young has resigned from his universities watchdog role apologising for the offence his social media posts and writings have caused over the years, just two days after the Prime Minister defended his controversial appointment to the role. On the weekend Theresa May said that the controversialist who had made ...