The BBC has come under fire this week for its decision to axe free TV licenses for over-75s. Hundreds of thousands of people have signed a “Save Our Free TV Licence” petition demanding the broadcasting corporation reverses its decision, with Piers Morgan, David Davis and Matt Hancock among the high-profile ...
The bloated corpse of Theresa May’s premiership is finally floating down the Thames and the political minnows are circling. It will be a leadership race unprecedented in modern times as the Tories compete to see who’s the most buzz-wordy, who can fake compassion for the poor and whose Brexit plan ...
A new Survation poll reveals the backlash the Conservatives will face if they try to sell off the NHS to US private healthcare companies. Just 17% of the public think the NHS should be included in trade deal discussions with the US government in a post-Brexit scenario. The figures are ...
Despite political pollsters and bookmakers predicting Nigel Farage's Brexit Party a shoe-in to win its first MP in Peterborough, a surge of Labour door-knocking and activism helped the party retain the seat. The election of a new MP came about after local people effectively sacked their former Member of Parliament, ...
Frontrunners to succeed Theresa May have drawn battle lines over the most destructive way to exit the EU this week, with Domic Raab going as far as saying he may prorogue Parliament to ensure Britain leaves one way or another on October 31st. A nightmarish ‘no deal’ scenario on the ...
Boris is in front amongst Tory leadership hopefuls
The Labour Party is making up ground in the Peterborough by-election with odds on Lisa Forbes to win plummeting from 7/1 to 5/1 today. Fifteen candidates are facing voters at the ballot box on Thursday in a contest that will have wide political ramifications. The election of a new MP ...
More than half of Change UK’s MPs have walked from the party following disastrous EU elections, it has been confirmed. Six of the 11 MPs have quit the party with Heidi Allen and Chukka Umunna among them. Anna Soubry, who has been elected the new party leader, said she was ...
As Donald Trump meets Prime Minister Theresa May while expressing support for her possible successor Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn is set to address a rally against the US President. Hundreds of thousands of protestors are expected to march against the State Visit by Donald Trump from Trafalgar Square to Parliament ...