Politics

Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal bill will not be published or debated until early June, the government says. The prime minister is under pressure to resign following a backlash from her own MPs against her pledged "new deal" on Brexit.

Calls have been made for a General Election after Theresa May announced her departure date this morning. The Tory leader confirmed she will leave office on 7th June after voicing her frustration at not been able to deliver Brexit. Fighting back the tears she said serving as Prime Minister has been "the honour of my life", saying she is proud to have been the second female leader of the UK. Boris Johnson is in the running to be elected as...

Voters in the North East came in for a shock yesterday after discovering the Brexit party’s main candidate lists his primary residence in France. The list of registered parties showed that, although most parties were fielding candidates who resided in the region, the party campaigning to leave the EU was the only one to put forward a candidate living in Europe. Brian Monteith is running to be North East MEP for Nigel Farage's Brexit Party. According to the Evening Chronicle...

The Conservative Party could end up with “zero” seats in this week’s European elections as they face an unprecedented “wipeout”, one of the party’s most senior MEPs has predicted. Just weeks after the party lost more than 1,200 councillors in England they could be set for a total wipeout in Europe after Britain headed to the polls in one of the most hotly contested elections in decades. Nigel Farage’s newly-formed Brexit party are expected to make significant gains in the...

Philip Alston has accused Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd of trying to distract from the troubling findings in his report on extreme poverty in the UK. The UN’s Special Rapporteur responded to accusations that he did not do enough research and was biased in his final report on poverty by saying: “Rather than addressing the substance, the UK government has sought to distract from the troubling findings of this report by misrepresenting the process behind it. This is disappointing,...

Nigel Farage’s official website has published two damning blog posts criticising Nigel Farage. The apparent hack has led to two videos from Channel 4 News probing his finances going live on the site. The first is titled “Nigel Farage’s funding secrets revealed” which tells the story of the money given to the Brexiteer by millionaire Arron Banks and the second is dubbed “Nigel Farage received £450,000 secret funding, Chelsea home & car from Arron Banks.” Blog posts running alongside the...

A district judge has reserved judgement over whether the private prosecution against the former foreign secretary would go ahead.

EU citizens living here who should be able to vote in their country of residence much as ex-pat Brits can, are reporting widespread voter denial. The hashtag #deniedmyvote was trending on Twitter soon after polling stations opened across the UK for the European elections today, as many claimed they were unable to vote. Campaigners for the millions of EU citizens resident in the UK complained to the Electoral Commission earlier this week as it became apparent many would be denied...

Polling stations across the country have opened up for crucial European Parliament elections which will see two new major parties compete for the first time against the established political class. Seventy-three MEPs will be elected across nine constituencies in England, and one each in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Eight MEPs in total will be elected in London, where Labour currently holds four seats, the Conservatives hold two and UKIP and Greens hold one apiece. The results will be announced...