Politics

The Midterms are expected to return marginal gains that could have huge implications on US politics according to early indicators. Spread betting data shows electoral shocks across key states could be in the offing, with the Republican’s slim majority likely to be upset by marginal swings. But political experts predict the Republicans will win out in November’s elections, despite the Democrats putting up a challenge in both Arizona and Nevada. This will be thanks to further consolidation in traditional strongholds...

The Trussell Trust says it has handed out a record number of emergency supplies between April and September this year as the government’s disastrous roll-out of Universal Credit continues to wreak havoc on the most vulnerable people in the country. More than 650,000 emergency supplies were handed out to people in crisis in the six months up to October, a 13 per cent increase on same period in 2017. The charity says if the five week minimum wait for a...

Details of how Vote Leave cheated were laid out in full today as the nation comes to grips with the news that one of the campaign's leading donors is to be investigated by the National Crime Agency. Funding from Arron Banks will now be investigated as part of a possible criminal conspiracy that links donations to impermissible sources. It comes after Vote Leave was fined and reported to police by the Electoral Commission for overspending on their campaign to the tune of £675,000....

The privatisation of Britain’s railways has cost the taxpayer £5 billion per year and driven up fares by 20 per cent, according to analysis released to mark the 25th anniversary of the legislation that put British Rail into the hands of the private sector. Commuters have endured a “catastrophic” privatisation of the rail network since 1995, Labour research has concluded, with taxpayers putting billions of pounds into the system at the same time as ticket prices have been driven up...

Support is mounting for the public having a final say on the Brexit deal as it becomes clear what that could entail. Business leaders piled on the pressure this weekend as it was revealed that the majority of voters in every single Labour constituency now want a second referendum when it becomes clear what the Brexit deal is. In a major coup for the People’s Vote campaign, a YouGov poll of 26,000 voters in all 259 Labour held seats found...

Arron Banks has said he regrets “unleashing the demons” of Brexit on the country in a controversial interview with Andrew Marr this morning. The businessman, who bankrolled the Leave.EU campaign and is currently under investigation by the UK's National Crime Agency, said that if he had his time again it would probably have been better to remain in the European Union and not unleash the demons of Brexit. It comes as Prime Minister Theresa May faces pressure over claims she...

“This is an alleged crime to subvert our democracy."

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats discovered he had the illness three weeks ago

David Cameron has hinted that he may return to front line politics as foreign secretary under Theresa May’s successor. The former PM, who resigned after Britain voted to leave the European Union under his stewardship, has told friends he is hoping for a Cabinet recall after a new Tory leader succeeds May. According to the source, who leaked the conversation to The Sun, Cameron is “bored s***less” two years on from walking out of No10. They said: “David is dedicated...