Politics

South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay, 51, accused of overspending in 2015 General Election because of the “threat” posed by former UKIP leader Nigel Farage

Influential Leave.EU donor Arron Banks has today been referred to the National Crime Agency after the Electoral Commission found evidence of multiple suspected offences. Banks ploughed millions of pounds into the Leave.EU campaign and another campaign called Better for the Country during the referendum. But according to new information released today the funding will now be investigated as part of a possible criminal conspiracy. “The investigation focused on £2m reported to have been loaned to Better for the Country by...

The ten women took part in the raunchy photoshoot in the hope the saucy pics will send people to the polls come November 6.

Standard & Poor’s has delivered a chilling warning over Brexit as negotiations enter a crucial stage. Dominic Raab yesterday said a deal on the UK’s departure from the European Union is just weeks away before backtracking on the promises just a few hours later. Once thought a safe pair of hands to take over the negotiations after the resignation of David Davis, Raab’s ability to handle the negotiations was called into question following the embarrassing climbdown. It echoes Theresa May’s...

Boris Johnson went on a £14k all-expenses-paid trip to Saudi Arabia just days before they killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The three day excursion was paid for directly by the troubled Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He flew into Jeddah on September 19 ten days before Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents on October 2. Mr Johnson told the Common’s anti-sleaze register that the lavish trip was for “meetings with regional figures to promote education for women and girls”. As well...

At today's PMQs many in the chamber burst into laughter after Theresa May, again, claimed austerity is coming to a close. This 'broken promise' that austerity had actually ended was first announced by the PM at her party conference. However she slightly changed her stance and now claims it is ending and not over quite yet. Flying in the face of her comments, The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) declared the Budget "doesn't" end austerity - "at least not yet"....

There has been a huge surge in people from the UK applying for Irish citizenship since the EU referendum vote. It is thought that around ten per cent of the UK's population meet the criteria to be accepted by the Irish government. There were about 45,000 applications in the first half of 2018, virtually the same as for the entire 2015, the year leading up to the EU vote Neale Richmond, chairman of the Brexit committee in the Irish senate...

TOWIE star Gemma Collins has given her backing to Jeremy Corbyn after she bumped into the Labour leader at the Pride of Britain awards. The Essex star – whose dad is a staunch Labour supporter - praised the party’s manifesto after their “magical moment” together, which she described as been like When Harry Met Sally. Asked why she supports the Labour man she said: “He’s not just for the rich getting rich. He wants to make everything equal. “He’s got...

Organisers at the annual Kent bash have previously depicted disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein, ex-Apprentice star Katie Hopkins and Donald Trump.