Politics

The star famed for his Grumpy Old Man act as Victor Meldrew enticed by restaurant's 'Brexit special'

Both workers and businesses will thrive under Labour Party plans to force large firms to give workers shares in the company, a Warwick Business School professor has said. John McDonnell set out proposals to make large corporations give workers shares worth up to £500 each year as part of a radical shake up that looks to broaden ownership in our economy.  In his main party conference speech, the shadow chancellor set out plans for "inclusive ownership funds" as well as...

Len McCluskey says Labour will not take lessons from “professional racists” at the Daily Mail and The Sun in a strongly-worded retaliation speech today. Speaking at the 2018 Labour Party Conference the Unite union boss attacked claims that Jeremy Corbyn is racist. This morning The Mail led with an anti-semitism smear on its front page as the annual conference convened for the second day in Liverpool, putting the Labour leader at the heart of another racism storm. It claimed a...

“I wouldn’t even rape you” he tweeted to Jess Phillips, during a 2016 campaign of trolling threatening tweets against the Birmingham Yardley MP.

The Labour Party has become the first of the big two major political parties to back a second referendum if party members voted in favour of one. Both leader Jeremy Corbyn and deputy Tom Watson announced to the media this weekend that they would be ready to "adhere to" any decision made at this week's party conference, saying the view of the party members must be respected. With over half a million people on its books Labour has one of...

Gerard Batten has said he would support bringing Tommy Robinson into the party, but that it isn’t likely to happen in the near future. Speaking ahead of the UKIP 2018 conference the newly elected party leader confirmed Robinson could be given a route into mainstream politics. In a Sky News interview he denied courting the far right before confirming previous statements that he would welcome Robinson into the party. The comments come just days after Batten attended an anti-Muslim march...

The Labour Group on Hounslow Council has voted to support a motion calling for a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal on the eve of the Labour Party conference. The 50-strong ruling Labour Group joins neighbouring Richmond upon Thames Council in formally supporting the People’s Vote campaign. It will write to both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn urging them to support a referendum on the final Brexit deal or no deal. The group – among of the largest of...

Theresa May's social housing pledge has been dubbed a non-announcement by the former Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis.  The government's £2 billion pledge was ridiculed on Twitter this morning after it got a warm reception from the mainstream media. Despite giving just a tenth of what Scotland is spending on social housing pro rata the PM still declared that the government's scheme is a big step removing the "stigma" of social housing. May, along with most other news outlets, failed to mention...

Migrant workers from the European Union contribute £2,300 more in taxes than the average Brit, a government commissioned study has revealed. New research carried out by the Migration Advisory Committee on behalf of the Home Office found EU migrant workers pay in £78,000 more than they take out in public services and benefits over their lifetime. Immigration was a key part of the campaign to leave the bloc, with many dubious claims made over the impact it has had on the...