Politics

The Conservative party has suffered a collapse in the income it draws from membership fees as Labour and the Liberal Democrats see significant increases. According to party accounts the money earned from their membership plummeted by more than 40 per cent in 2017. By contrast membership income for the Labour party grew by around 12 per cent, while the Liberal Democrats saw theirs rise by almost a third. The shocking figures will add to the concern over the Tory party’s...

Average earnings in Britain are £13 a week lower than they were ten years ago, a Resolution Foundation report has revealed. The damning study found the ‘Just About Managing’ group accounted for half of the rise in employment since 2008/09, meaning The Conservatives’ oft celebrated jobs boom has been driven by those on the lowest incomes. Employment across the bottom third of households made up 1.2 million of the 2.1 million increase in jobs between 2008-2017. And job insecurity remains...

Broadcaster, doctor and vocal NHS campaigner Dr Phil Hammond announced on Tuesday that he would stand as a candidate for the National Health Action Party (NHA) in North East Somerset where Rees-Mogg is currently MP. Just hours later he tweeted that he had been fired from his Saturday mid-morning show on BBC Radio Bristol.  The physician and health campaigner who has made never made a secret of his politics, thanked his team and listeners. https://twitter.com/drphilhammond/status/1031984648145051655 https://twitter.com/drphilhammond/status/1031989829368795136 The health campaigner tweeted that...

Dr Phil Hammond will stand as a candidate for the National Health Action Party (NHA) in North East Somerset, he said on Twitter

Dominic Raab returns to Brussels today with the odds against him sealing a Brexit deal before the 29th March 2019 deadline. Bookies are now 8/11 for a Hard Brexit and the odds on a second referendum on EU membership are shortening drastically too. It’s now 2/1 from 7/2 for Brits to have a second chance to cast their vote on the country’s future relationship with Europe before the end of 2019, while it’s evens with the leading online bookmaker for Raab...

Citizens Advice is helping someone with bailiff-related problems every three minutes as many in Britain finds itself descending into poverty with no lifeline in sight. UK households have fallen behind on essential bills such as council tax and electricity by as much as £18.9 billion, according to the independent charity, with total debts of almost £7.5 billion in tax credit overpayments, £2.84 billion in council tax and £2.2 billion in water bills. The damning report shows that household debt has...

In comes amid a renewed row over anti semitism after Scottish Labour suspended Cllr Jim Sheridan over a tweet

MPs are calling for a rise in their allowances because Brexit has increased their workload, The New European has reported. Expenses watchdog Ipsa (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) has said it has received representations from MPs to raise their staffing budget because the work on their plate has gone up since the referendum. Under current rules, MPs can claim £150,900 a year for staffing costs, rising to £161,550 in London, although they can apply for an increase. In its report on...

A doctor has destroyed Nigel Farage on social media after he labelled concerns over the future of the NHS as “project fear”. A report by the British Medical Association published in The Independent warned that a no-deal Brexit could increase the risk of a Europe-wide pandemic, leaving the UK more vulnerable to outbreaks of deadly infectious diseases. It says that the UK’s ability to coordinate responses to emerging threats, such as the current outbreak of measles or seasonal flu, will...