Politics

The Government has failed to publish the long-awaited Green Paper on social housing before summer recess, despite repeated promises to outline and consult on plans to tackle the current crisis. This preliminary report was due to set out what the Government intends to do to improve social housing, and mental health charity Mind was hoping to see it specifically address the issues faced by people with mental health problems living in, or waiting for, social housing. Vicki Nash, Head of...

Jeremy Corbyn has told a crowd, in Birmingham, that he would focus government contracts in the UK and would not send projects abroad. Mr Corbyn said a future Labour government will back manufacturing, "because we want to see well-paid jobs in the industries of the future, fuel the tax revenues that fund our public services and the NHS and increase living standards for all." In his speech, Corbyn mentioned that a Labour government would ensure the state used “more of...

Yesterday Amazon warned that a no-deal Brexit would lead to civil unrest within weeks, now MPs have raised concerns about high profile criminals entering our shores if we leave the EU without a deal. Recent reports have raised concerns about the future safety of the UK in a situation were nothing was formally agreed with the other EU member states They reported that the UK could risk access to the SIS II crime database. If this happened then dangerous criminals...

"A lot of people said that what we wanted to achieve was impossible,” the Prime Minister said. “We showed that there is an alternative.”

When you start a new job it is not always the best idea to wind up your stakeholders with threats. However after his predecessor, Boris Johnson, thought that was a good idea, Jeremy Hunt has threatened the EU. On a trip to Berlin, his first trip abroad as Foreign Secretary, he said that citizens on the UK will blame EU for a no-deal Brexit. Hunt said: “Without a real change in approach from the EU negotiators we do now face...

The head of operations in the UK for Amazon made some very worrying claims over a no deal Brexit. He claimed that civil unrest could break out across the UK within days of a no deal Brexit kicking in. UK boss Doug Gurr told a meeting organised by new Brexit secretary Dominic Raab that Amazon was now considering this worst-case outcome as part of their contingency planning. His remarks make Amazon UK the first company to make such a stark...

In 1834 the martyrs were arrested put on trial and punished leading to the foundation of modern day trade unionism

Jacob Rees-Mogg has suggested it could take 50 years to judge whether Brexit has been an economic success. The dire warning comes as the leading Brexiteer launched a second fund in Ireland. Somerset Capital Management (SCM), which ploughs millions of pounds into emerging markets, created the fund to meet demand from international investors. The UK’s withdrawal from the EU has forced many asset managers to set up replica product ranges in European investment hubs such as Dublin and Luxembourg in order to...

Foreign exchange bureaus at one of Britain's busiest airports were offering just €0.89 for each pound today ahead of the big summer getaway. With schools across the country set to close for the holidays in the coming week the pound to euro exchange rate hit one of the lowest rates ever seen. The pound fell below $1.30 on Thursday - its lowest level since September last year -after a surprise fall in retail sales in June, confounding expectations of an increase....