Politics

Local campaign launched to reflect 74% of the public that believe new Royal Auxillary ships should be built in Britain. The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU), an amalgamation of 5 Trade Unions including GMB and Unite trade unions in the South West are calling on the government to ensure the next generation Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships are built in British shipyards, including local yards in the South West. The Fleet Solid Support (FSS) order is due to be...

Campaigners have descended on London today to protest the arrival of US President Donald Trump in the UK. The President landed at Stansted Airport yesterday and made his way to the house of the US Ambassador before attending a black-tie dinner on Thursday at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. Today he is set to have a working lunch with Theresa May at Chequers before meeting the Queen and then flying to Turnberry resort in Scotland to play golf. But a day of...

Workers and employers still have zero clarity about what the practical impact of Brexit will be, union warns GMB, Britain's general union, has warned Ministers’ “shambolic” unveiling of its Brexit White Paper today reflect the shambles the Government is making of Brexit. Under-fire incoming Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab announced the paper to the House of Commons this afternoon amidst criticism for delays in publishing the proposals. Tim Roache, GMB General Secretary said:“Shambolic scenes in the Commons reflect the general shambles the...

The House of Commons had to be suspended as angry MPs raged at the new Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab for presenting Theresa May's Berexit White Paper to MPs without a chance for them to read it first before they have a chance to ask questions. Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer asked why the press had been given a copy hours before he or other MPs had. As the Tory Chief Whip whispered to the Brexit Minister, his Labour counterpart asked...

The Conservatives suffered blows across every metric in a post-Chequers poll. Labour opened up a two point gap ahead of Theresa May's beleaguered party following a raft of resignations last week, with just 13 per cent of the British public saying they believe we will get a good deal out of Brexit. Forty-two per cent said they expect a bad deal to be in the offing and just 23 per cent say the deal "respects the referendum", indicating that the...

Researchers found that members of the public in both Britain and the United States have far greater trust in scientific experts than the government

Emily Thornberry standing in for Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn had MPs in stitches as she compared the Tory ministerial bloodbath over Brexit to "Reservoir Dogs remade by the Chuckle Brothers." Theresa May's deputy David Lidington who took Prime Minister’s Questions today squirmed as the Shadow Foreign Secretary forensically explained the inconsistencies in the Tories’ unworkable Brexit plans over which key ministers resigned this week. Ahead of the England team’s World Cup semi-final clash with Croatia, the Shadow Foreign Secretary drew...

Representatives from leading mental health charity Mind and anti-poverty charity The Trussell Trust gave evidence to the Public Accounts Committee yesterday about the roll-out of Universal Credit (UC). Both charities have recently called on the Government to delay the roll out of UC after the National Audit Office (NAO) released a damning report highlighting how the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has not done enough to protect and support ‘vulnerable claimants’ including disabled people and people with health conditions. Paul Farmer,...

A real man of the people has joined the cabinet after Boris Johnson and David Davis decided their jobs were just too hard for them. Jeremy Hunt has moved to Foreign Sec and Matt Hancock to Health to replace him, The PM promoted the Attorney General Jeremy Wright to Hancock’s old role leaving room for Geoffrey Cox to take Wright’s job. Mr Cox is a millionaire and one of the richest MPs in Parliament. He may well be a wealthy...