Politics

Patrick Kielty’s family are sadly well aware of the price of instability in Northern Ireland.

If Michael Gove is serious about taking back control he must put England’s water back in public hands, says GMB Union Shock findings show that almost three quarters of England’s water industry is currently owned from overseas. At least 71% of shares in England’s nine privatised water companies are owned by organisations from overseas including the super-rich, banks, hedge funds, foreign governments and businesses based in tax havens. The revelations showed the need to end the scandal of water privatisation...

In an unusual move head teachers have protested against cuts from school budgets. They large group gathered in Parliament Square before converging on Downing Street, where a delegation delivered a letter to Phillip Hammond over what they say are "unsustainable" funding cuts. Figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies which show that funding per pupil fell by 8% between 2010 and 2018. Compared to last year, England's schools have 137,000 more pupils but 5,400 fewer teachers, and 2,800 fewer teaching...

Boris Johnson has used his Telegraph article to attack, not for the first time, the PM and her Brexit plan. He called May’s Chequers plan “"a moral and intellectual humiliation for this country" that will "cheat the electorate" if implemented. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Johnson, over 4,500 words, said: "This is the moment to change the course of the negotiations and do justice to the ambitions and potential of Brexit. "There has been a collective failure of government, and...

A Tory councillor is facing calls to resign after tweeting he 'bought two of the staff' at a slavery museum - and said abortion clinics in Liverpool were a form of 'crime prevention.' Controversial Bob Frost, a Conservative councillor for North Deal, Kent, was lambasted for his series of unsavoury tweets, and branded racist by his local rival. Cllr Frost has been accused of racism and insensitivity for making disparaging remarks over the weekend - while the Labour Party Conference...

We spoke to the series director behind The Mighty Redcar about hope, talent and people.   “The stunning seafront, the old Regent Cinema and views along the beach looking across towards the old steelworks really blew me away. That mixture of industry and nature was visually amazing. I knew then, that if we could find enough young people to tell their stories, we’d be on to a winner.”  Picture Shows: Redcar - (C) 72 Films Ltd - Photographer: Daniel Dewsbury Daniel...

The Labour Party Conference erupted into cheers after Jeremy Corbyn told Theresa May that if she can’t negotiate a Brexit deal she must “make way for a party that can”. Brexit has been a focal part of this year’s conference with both Corbyn and Deputy Leader Tom Watson leaving all options are on the table ahead of the meeting in Liverpool. Corbyn said a No-deal Brexit would be a “national disaster” in his headline speech today, adding that if the...

Jeremy Corbyn made his conference speech and piled even more pressure on Theresa May and her Brexit deal. The Labour Leader said that the PM should call a general election if she could not get her plan through parliament. Corbyn said leaving the EU without a deal would be “a national disaster” and that “if parliament votes down a Tory deal or the government fails to reach any deal at all we would press for a general election”. The Labour...

A heart-breaking speech by Jessie Joe Jacobs is going viral on social media after she highlighted the highest rate of suicide among young women ever. The former youth worker told the story of a young girl who was distressed, crying and walking into the sea in a passionate speech delivered to the Labour Party Conference yesterday. Her intervention prevented a potential suicide, but as Jacobs asks, “who would she have talked to if not a stranger on the beach?” The...