Politics

Spain's government has threatened to reject Theresa May's Brexit deal over the thorny issue of Gibraltar. Spain's foreign minister said Spain would not back the plan at the European Council unless it received assurances  the deal would not apply to Gibraltar. Spanish foreign minister Josep Borrell said: "The negotiations between Britain and the EU have a territorial scope that does not include Gibraltar, the negotiations on the future of Gibraltar are separate discussions. “This is what needs to made clear, and...

Danny Dyer has launched an explosive attack on Brexiteer politicians as well as lamenting the “age of food banks” and re-visiting his viral spat with David Cameron. The actor and EastEnders star blasted Boris Johnson for “spouting bollocks” in an interview published in this week’s Big Issue. He called Nigel Farage “another prick in a suit” and defended Theresa May for inheriting a difficult job. He said: “Theresa May, bless her, just got that job by default. Boris Johnson running...

Boris Johnson's infamous water cannons have been sent to the scrap heap at a cost of more than £300,000 to the taxpayer. Sadiq Khan announced today that the water cannons have been sold to a firm which will dismantle them and export the parts, saying "we have finally managed to get rid of them". Johnson bought the machines from Germany in 2014, before Theresa May banned their use in riot situations when she was home secretary in 2015. She later used...

Billionaire Peter Hargreaves has warned Britain's ultra-rich could abandon the country if Labour wins the next General Election. The financial services tycoon said he expects an exodus of entrepreneurs if Corbyn takes power, saying they will "not be able to tolerate extreme socialism". Dominic Samuelson, chief executive officer of Campden Wealth, which helps affluent families network, has also fired warning shots. He said: "What keeps families inside and outside the U.K. awake at night is the risk of a Labour government. "All bets...

Biggest November drop since 2012, with former hotspots hit hardest, says Rightmove The richest parts of the UK are feeling the brunt of the fall in property prices, according to website Rightmove. It is the biggest drop since November 2012. House prices have dipped over £5,000 on average. The biggest falls were in London, where the typical asking price fell by £10,793 (a fall of 1.7%) and in the south-east of England, where prices were down £8,647 (2.1%). “Higher-end, former...

Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party has taken a three-point lead over the Tories according to a poll for the Observer .  The Conservative Party have dropped down to 36% a drop of five points. Labour has increased three to hit 39 per cent. UKIP has gone to 8 per cent, a two point rise and the Liberal Democrats are on 7, a fall of one point. It appears the issues over the EU Brexit deal have damaged the faith in the Conservative...

Ever since details started emerging of Theresa May's Brexit deal, the enemies in her party started briefing that it was only a matter of time before she would be thrown under a bus. For two night in a row she has made a defiant statement to the press, last night insisting to journalists, many of whom had turned up expecting a resignation, that she was "not in denial" about the prospects of getting her Brexit deal through parliament. Despite a...

The economic fears and insecurities that led to Brexit are likely to be compounded when the UK leaves the union, a UN investigation has found. The UN’s Rapporteur into Extreme Poverty and Human Rights in the UK, Philip Aston, said no matter what outcome Brexit achieves, other than the Utopian one which is most unlikely to happen,  Britain will be left worse off economically. There’s going to be a fall in GDP, there’s going to be a fall in tax...

Women have been the hardest hit by government cuts to social services and welfare, a UN investigation has revealed. The UN’s Rapporteur into Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Philip Aston found reductions in social care services translate to an increased burden on primary caregivers who are disproportionately women. Releasing the interim findings of his investigation he pointed to a remarkable gender dimension of many of the Conservative reforms. He said: “If you had got a group of misogynists in a...