Politics

Theresa May's deputy Damian Green has been sacked as First Secretary of State after an investigation found he breached UK ministerial code by lying about the presence of porn on his office computer. Now Brexit Secretary David Davis faces the humiliating prospect of being constantly reminded that he vowed to resign if his cabinet ally was sacked over the investigation into his statements on porn found on his computer and allegations by Tory activist Kate Maltby that he behaved inappropriately towards...

Damien Green has resigned as First Secretary of State after an investigation found he breached UK ministerial code. Theresa May's deputy has stepped down before Christmas leaving her already beleaguered cabinet in tatters. The Tory MP had been found to have misled the public over porn found on an office computer Claims emerged recently that police had found "extreme" pornography on his computer when they raided his Parliamentary office. Met police officers say they unveiled the material when Green's office was raided...

Labour MP Dennis Skinner has accused Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt for running the NHS into the ground to the point where privatisation is the only option. The "Bolsover Beast", who became the longest continuously serving Labour MP ever this week, launched a scathing attack in parliament over hospital closures. He said: "There's a growing suspicion that what this secretary of state is up to is to leave them, lose all those beds in the hospitals forever so that the private...

The Scottish Labour Party will start their campaign to reclaim Scotland today after leader Richard Leonard unveiled his Shadow Cabinet in Holyrood. Four weeks on from being elected Scottish Labour leader Leonard announced a senior team with no place for the party’s former leader or deputy leader. Kezia Dugdale, who courted controversy when she appeared on I'm a Celebrity, has been dropped from the front bench, with prominent left-winger Neil Findlay coming in to look over Brexit, Campaigns and Party Engagement. Other newcomers...

In the irony of all ironies Britain's divorce from the European Union is now costing the country £350 million a week. According to figures released in the Financial Times the value of Britain’s output is now around 0.9 per cent lower than was possible if the country had voted to stay in the EU. That equates to almost exactly £350m a week lost to the British economy — an irony that will not be lost on those who may have backed...

Ahead of its November reveal, Philip Hammond’s budget was billed as ‘make or break’ in much of the press. In reality, it turned out neither to make nor break the chancellor’s career. Rather, everything seems to be continuing as usual. It’s possible that it will take time for this budget’s implications to become clearer, but what is crystal clear already is the impact on one of the most crucial areas of the public sector—further education. Theresa May herself triumphantly announced...

Reports of a Tory plot to pull the UK out of the EU Working Time Directive could see 7 million workers in the UK lose rights to paid holidays, GMB has warned today. Brexit hardliners are today expected to demand Theresa May ditches safeguards post-Brexit which were designed by the EU to protect employees from working excessive hours. Michael Gove is among the staunch Brexiters wanting Britain to scrap the working time directive which stops staff in most jobs from working more than...

A man is selling a Brexit number plate after being warned he won't get his Christmas dinner if he puts it on his car. Mark Hoyle, 58, bought the registration X17 BRE for his black VW Golf. Mark Hoyle is selling a Brexit number plate after being warned he won't get his Christmas dinner if he puts it on his car. But after the ultimatum from his partner he has stuck it on Gumtree for £750. Mark, of Torquay, Devon...

Paul Golding, leader of right-wing group Britain First, has been arrested in Belfast regarding speeches he made at rally in the city. The 35-year-old was arrested shortly after arriving at Belfast magistrates court. Golding was his deputy, Jayda Fransen, 31, as she made her first appearance after being charged with “using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour” at the same rally. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said: “Detectives investigating speeches made at the Northern Ireland Against Terrorism rally...