Politics

Standard & Poor’s has delivered a chilling warning over Brexit as negotiations enter a crucial stage. Dominic Raab yesterday said a deal on the UK’s departure from the European Union is just weeks away before backtracking on the promises just a few hours later. Once thought a safe pair of hands to take over the negotiations after the resignation of David Davis, Raab’s ability to handle the negotiations was called into question following the embarrassing climbdown. It echoes Theresa May’s...

Boris Johnson went on a £14k all-expenses-paid trip to Saudi Arabia just days before they killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The three day excursion was paid for directly by the troubled Kingdom’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He flew into Jeddah on September 19 ten days before Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents on October 2. Mr Johnson told the Common’s anti-sleaze register that the lavish trip was for “meetings with regional figures to promote education for women and girls”. As well...

At today's PMQs many in the chamber burst into laughter after Theresa May, again, claimed austerity is coming to a close. This 'broken promise' that austerity had actually ended was first announced by the PM at her party conference. However she slightly changed her stance and now claims it is ending and not over quite yet. Flying in the face of her comments, The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) declared the Budget "doesn't" end austerity - "at least not yet"....

There has been a huge surge in people from the UK applying for Irish citizenship since the EU referendum vote. It is thought that around ten per cent of the UK's population meet the criteria to be accepted by the Irish government. There were about 45,000 applications in the first half of 2018, virtually the same as for the entire 2015, the year leading up to the EU vote Neale Richmond, chairman of the Brexit committee in the Irish senate...

TOWIE star Gemma Collins has given her backing to Jeremy Corbyn after she bumped into the Labour leader at the Pride of Britain awards. The Essex star – whose dad is a staunch Labour supporter - praised the party’s manifesto after their “magical moment” together, which she described as been like When Harry Met Sally. Asked why she supports the Labour man she said: “He’s not just for the rich getting rich. He wants to make everything equal. “He’s got...

Organisers at the annual Kent bash have previously depicted disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein, ex-Apprentice star Katie Hopkins and Donald Trump.

Police chiefs in England and Wales are considering taking unprecedented legal action against the government in order to block plans to deduct hundreds of millions of pounds from their budgets, the Guardian has revealed. The National Police Chiefs Council has sent a formal letter to the Treasury saying it will seek a judicial review of the government’s proposals after the Treasury recalculated the money each force needed to pay into the police pension scheme. It landed forces with a £420...

Conservative councillors were left dumbfounded after a word cloud created for the Edinburgh 2050 campaign returned “Tory Free” as one of the people’s hopes for the future. The 2050 vision campaign was launched two years ago as an initiative to help shape the future of the Scottish capital by inviting residents to share their hopes for the future. But local Tory councillors were displeased when “Tory free” came up as one of the city’s primary aspirations. The Conservative group on...

Craig Mackinlay, 52, and his two assistants are said to have spent more than double the legal limit to see off the former UKIP leader's bid to win the South Thanet seat in Kent