Politics

It might be freezing outside but the most bitter you are likely to feel, is knowing your MP has just got a pay rise. From 2018/19 they will take home a 1.8 pay rise, taking their pay to a chunky £77,379 a year, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority said. Last year MPs only got a 1.4% pay rise, so they will be lining their pockets even more in the next round of pay hikes. Our MPs salaries will have risen...

The ex-PM John Major has re-entered the Brexit debate. A prominent Remainer he spoke out over the way the Brexit negotiations are going, in his opinion. Major, talking at an event in central London, said that British people have “every right” to vote in a second referendum, to decide if they agreed with the final deal to leave the EU. Major wants the Government to offer a free vote, on the final deal, to the Commons and then have the...

Donald Trump is overwhelmingly backed to be re-elected in 2020 after he announced he would run again. Even with a multitude of candidates offered by bookies, the 71-year-old is trumping the market with a total of 58 per cent of all bets on him to be re-elected in the last hour. Odds have been cut on Trump reaffirming his position from 5/2 into 15/8, suggesting an implied 28 per cent chance of winning to a 34 per cent chance of...

The 2017 General Election showed a tabloid press that is "run by tax-dodging press barons" do not decide elections, Momentum national co-ordinator Laura Parker has said today. Jeremy Corbyn has endured a number of high profile attacks from the right wing press of late, but rather than putting voters off the Labour leader they are actually driving people towards the party, according to new research. A report published by Momentum claims the organisation added the most members in any four-day period since...

The Tory Government seems intent on leaving the single market and not remaining in the customs union. A hard-Brexit is the outcome they are driving towards. However, this decision has been met with fierce criticism from the ex-chief of the international trade department, Sir Martin Donnelly. Donnelly told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the UK risked being totally out entirely from its largest trading market and “the only functioning market for services in the world.” He said: “You’re giving up...

Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn set out Labour’s vision for a post-Brexit Britain; he wants the UK to remain part of the customs union to maintain a stable trading block with our European partners. Mr Corbyn also hoped that a “bespoke” arrangement could be reach to ensure that there was no hard border between North Ireland and the Republic. In response to the speech, the CBI (Confederation of British Industry), were glowing with praise to the Labour leader. Carolyn Fairburn, CBI director...

As more Conservative MP’s threatened rebellion over Theresa May’s insistence on ruling out a customs union with the EU, Jeremy Corbyn today exposed how fragile her parliamentary majority is by setting out Labour’s red lines for Brexit. The Labour leader said he would work towards an economy that “works for the many, not for the few” and set out the practical reasons why he believes a customs union with the EU is necessary. Corbyn added that he would “not countenance”...

Jeremy Hunt has been awarded a Humanitarian Award for patient safety despite overseeing the biggest crisis in the history of the National Health Service. The Health Secretary was awarded the accolade for his global leadership on patient safety at the World Patient Safety Summit this weekend. According to Nursing Notes, previous winners of the award include President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Patrick H. Conway – all of whom worked tirelessly towards free and equal access to healthcare...

There was speculation after Iain McNicol announced that he would be standing down as the General Secretary of the Labour Party on Friday evening. The shock resignation had not been anticipated even by many of his close colleagues. He will stay in his role until the Labour NEC recommends a successor to be announced at the next party conference. Jennie Formby and Andrew Murray of the Unite union have both been mentioned as possible successors. Both are close to Jeremy Corbyn....