Politics

John McDonnell says Labour would end the era of government turning a blind eye to the scandal of tax avoidance if they were in government. In a statement following the leak of financial documents the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer says the Tories have "refused to act" to stem the flow of taxable money moving offshore. The so-called Paradise Papers have implicated several high-profile people, including royalty, revealing the secrets of the world elite's hidden wealth. The 13.4m files expose the global environments...

Disgraced MP Michael Fallon has made his first public appearance since his resignation as Defence Secretary, amid allegations of sexual misconduct among MPs. He earlier admitted touching a female journalist’s knee and has since denied making lewd comments to colleague Andrea Leadsom. The former Defence Secretary quit his job earlier this week, admitting his behaviour had "fallen below the high standards that we require of the armed forces". Announcing he was standing down earlier this week, he said that there...

Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has been suspended by the Conservatives following ‘serious allegations’ that have been referred to the police. Mr Elphicke, has been the MP for Dover since 2010, and is also a former party whip. Mr Elphiche has denied any wrongdoing and accused the Tory party of tipping off the police before they informing him of his suspension. The married 46-year-old MP released a statement on Twitter saying: ‘The party tipped off the press before telling me of...

A document on the Labour Party’s democracy review has been leaked outlining how the party plans to involve its hugely expanded membership to become a mass movement which can transform society. As of June 2017, Labour had 552,000 members, far out-performing the Tories 149,800 members and Lib Dems 102,000 members. And now the party plans to seize on its rapidly growing supporter base in order to transform society by working closely with its member-base and affiliated organisations. Included in the plans are three phases...

Shocking new research by a leading UK thinktank has revealed that the number of children living in poverty is set to soar to 5.2 million in the next five years. With government welfare cuts hitting the households with young families the hardest, more children than ever will be plunged into the depths of poverty under the Conservative government. New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies predicts an increase of more than a million in the number of children living...

Theresa May’s government faced more humiliation last night, unable to contest a vote in Parliament that the opposition had brought calling on the government to reveal reports they had commissioned into the possible effects of Brexit. For months, Labour has called for reports into the economic effects of Brexit into 58 sectors of the country to be made public so that the public is aware of the possible consequences that the government are covering up. Yet another defeat for the...

The Conservative sexual harassment scandal has claimed its first scalp as Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has resigned, admitting he has "fallen below the high standards that we require of the Armed Forces." As even more serious allegations of sexual assault and date rape drugs emerged from Tory Party workers this evening, adding to the scandal that has threatened to engulf the party since last week, Michael Fallon wrote to the Prime Minister to resign his position after it emerged he...

As a list of 36 Tory MPs mired in sexual sleaze compiled by Conservative MP's researchers, secretaries and office staff going viral on social media, Theresa May was challenged in parliament about repeated warnings to her that party whips were using information on sexual abuse by their MPs to blackmail them. Theresa May was accused of ignoring THREE warnings that political enforcers or “whips" "used information about sexual abuse to demand loyalty from MPs” “Three years ago I brought evidence to...

Jeremy Corbyn attacked the government’s poor record on tackling tax avoidance today, revealing that UK exchequer is missing out on between £34bn and £119bn in tax - enough to cover the education budget or the NHS. At Prime Minister’s Questions, he quizzed Theresa May about why the Tories have repeatedly blocked attempts to deal with tax avoidance and evasion, both in the UK and using their MEP’s in Europe. After addressing the growing scandal of sexual harassment in Westminster, Jeremy...