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The move is a ‘last-gasp’ attempt to curry favour with workers after years of wage caps, say union leaders.

Traders are concerned that a no-deal Brexit is more likely, after both Conservative leadership candidates toughened their positions.

Trade union leaders agree Labour should support a second referendum on any Brexit deal.

After Labour fell to third place in the European elections, Jeremy Corbyn has written to Labour MPs heeding calls for more unambiguous support for a people’s vote on whatever Brexit looks like. The Labour party lost half its MEPs, left with only 10, behind the Brexit Party and the Liberal ...

Rumours that Labour will become the referendum party have gained a lot of mainstream traction of late, and there’s a good reason why. Despite Jeremy Corbyn and other senior colleagues being openly sceptical of the merits of a so-called "confirmatory" referendum, the opportunity to squash the Tories in both European ...

The House of Commons will be given the first opportunity to vote for a second referendum today. The speaker, John Bercow, selected an amemndment from Sarah Wollaston, who recently left the Tories to join the Independent group. This was not, as you would expect, met with universal approval. The speaker ...

James O'Brien said "we live in a country that is utterly upside down" after a spate of Tory Islamaphobia cases went largely unreported in the media. Fourteen members of the Conservative Party have been suspended this week over Islamophobic comments made on Facebook, and last night Baroness Warsi, the Conservative Party’s ...

The incomes of the richest fifth of households grew by 4.7 per cent last year while the incomes of the poorest fifth fell by 1.6 per cent, official figures have revealed today. According to the Resolution Foundation the controversial freeze on benefit levels combined with higher inflation following the Brexit ...

Prominent Brexiteer Sir Jim Ratcliffe is to relocate to Monaco in a bid to save up to £4bn in tax, it has been reported. The Sunday Times revealed that the founder of the chemicals giant Ineos is working on a plan to avoid tax with accountancy firm PwC, which is also likely to ...