By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor As the EU referendum comes ever closer the news that annual net migration nearly hit record levels, will leave the “Brexiteers,” rubbing their hands with glee. The statistics, released by the Office for National Statistics, show that annual net migration in Britain rose to 330,000 ...
London's new mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a 24-hour tube service will begin on Central and Victoria lines from 19 August, with Piccadilly, Jubilee and Northern lines to follow in the autumn. The coup comes almost exactly a year to the date that Boris Johnson tried to launch the 'night tube' ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor One of the stranger claims made during the EU referendum debate came from the PM when he said that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State, is probably in favour of Britain leaving the EU. Cameron made these claims after Boris Johnson accused the ...
By Paul Baines Just when we’re faced by the most momentous decision on the EU for 40 years, the media plays it straight. What’s happened to all the Euro bashing? The usual fear and loathing of all things European Commission? The ban on misshapen vegetables, the Euro-sausage, the forced decimalisation? It’s ...
By Abeer Sharma Soon after midnight on Saturday morning, Labour’s Sadiq Khan vanquished his Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith and became the next Mayor of London. Khan’s comprehensive victory was the denouement in what ultimately proved a procession of a mayoral race. This was in no major part down to Zac ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The PM has told “remain” campaigners that if “Brexit” happened, "can we be so sure peace and stability on our continent are assured?" Cameron wants Britain to stay part of the European Union to ensure that the continent doesn’t get dragged into a new conflict. ...
By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent The 2016 London Mayoral election will take place tomorrow (5 May). With Boris Johnson choosing not to run, Labour candidate Sadiq Khan and Conservative representative Zac Goldsmith battle it out as the two front runners. So what ...
I've been to many university debates and spoken in more than a few. I've heard one man compare gay marriage to Nazism, a 19-year-old claim he was a 'survivor' of abortion and an Israeli student joke about killing more Palestinians. Sometimes outrageous or offensive statements cause shock, more often delayed ...
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The split between pro and anti-EU Tory MPs widened even further yesterday, after the Treasury claimed that a Brexit would lower GDP by 6.2 per cent by 2030, due to reduced investment from the EU and higher trade barriers. Here are 6 MPs who didn’t ...