Labour and the Lib Dems have slammed Tory MPs for voting down a string of attempts to improve the lot of EU citizens, refugee children and workers' rights after Brexit . Ten amendments to Boris Johnson's Withdrawal Agreement Bill were defeated in the last two days as the law prepares to sail through its final […]
There is a long way to go but Keir Starmer has emerged as the candidate to beat in the Labour leadership race. In a significant move he received the backing of the Unison union yesterday. The endorsement came just hours after the latest tally of nominations by MPs showed him comfortably ahead of his rivals […]
The SNP MP for Argyll and Bute attempted to ask a question to Boris Johnson during Prime Minister’s Questions by beginning to mention former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. But the Scottish politician was interrupted twice by cheering Conservative MPs sparking one of his colleagues to exclaim: “Bunch of yobs!” The SNP MP went on to […]
Keir Starmer has stormed into the lead in the Labour leadership race with 23 MP nominations on the first day of canvassing in the Parliamentary Labour Party. It means the Shadow Brexit Secretary is the first candidate to get over the line wiht the 22 nominations needed to get on the ballot paper. On the […]
Bosses who fail to pay the minimum wage should face harsher punishments in a bid to stop a quarter of low-earners from being underpaid, according to a new report. Analysis by the Resolution Foundation discovered that the rate of underpayment for those who earn around the legal minimum and are aged over 25 had risen […]
INDEPENDENT Ministers are to boycott a State commemoration of members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP), Independent.ie can reveal. There is growing unrest within government over the plans to remember the pre-Independent police forces next week in Dublin Castle with three Independent ministers indicating they will not be attending the […]
Rebecca Long Bailey finally announced last night that she was standing to be the next Labour leader. She joins Keir Starmer, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips, Clive Lewis and Emily Thornberry in the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn. Ian Lavery, who had considered running, said he would be backing Ms Long Bailey’s campaign. Ms Long Bailey […]
In a shocking move, acting Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey announced that there needs to be an investigation into the EU referendum and its result. The party will table an amendment to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill. The amendment will reportedly call for an inquiry within six months of the bill being […]
Rebecca Long-Bailey, the pro-Corbyn candidate for Labour leader, is finally entering the race, promising a “socialist agenda” and hitting out at her chief rival Sir Keir Starmer. Announcing herself as a “proud socialist”, the 40-year-old Shadow Business Secretary dismissed as the “continuity candidate” by opponents, becomes the sixth Labour MP to join the contest. She […]
DUBUQUE, Iowa (Reuters) – With just weeks to go before Iowans kick off the Democratic presidential nominating contest on Feb. 3, the only certainty about the race seems to be its uncertainty. At least four contenders – former vice president Joe Biden, U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor […]