Tensions between David Cameron and Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, continue as the battle of the budgets ploughs on. At a press conference in Brussels Mr Juncker said the Prime Minister had “problems with the other Prime
A landmark court case could see women who drink during pregnancy branded criminals. Lawyers for a disabled girl say that the actions of her mother, who was 17 when she was pregnant, should be considered a ‘crime of violence’. The
A couple named Farrage and Cameron have appeared in court charged with several thefts from Derriford Hospital, the Plymouth Herald reports. The pair in their twenties have been charged with three counts of theft from ‘staff only’ areas in the
A human rights organisation has written to the European Commission to raise concerns about the behaviour of the Italian government towards the Roma community. Roma rights organisation July 21 has said that the European Commission have written to the Italian
An Egyptian bus driver who tried to avoid a random drugs test by submitting his wife’s urine sample instead of his own was thwarted after it turned out his wife was pregnant. The man had been selected for the standard
The leader of France’s Front National, Marine Le Pen, has continued the debate on EU immigration by taking to twitter to say that French people are “not free to decide our immigration policy – as the example of Mr Cameron
The Court of Auditors’ report on the EU’s accounts for 2013 has been published this morning and provides further bad news for Brussels. According to
MEPs investigating the use of tax payers’ money for an EU project in Kosovo were told by officials that they could only be told about serious allegations of fraud and corruption “in private” without any journalists present. The EU mission
The government will attempt to bring Tower Hamlets LBC under control by appointing three commissioners to oversee grants and property sales. A damning report by accountants PwC revealed a failure of the council to act in the best interests of
The Employment Appeal Tribunal’s landmark ruling that holiday pay should be defined to include regular overtime has been criticised by politicians and pro business groups. Some people working overtime could claim for additional holiday pay thanks to the decision taken
Package holidays have their perils for all: long transfers on cramped coaches with other people’s screaming kids, ‘cattle class’ charter flights and the holiday rep who needs to hit their sales targets for pricey trips. But for Sally Jones and
Immigration and Security Minister James Brokenshire has quashed rumours that the French are looking to undo the Le Touquet Treaty which allows British border forces to operate in Calais. The City’s mayor Natacha Bouchart is among voices calling for the
Mothers in the Sicilian town of Monserrato have complained to the mayor after he hired two Roma women to work at a local school. The Local has reported that Gianni Argiolas employed the two women as part of a scheme
Viewers of ITV’s hit drama Downton Abbey watched closely last night to find out the fate of one of the show’s most popular characters. The popular blonde was allowed to wander in and out of patients’ rooms when the Abbey
The infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign on the gate at the Dachau concentration camp has been stolen, Die Welt reports. The theft has been deemed an “offensive attack on the memory of the Holocaust” by Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.
Iceland’s finance minister Bjarni Benediktsson has told his party conference that the country’s accession talks with the EU have come to an end, according to reports by the country’s paper Morgunblandid. The application for joining the bloc was submitted in
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told German magazine ‘Der Spiegel‘ that she is willing for the UK to withdraw from the European Union to maintain freedom of movement within the political bloc. The most powerful woman in Europe has
The latest attempt to enshrine in law an EU referendum has been defeated after Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs conspired against the European Union (Referendum) Bill. The Bill was proposed by backbench MP Bob Neill and backed by David Cameron
David Cameron has announced that he will hold a vote in Parliament on the UK opting back in to the European Arrest Warrant. The decision will take place before a crucial by election in Rochester and Strood which, if the
The Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has said that Denmark is not ready to follow Sweden’s lead in recognising a Palestinian state, according to The Local. Ms Thorning-Schmidt was speaking in Stockholm at a meeting of Nordic and Baltic Prime
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has published a report showing that unless government takes control of spending and promises to pay for future pensions and healthcare, there would be the need for “crippling tax hikes for our children and
Sources inside Spain’s military have reportedly told a Spanish newspaper that only a handful of the country’s Eurofighter Typhoon jets are fully operational and that semi-retired F-18 aircraft are being called back into full service to meet NATO commitments. According
No-nonsense Calais Mayor Natacha Bouchart told MPs yesterday that Britain was a “soft touch” for asylum seekers. “These people are ready and prepared to die to come to England” she told the Home Affairs Committee, adding that the fences placed
The Downton Abbey writers love to shock; we know that from their cruel Christmas episode where they killed off heart throb Matthew Crawley as he drove back from hospital after his wife gave birth to their son and heir. And
A Danish photographer who was kidnapped by Islamic State terrorists is ‘drowning in debt’ and facing a daily struggle to deal with the ordeal he was put through. Daniel Rye Ottosen was held in Syria for 13 months along side
