Liberal Democrat Home Office minister Norman Baker has resigned just days after his report advocating the legalisation of drugs was discarded without any consideration by Theresa May. The Home Secretary is believed to have been furious about the report –
One of Britain’s top universities has been accused of racism after a Jewish student leader was threatened at his own event by a member of staff. Sami Steinbock was left shaken and visibly upset after the King’s College London Students’
A Conservative candidate at next year’s general election has publicly questioned why so much “focus” is being put on Muslim men over child sexual exploitation. Iftikhar Ahmed, who is running in Bradford East, suggested it is unfair Christianity was not
David Cameron is considering cutting benefits for EU migrants rather than curbing immigration altogether in an effort to appease Germany. The German Chancellor Angela Merkel is believed to have told the Prime Minister that if he takes steps to curb
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has come under fire for allowing the destruction of documents that could prove MPs were guilty of wrongfully claiming expenses. The Speaker allowed documents to be destroyed, making it impossible for the independent Parliamentary
Greater Manchester is to get its own Mayor with a wide-range of powers over crime, transport and planning, the Chancellor has announced. The creation of the position is the latest attempt to give devolution to the North, following the overwhelming
Apple CEO Tim Cook “should be banned” from Russia because he could only bring “the Ebola virus, Aids or gonorrhea” according to anti-gay campaigner Vitaly Milonov. The Russian said he should be banned for life from the country because gay
Fiona Woolf has resigned as head of the inquiry into historic sexual abuse by members of the British establishment after it was shown she was close to Leon Brittan. The Home Office had helped Woolf draft a letter playing down
UKIP have failed in their attempt to take the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, after the previous holder was forced to resign over his handling of child sex abuse cases. Labour comfortably held the seat because heartlands like Sheffield
A veteran Social Worker has accused police in Rochdale of putting a limit on the number of child sex offenders they are willing to arrest. Sara Rowbotham who was responsible for gathering evidence against Asian grooming gangs in 2012 said
Two of Britain’s most high profile Jewish actresses have taken to the media to express their views on the state of Israel. Maureen Lipman has publicly stated she will not vote Labour because of Ed Miliband’s opposition to the country,
A controversial new report has said the legalisation of drugs would not lead to increased usage, and may even have some benefits. The study from the Home Office is said to have been heavily influenced by the Liberal Democrats, much
Special branch withheld information from detectives investigating the Omagh bomb attack that killed 29 people in 1998, a report claims. The report published today says that whilst the information could not have prevented the attack it could have speeded up
Restaurants in the House of Commons have launched a vegan loyalty card to celebrate world vegan month. MPs and staffers can get a free vegan meal during November if they buy nine, or after five they can claim a gluten
A report into child abuse in Greater Manchester has revealed 650 runaway children were at risk of sexual abuse in less than one year. The report was commissioned in the wake of the Rochdale abuse case and shows a total
The scale of Britain’s immigration mess was laid bare yesterday as a report exposed that 50,000 illegal immigrants are at large in the country, and a further 175,000 are waiting to be deported. The revelation came as the Mayor of
The government will spend £2m on “creative ideas” to tackle Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia in Schools. The money will be used to pay charities and organisations who bid to run projects amongst young people. The funding was announced on the
When will they get it? People hate the European Union and they don’t want to give it more powers. In fact they will dump their traditional parties if they get a whiff that powers are being transferred. That’s what happened
Britain may face blackouts this winter, despite having spent an unprecedented amount on green technologies. The National Grid has revealed it is now considering dimming the lights in every home in the country, and may even pay factories to close
Support for UKIP has surged once again, this time because of the £1.7bn EU surcharge to the British taxpayer announced on Friday. The ComRes survey for the Independent put Farage’s party on 19 percent, up four points on last month.
A cinema that was forced to pay the London Living Wage of £8.80 an hour by the trade union BECTU has announced it will finance the wage increases by sacking around a fifth of it’s staff. Picturehouse Cinemas told the
The total size of Britain’s electorate is expected to drop by up to five million when the electoral register is ‘cleaned up’ to remove anyone who has not personally signed up for it. The individual voter registration policy was brought
EAST LONDON, United Kingdom – The Commissioner of the special election court considering allegations of electoral fraud in Tower Hamlets has ruled witnesses’ names and addresses will no longer be made public. Richard Mawrey QC made the ruling after those
David Cameron has implied he may pay a percentage of the £1.7bn bill Britain was handed at the recent meeting of the European Council of Ministers. The Prime Minister was adamant he would question how the figure was arrived at
Labour’s problems north of the border as yet another candidate ruled himself out as a leadership contender. Acting leader Anas Sawar said he would not seek the nomination for the vacancy created when Johann Lamont resigned claiming her party “knew
