The EU will “close” 50 British beaches to swimmers when their new Bathing Water Directive comes in next year, an MP has warned. David Morris, who is the chairman of the Parliamentary group that represents Coastal Towns, believes that the closure will
MPs on the UK’s Treasury Select Committee have accused tax authorities of riding roughshod over the Magna Carta, with their new powers to empty members of the public’s bank accounts with little scrutiny. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) say they
The partial closure of the Channel Tunnel on Monday due to a power failure resulted in large numbers of illegal immigrants attempting to get into Britain. Lorries waiting in the long queues for a ferry, or for the tunnel to
A Liberal Democrat from Somalia took the “drastic” decision to join UKIP during his own election count, according to Local London. Sabriye Warsame decided to join the party after his UKIP opponent in the London Borough of Brent made a
A bakery in Belfast is facing legal action after its owner refused to make a cake with the words “support gay marriage” on it. Ashers Baking Company staff initially accepted the order but when it was reviewed by the owners
A senior Conservative has talked of his “despair” that the party is negative about Trade Unions, according to the Huffington Post. Guy Opperman, the MP for Hexham in Northumberland, told a conference of left-leaning Conservatives that “unions are not terrible”
Ed Vaizey, the Conservative Minister for Culture, has praised the British Film Institute (BFI) for demanding ethnic minority, women and gay quotas on the films they finance. BFI is the largest funder of films in the UK, and from September
A senior Labour MP has given his full support to the “entirely legitimate” public sector strike planned for Thursday. Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith told the BBC’s Daily Politics Show that he “completely” understood the need for the strike. An estimated
A major new inquiry will look at allegations of child sex abuse by senior establishment figures, the Home Secretary has announced. Political parties, the security services, the BBC and religious organisations will all be looked at to find out if
A British extremist has taken to twitter to say an Islamic State would capture Downing Street and hold executions in Trafalgar Square. Abu Dugam al-Britani, has issued a series of chilling warnings of a “holy war” in Britain, according to
Travellers heading to America this summer are likely to suffer delays as a result of additional security checks at airports. The checks are being carried out because intelligence chiefs have warned that Muslim fanatics are trying to blow up planes
Top Tories are demanding that tougher border controls form part of plans to renegotiate Britain’s membership of the European Union. The Prime Minister is under pressure to limit free movement for those from poorer or newly joined countries, according to the
Lord Tebbit, the former Conservative cabinet minister, has said that there “may well” have been a cover up of child abuse in the 1980s, according to the Daily Telegraph. Tebbit, who served in various government roles under Margaret Thatcher, made the comments
Abolishing inheritance tax will be one of UKIP’s central pledges at the 2015 general election, Breitbart London can exclusively report. The party’s manifesto for the Westminster election says it will get rid of the “Tax On Death”. Under the current
An undercover police officer who ended up addicted to heroin is suing his former force after he was jailed for giving police-issued weapons to his drug dealer. Robert Carroll claims his downward spiral of addiction began after he was encouraged
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been forced to delay his final decision to run for Thanet South in the 2015 general election because the Conservatives have not yet selected their candidate. Local Tories are desperate to select local councillor Julie
The BBC is one of the worst companies in Britain for hiding behind commercial confidentiality rules to hush-up embarrassing information. The head of the National Audit Office (NAO) told MPs that the BBCs unwillingness to be open about its activities
Margaret Thatcher is to blame for the rise of UK Independence Party, as no other leader can live up to her greatness, cabinet minister Eric Pickles has claimed. He says the so-called “Iron Lady” was “such a phenomenal leader” that
Two women have broken up with their love rat boyfriend by making a sign telling him he was “dumped” and putting it on a major road. The sign on the A1 in the North-East of England read “Steve Frazer you’re
George Osborne may be credited with leading Britain to a great economic comeback, but he is still not above refusing to do his times table, according to the Daily Mail. The Chancellor of the Exchequer told a group of school
The British government’s former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell, who was forced to resign after being wrongly accused of calling police officers “plebs”, is close to dropping his libel case, according to Sky News. The former minister saw his career ruined
An estimated 170,000 British women are victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), and 65,000 girls are at risk, according to the House of Common’s powerful Home Affairs Select committee. The committee believes prosecutors should “send a message” that Britain takes
A transsexual who has publicly stated her “proud support” for bondage has been appointed chair of governors at an all-boys school near Liverpool. Tara Hewitt, who describes herself as “proud feminist” announced her new appointment at Mosslands School in Wallasey
Former Home Secretary Leon Brittan claimed today that he did act over serious allegations of a paedophile network in Westminster. Mr Brittan was responding to claims he failed to take action after reports were made to him of widespread child
It’s Labour’s economic focus week, so as you might expect Ed Miliband decided to run for the National Health Service (NHS), and why not? He’s in urgent need of treatment after all. Last week he was the “sick man” of
