The Nobel Institute has said that Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is amongst the record breaking 278 people and organisations nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. His addition to the list is the latest in a series of dubious choices by
Labour Enfield Council has pledged to spend £100m buying houses for social tenants, funded by borrowing. The plan will increase borough’s debt to a level that Conservatives say will be unmanageable if interest rates increase. The properties will be held
The environmental campaign group Greenpeace is attempting to quietly re-write its history, particularly surrounding its co-founder Patrick Moore. Moore has been a thorn in Greenpeace’s side for many years, and recently stated that any changes in earth’s climate were “minor”
Yesterday’s 12 month suspension of Cllr Chris Joannides from the Conservative Party may have looked like a decisive act. In reality it was the latest chapter in an internal turf war that saw him kicked out of the Council group
Tomorrow, holier than thou vicar, Dr Keith Hebden will give up food for lent in a move described by the Daily Mirror as “solidarity with all those going hungry in 21st century Britain.” He plans to drink only water and
Young Labour lurched to the left at their conference last weekend, by proposing a 10 percent one-off wealth tax on the richest 10 percent. The move – which has been widely condemned as irresponsible – came during a stormy weekend,
Today’s Mail on Sunday reports that a civil war has broken out between Boris Johnson and George Osborne over allegations that the Chancellor lied about encouraging the Mayor to return to Parliament. Supporters of Johnson claim that Osborne is mounting
The Foreign Secretary William Hague has confirmed that the UK will not participate in the G8 meeting in Sochi in June, after hundreds of armed Russians surrounded a Ukrainian military base in Crimea. This blockade is feared to be a
UKIP members have launched a petition calling on Harriet Harman MP to resign following allegations of links to the Paedophile Information Exchange in the 1970s. The allegations relate to her time at the National Council for Civil Liberties, when PIE
Andy Sawford, Labour and Co-operative Party MP for Corby, has written to 220 MPs demanding that Waitrose stop offering free coffee and newspapers to their customers. The MP, who is a member of a political party that is backed by
The Prime Minister admitted today that the Police made a “dreadful mistake” in issuing a letter to an IRA suspect guaranteeing him immunity from prosecution for any part he may have played in Northern Irish Terrorism. John Downey, 62, walked
Today Parliament will vote on plans to rename National Insurance “Earnings Tax” to show it’s not really an insurance scheme in any meaningful sense, but is instead a tax. The motion is being put forward by Conservative backbencher Ben Gummer
Next week parliament will vote on the thorny issue of titles for married gay partners. They will be asked to clear up laws dating as far back as 700 years. The changes are needed to ensure a gay married King
A third of local authorities are planning Council Tax rises this year according to a survey by the Local Government Chronicle. Most of the rises are just below the threshold of two percent that would trigger a mandatory local referendum.
