Former Labour minister Patricia Hewitt has apologised and said she takes responsibility for allowing a pro-paedophile campaign group to affiliate with an organisation she chaired in the 1970s. The former Health Secretary finally issued an apology after new paperwork emerged,
UK Independence Party Treasurer Stuart Wheeler has revealed that seven sitting Conservative MPs have met with him to talk about defecting. In an interview with the Telegraph, Mr Wheeler said that he wrote to nine Eurosceptic MPs, asking each of
MEPs have voted for a resolution that effectively legalises prostitution, but bans people from soliciting it. British Labour MEP Mary Honeyball proposed that European parliamentarians endorse a report recommending the adoption of the so-called “Nordic model”, where the selling of
Ed Miliband could announce within the next two weeks that the Labour Party are preparing to do a u-turn on Europe by pledging to hold a referendum on Britain’s continued EU membership if they win the next election, according to
A group of experts appointed by the German Bundestag (parliament) has slammed the country’s Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), saying it is neither cost effective nor has any measurable impact on innovation. The Expert Commission on Research and Innovation gives
A Member of Parliament has called for the threshold for strike action to be raised after a strike by tube workers caused two days of chaos in London. The RMT and TSSA unions held 48 hours of industrial action on
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has been given an extravagant one-ton “royal throne” for his 90th birthday. State media report that the throne is gold and diamond-studded and covered with lion furs, crocodile and leopard skins, and has two huge claws
New figures show that more than a quarter of rough-sleepers on London’s streets are from Eastern European countries that joined the EU in the past ten years. Figures reported by the Daily Mail state that 28 percent of the capital’s
The Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Nusra Front have sent an ultimatum to the rival Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to cease killing fellow rebels or face “expulsion” from Syria. The message, sent by Abu Mohammed Al Julani, leader of
A Labour Member of Parliament has condemned European Union plans to impose a regulator on, and set prices for, Southampton Port. John Denham has added his name to a letter to David Cameron, urging him to block proposed new EU
There are growing signs Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is shifting ground on keeping the pound if Scotland votes for independence. After his plan to negotiate a formal currency union was shot down by all three main British parties, he
Moazzam Begg, a former detainee in Guantanamo Bay, who now lives in Birmingham, UK, has been arrested by British police on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences. Begg was arrested this morning, along with two men and a woman in the
A majority of voters in England and Wales would oppose an independent Scotland using the Pound, despite acknowledging that such a decision would damage the Scottish economy. In a poll by YouGov for the Sunday Times, 58 percent of English
Britain donates £90 million a year to Somalia, despite warnings that it is being used to arm Al Qaeda terrorists. The Daily Mail has revealed that a leaked United Nations (UN) report warns of a “high level of systematic abuses” by
The Lisbon Treaty has cost UK business £12.2 billion ($20 billion) since it was ratified in late 2009. New research released today by campaign group Business for Britain shows how big an impact the EU is having on British firms.
The number of Eastern European students who don’t speak English as a first language has almost trebled since 2008. A Freedom of Information Request made by the Daily Mail to the Department for Education reveals that the number increased from
Hezbollah are recruiting European mercenaries to fight for Bashar Assad in Syria’s civil war, according to security sources. The Lebanese Daily Star newspaper reports that intelligence services received information on batches of mercenaries arriving at Rafik Hariri International Airport near
The Irish Times newspaper has issued an editorial saying that it will no longer use the term “pro-life” to describe people fighting the country’s legalisation of abortion. The paper described it as a ‘loaded’ term, not fit for a news
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has said he “completely agrees” with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s controversial law on homosexuality. In an interview with CNN, Ecclestone said of Mr Putin, “He hasn’t said he doesn’t agree [with being gay] just that
An Australian university has put up a giant mural on one of its walls, depicting one of its climate scientists. Curtin University, based in Perth, has erected a mural depicting Professor Richard Warrick studying crops, with a large plaque underneath
The European Commission has launched legal proceedings against the UK for failing to meet EU-imposed air pollution targets. The Commission says that levels of nitrogen dioxide are too high in many cities and has accused the government of not doing
