For Giovanna Lewis, a local councillor in Dorset, a combination of Labour’s stance on Palestine, climate activism, refugees, and a lack of democracy led her to resign from the party. “I was holding on for a long time,” she explained. “I wanted to stay and try to push for Carralyn Parkes, who is on the […]
Labour says it has “no plans” for doing a youth mobility deal with EU, saying it is “synonymous with free movement”.
The PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB are discussing whether the speed limits on Dutch highways can be increased back to 130 kilometers per hour, sources told the newspaper AD on Tuesday. The topic has been on the agenda for a few weeks, but the leak to the media now may be an attempt to distract from a looming impasse on the asylum and migration file, political reporters think.
Juliet O'Connell will not contest the next local elections in June
The Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan in vying for a historic third term as London mayor
Peter Murrell, former SNP chief executive and husband of ex-first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has been re-arrested in connection with the police investigation into the party's finances. The 59-year-old was previously arrested on April 5 last year in the same probe and was taken into custody on Thursday morning. Police Scotland said in a statement: "A 59-year-old man has today, Thursday, April 18, 2024, been re-arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances...
The Prime Minister said ensuring Britain can defend itself was his 'first responsibility' and his pledge to invest tens of billions more pounds was needed 'to keep the country safe'.
Parbinder Kaur, who posed with Starmer and Rayner at a campaign launch in the West Midlands in March, shared tributes to militants fighting to create a Sikh state
Sir Keir Starmer has called for the police to investigate Mark Menzies after he lost the Conservative whip while the Tories look into claims he misused campaign funds.]]>
Prior to the New Labour general election landslide of 1997, I learned through reliable City sources that the party's Chancellor-in-waiting, Gordon Brown, were planning a tax grab on Britain's pension funds.
Shabana Mahmood, the shadow justice secretary, defended the Labour leader but dodged questions about why Sir Keir had still not seen his deputy's legal advice.
Before New Labor's landslide victory in the 1997 general election, I learned from reliable City sources that the party's future chancellor, Gordon Brown, and his economic adviser Ed Balls were planning a tax seizure of Britain's pension funds.Working secretly with the now-defunct accounting firm Arthur Andersen, they worked on a law that would repeal the tax breaks that British companies enjoyed on dividend payments into company pension schemes.The estimated £5 billion a year the government...