Reeves says Labour will not increase Corporation Tax in first term
Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged that a Labour government will not raise the levle of UK Corporation Tax and will maintain the...
Tory donor and former Egyptian minister given knighthood
A businessman who gave the Conservatives £5m has been given a Knighthood
In a series of honours published just before the Easter break Mohamed Mansour...
Second Tory MP defects to Labour
The Tory MP for Dover Natalie Elphicke has announced she is quitting the Conservative party and joining Labour.
Making the move just before this week’s...
Former Chancellor bags another job and this time it’s in Manchester
Former Chancellor and Ex MP for Tatton George Osborne has got himself another job.
The current editor of the London Evening Standard has taken on an...
Abrahams forces Government into defending roll out of Universal Credit
The House of Commons will debate Universal Credit tagain after Oldham and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams complained to the speaker about the Government's failure to...
For our towns in the North to thrive again we need social mobility backed...
Under this Government our town economies are becoming more disconnected from our booming cities than ever before, says the MP for Leigh Jo Platt.
Writing...
McMahon calls for Parliamentary debate on Shop Direct closures
Oldham MP Jim McMahon MP has requested an urgent debate in Parliament regarding the Shop Direct closure and the need to secure employment in Oldham,...
Legislation on increasing flexible working has failed, new research finds
Research unveiled this week at the British Sociological Association conference in Belfast has found that there has been no significant overall increase in the number...
£8 billion funding black hole by 2025 will swallow up popular council services
Communities may suffer the loss of leisure and cultural facilities, fewer bus services, unkempt parks and green spaces and see fly-tippers go...
If this Parliament is to support Brexit,then it must pass a withdrawal bill says...
In a Commons statement on her withdrawal agreement bill, Theresa May called for ‘compromise on all sides’ in order that Britain can leave the...