Politics

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE have asked the Government for more funds to cover the extra commitment to dealing with terrorist attacks and the Grenfell Tower fire which it has had to provide in recent weeks. The Met is also keeping up ...

IT WAS ALWAYS a bit odd that when the UK banking system teetered on the brink of collapse during the global economic crash of 2008, Barclays Bank was almost alone in not need a taxpayers’ bailout – and, therefore, escaped ...

SINCE THE terrorist attack on Muslims at Finsbury Park, Prime Minister Theresa May has spoken out about the need to make it clear how unacceptable Islamophobia is in our society and how we need to crack down on it. To ...

HACKNEY MP Diane Abbott has returned to the Labour front bench following a brief period of sick leave during the General Election. Diane was pilloried in the press for having fluffed a couple of interviews during the General Election campaign. ...

THERESA MAY is still facing a barrage of criticism for the Government’s failure to act promptly as the fire broke out and in its immediate aftermath – and for its role in causing it. On Saturday, as estimates of the ...

THE GRENFELL TOWER fire took place in the early hours of 14th June. By tea-time the following day, Prime Minister Theresa May had announced there would be a full public inquiry. On the morning of 16th June, John Biggs, Executive ...

THE UK INFLATION rate in the month of May rose up to 2.9% – perilously close to the psychological barrier of 3%. This is a big increase on the April rate of 2.7% – both way above the Bank of ...

THE NHS IS one of the first organisations to feel the cold wind of Brexit breezing through its corridors. Last July, 1,304 nurses from the EU registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) – the first, necessary, step towards ...

Mike Gapes, newly re-elected Labour MP for Ilford South, has set jaws dropping across his constituency and beyond – as he denies that the “Jeremy Corbyn effect” was a factor in his re-election. A number of constituents and ordinary voters ...

LONDON HAS returned a swathe of Labour MPs – with all the seats in East London staying red. Bethnal Green & Bow (Tower Hamlets) saw a high turnout by local standards, with Rushanara Ali netting an enormous 42,969 votes. The Tories ...