THE GOVERNMENT has suffered a defeat on the EU Withdrawal Bill – the legislation which will make Brexit happen. It happened in the House of Lords, which voted on the issue of whether the UK should negotiate a UK/EU customs ...
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Unemployment fall offset by job losses
NO SOONER had the Chancellor given a glowing account of the economy in his Spring statement than Toys R Us announced it was going into administration with the loss of 3,000 jobs. Since then there have been further announcements of ...
Read More »Hackney man admits possessing a knife – again
A Hackney man was found in possession of cannabis and an offensive weapon (a knife) on 11th April – and just two days later he was in Court, pleading guilty. He has been remanded in custody, and within a month ...
Read More »Is the economy looking up?
CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond will be delighted with the news that unemployment for the last quarter fell by 16,000 to 1.42 million. The unemployment rate is now 4.2% – the lowest since May 1975 – and the number of people in ...
Read More »Imitation gun – but real jail sentence
IT’S NOT CLEAR why Peter Brown, 29, of Stanford-Le-Hope thought it was a good idea to wave an imitation firearm at a group of youngsters out on Wellington Road, Newham – but it won him a ten year, nine month ...
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