Labour Cllr Khales Uddin Ahmed has been suspended from the Labour Party. ELN understands that this follows allegations made by a number of his Labour Councillor colleagues. Cllr Khales has been serving as the Speaker of the Council, where Labour ...
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Corbyn’s Labour team alarmed at jobs news
Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has slated government handling of the economy, following news that unemployment rose by 10,000 in the quarter up to August 2016. Although the official Office for National Statistics (ONS), downplayed in ...
Read More »Brace yourselves: Brexit bounce boosts inflation
Today’s official figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that the annual rate of inflation has nearly doubled – up from 0.6% in August to a full 1.0% in September. This increase in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) ...
Read More »Jeremy Corbyn highlights housing crisis at PMQ
Jeremy Corbyn laid into the Tory Government today (politely, of course!) for doing nothing to alleviate the housing crisis. Speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQ), Corbyn pointed out that the Prime Minister had voted against a Labour amendment stating that ...
Read More »Goodness gracious: great walls of… Calais?
UK taxpayers are to fund the erection of a “keep the refugees out” wall in Calais, Home Office Minister Robert Godwill has confirmed. Building will begin any day. The wall, which will be 4 metres high, will seal the last ...
Read More »Sally Army – still fighting slavery
Ask the nearest UK school pupil about slavery and the chances are that they will tell you it was abolished in the UK in the 19th century. However, a new report from the Salvation Army has shown that slavery may ...
Read More »When will anti-Corbyn MPs condemn Danczuk?
A member of the Labour Party has lashed out at his ex-wife, leaving her with wounds to her chest and hand. He walked free from court only because the ex-wife would not press charges because she did not want their ...
Read More »Obesity: Theresa May ducks first challenge
East London MP Diane Abbott MP led the condemnations of the Government’s Childhood Obesity Strategy, published today, dismissing it as a missed opportunity. The Strategy is one of the first pieces of Government domestic policy published by new Prime Minister ...
Read More »Owen Smith in “too many immigrants” furore
Questions were being asked about Owen Smith’s consistency as a Facebook post by Areeq Chowdhury detailed a meeting between the East London accountant and the rebel Labour MP who is trying to remove Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour ...
Read More »Excluded Labour Members won’t challenge Court of Appeal
The five Labour Party members who began a legal action against the Labour Party over their election procedures have decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court. They have issued a statement confirming that the costs of further legal action ...
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