Tory MPs call for human rights laws to be abandoned to help stop flow of migrants crossing the Channel Common Sense Group called for ‘root and branch reform’ of the asylum system They urged the Prime Minister to ban asylum claims from another safe country Group founder Sir John Hayes said the issue should be … Read more
As Mike Ashley’s retail empire predicts sales boom, MPs demand he hands back furlough cash Frasers Group placed 18,000 staff on furlough as the lockdown forced it to shut down its shops in late March The company has revealed it made an annual profit of more than £143m By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail … Read more
Jeremy Corbyn attacks LABOUR MPs for showing him ‘a great deal of hostility’ when he was party leader as he complains he only has about 15 ‘close political friends’ in the Commons Mr Corbyn made the remark in an interview with a left-wing politics podcast He was replaced by Keir Starmer in April after humiliation … Read more
Locking down Oldham would devastate the town’s already-crippled economy, three Labour MPs have warned in a letter to Matt Hancock. Oldham West MP, Jim McMahon, Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East, and Labour’s new deputy leader Angela Rayner have urged the health secretary to avoid a ‘blunt lockdown’ that will ‘cost more job losses’. They say … Read more
Tory party co-chairman urges all its MPs and councillors to join The Great British September Clean litter-picking drive to help tidy up Britain The Mail and Keep Britain Tidy are encouraging the public to pick up litter Party leaders, big businesses and conservationists have all backed the scheme Conservative party co-chairman Amanda Milling pledged her … Read more
Priti Patel sparked a diplomatic row last night by claiming migrants were crossing the Channel to escape ‘racist’ France, where they feared they would be tortured. The Home Secretary’s inflammatory remarks, in a private meeting with Tory MPs, infuriated French politicians. One blasted: ‘Madam Patel is not a politician who does much thinking.’ But the … Read more
Courts could become clogged up with pensioners who get prosecuted for failing to pay their BBC licence fee, warn MPs and campaigners Some over-75s revolting against the fee change say they are willing to risk prison The BBC is prepared to spend £38million chasing down pensioners for payments 1.5million households claiming pension credit are eligible … Read more
Tory MPs have clashed with Manchester mayor Andy Burnham over his claims that it would be ‘impossible’ to lift lockdown restrictions in just one borough ahead of a review today. A major incident was declared by authorities in Greater Manchester this week following a rise in the number of coronavirus infections and new measures were … Read more
Why DID we let millions into Britain unchecked, MPs ask as a major report says failure to impose quarantine was a grave mistake Major report by MPs concluded many more Britons were infected before June 8 The inquiry is highly critical of the Government’s decision to lift quarantine Failure was likely to have allowed ‘thousands’ … Read more
Carrie Symonds stopped fiancé Boris Johnson ditching transgender reforms which make it easier for people to legally change their name, MPs claim MPs claim PM ‘backed away’ from clash with trans activists ‘on advice of Carrie’ The announcement on gender change reform was postponed at the last minute Source says PM ‘does not appear to … Read more