Jeremy Corbyn has called on Theresa May to resign as election results point to a hung Parliament. Speaking following his re-election as the MP for Islington North, the Labour leader said people had voted “for hope for the future”. And he pledged that Labour MPs would make sure the policies in the party’s manifesto were … Read more
The Conservatives are attempting to shift the election battleground to the economy with an attack on Labour’s tax and spending plans. The Tories claimed Labour’s spending plans to date amounted to a £45bn “bombshell”. But Labour said its plans were fully costed and that the Tories’ calculation contained “huge” errors and was not “worth the … Read more
A UK general election will be held on 8 June after MPs backed Prime Minister Theresa May’s call for a snap poll. The House of Commons backed the PM by a margin of 522 votes to 13, above the two-thirds majority needed, as Labour and the Lib Dems supported the move. The PM has argued … Read more
Labour’s deputy leader says left-wing supporters of Jeremy Corbyn are involved in a plot which could destroy the party as an electoral force. Tom Watson was reacting to claims that the grassroots Momentum group – which helped make Mr Corbyn leader – is hoping to get financial support from Britain’s largest trade union, Unite. Momentum’s … Read more
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has attacked what he calls a “rigged system” where “power is in the wrong hands”. He hit out at the Government, saying: “The Prime Minister may say she wants a shared society but the Tories have spectacularly failed even to begin to share the wealth fairly across society or the nations … Read more
France’s far-right leader has told the BBC that Donald Trump’s victory in the US has boosted her own chances of being elected president next year. Marine Le Pen, who leads the French National Front (FN), said Mr Trump had “made possible what had previously been presented as impossible”. She is widely expected to reach the … Read more
President Obama’s time in office is quickly drawing to an end, meaning he will soon need to find a new job. But, thanks to his snazzy connections, a good friend in the form of “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert stepped into the role of a resume-reviewer Tuesday to give the president some advice. Obama sat … Read more