The nations’ mothers are backing Brexit to secure a better future for their children, according to a new poll by parenting site Netmums. An online survey of 2,016 Netmums users found that 47 percent were planning to vote to leave the
People who have no religion now outstrip Christians in England and Wales, as those brought up within the faith are falling away, new analysis of religious beliefs in the two countries has found. The proportion of people who consider themselves
Dozens of Conservatives have threatened the Prime Minister David Cameron with a vote of no-confidence following his claim that voting to leave the European Union (EU) is immoral. This morning he upped the ante, suggesting that a vote to leave
Britain’s newspapers are broadly in favour of Britain leaving the European Union, a study has found. But the authors highlighted a lack of left wing voices being used to make the case for a Brexit, which has prompted left wingers to
The National Health Service (NHS) would be imperiled if Britain votes to leave the European Union (EU), Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of NHS England has warned. But Mr Stevens conceded that much of the pressure currently felt by the
The European Union (EU) flag has been flown from London’s City Hall for the first time, marking a change of policy by the new Mayor, Sadiq Khan. Critics have called the decision “extraordinary”.
Britain is unable to stop Turkey from becoming a member of the European Union (EU), the Minister of State for the Armed Forces has said. She predicted that a million Turks could come to the UK unless Britain leaves the EU, and agreed that the EU referendum is an “establishment stitch-up”.
UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage has raised questions about the intentions of his party’s only sitting Member of Parliament, Douglas Carswell MP, floating the idea that he only joined UKIP to avoid defeat in his constituency in the
A Greek court has ruled Turkey to be an unsafe country, putting at risk a deal between Ankara and Brussels to return failed asylum seekers there. So far, fewer than 500 migrants have been returned under the deal. A committee
Budget airline Ryanair has been accused of breaking election and anti-bribery laws, with a marketing campaign offering cheap flights for British ex-pats flying home to vote ‘remain’ in the referendum on European Union membership. Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has been
Between 2.6 and 5 million more migrants could come to live in the UK over the next 15 years if we remain within the European Union, putting an unprecedented strain on the NHS, the Justice Secretary has warned. Albania, Macedonia,
Film stars who signed a letter urging Britons to vote to stay within the European Union (EU) benefited from millions of pounds of EU funding, it has emerged. Some even appeared in a glossy brochure promoting highly lucrative grants available
Two thirds of university students don’t know when the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union (EU) is taking place, and up to 200,000 may miss out on a chance to vote, a survey has found. Almost two million
The Prime Minister David Cameron has ducked out of taking part in any head to head debates on the European Union (EU) referendum question, claiming he doesn’t want to create division within the Conservative Party.
Downing Street officials considered calling the police over the leaking of a letter revealing that the Prime Minister was plotting his campaign to keep Britain in the European Union (EU) even as he was reassuring Parliamentarians that he had not
At least 10 percent of BBC employees should be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transsexual (LGBT), a government policy paper has said. The target is nearly twice that of broadcasting rival Channel 4, which, as a broadcaster tasked with promoting diversity,
Plain packaging of cigarettes is to be introduced in the UK tomorrow, following the failure of leading tobacco firms to challenge the legislation in the UK’s High Court today. Packs of ten cigarettes will also disappear from the nations shelves
The Prime Minister David Cameron has ruled out a second referendum on European Union (EU) membership if this June’s result is a narrow win for those wishing to remain. “This is a referendum, not a neverendum” he tweeted.
Britain’s rural police officers could be “sitting ducks”during a terrorist situation, thanks to the scarcity of armed police response units across the country, a Police Federation chairman has said. The number of British armed officers has fallen by a fifth
As many as 50,000 military personnel may miss out on their chance to vote in June’s once-in-a-lifetime referendum on British membership of the European Union (EU), as they are not registered to vote. Military leaders have called for a specialist recruitment
The new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today flown the rainbow flag of gay pride from London’s City Hall to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) and has pledged to make the city a better place
The BBC has been accused of broadcasting a whole day of pro-European Union propaganda in the form of a series of programs focussed on the migrant crisis.
The Prime Minister David Cameron was plotting the campaign to keep Britain within the European Union (EU) even as he was assuring his own MPs and the country that he would recommend a leave vote if it was in Britain’s
The anti-migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party has called on the Saxony state legislature in Germany to review the foreign bank accounts of asylum seekers, reasoning that if a migrant is able to hand thousands of euros to pay people
Voters yet to make up their minds on the European Union (EU) referendum question are twice as likely to cite immigration as their main concern than the economy, a poll has found. The results could explain why the Leave campaign
London’s Cockney culture is being driven out of one of its last remaining bastions, Newham in East London, which has seen its white population halved in the last 15 years. The area now has the lowest white population in London
The European Union’s (EU’s) open borders policy has invited European street gangs into the heart of Britain, where they act with impunity safe in the knowledge that they can just as easily return home if threatened with the force of
The Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is facing calls to be fired after the bank warned that leaving the European Union could plunge Britain into a recession, causing house prices to crash and wages to fall. Dismissing the warnings
Jeremy Corbyn has called on young people to vote to remain within the European Union and take “control of [their] future”. Labour members have warned Mr Corbyn he must make more effort to persuade Labour members to back remain, or
The head of the Conservative Party’s delegation in the European Parliament has stormed out of a BBC studio after refusing to debate one of his fellow Conservative MEPs on Brexit. Ashley Fox MEP, who represents the South East and Gibraltar,
The BBC will be regulated by Ofcom following its charter renewal, the Government has announced, and will be expected to buy more of its content from independent producers, driving up competition in the sector. But those hoping for an end
Leave.EU has been fined £50,000 for sending half a million marketing texts because the authorities have deemed that consent sought from the owners wasn’t explicitly about the EU referendum. Meanwhile, no action has been taken against the government despite it
Major US banks have bankrolled the campaign to keep Britain within the European Union to the tune of £1.5 million, prompting critics to label the referendum a “David vs Goliath” battle. Yet the gesture may be futile – polls show that
Leave.EU, the original campaign group for Brexit has hit back at the officially designated campaign, Vote Leave, accusing it of being nothing more than a “Tory plaything” and a front for Conservative power games. Arron Banks, founder of Leave.eu has
Vote Leave has warned Britain’s largest commercial broadcaster to expect “consequences” after it announced a question-and-answer style event on the EU Referendum which will see the Prime Minister go head to head against UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage. Continuing to
The BBC has come under fire for not showing a dance routine designed to highlight the plight of refugees in Europe. The dance, entitled ‘The Grey People’, was performed during the intermission of last night’s Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals, but
The former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that quitting the European Union (EU) “would not be British.” In a speech as part of the official Remain campaign, Mr Brown invoked Winston Churchill to argue that voting to stay
France’s much touted clearance of The Jungle migrant camp near Calais was a damp squib, survey figures have revealed. Just one in ten migrants were moved on by the bulldozers last February. Numbers are now steadily climbing and are set to
The British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC’s) coverage of issues surrounding the European Union (EU) and British membership of the EU shows significant bias in favour of a pro-EU, Remain stance, the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has found. The BBC has
The National Institute for Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has issued a doom-laden forecast of life after Brexit, warning of dire economic consequences and ongoing high levels of immigration. But a Guardian report on its forecast fails to mention that
