Corruption, tax and the EU A condensed summary of this week’s PMQs, featuring Corruption, allegations of electoral fraud, the EU and more.
Author: James Galley
James Galley is a freelance journalist.On Europe Day 2016 we look at some of the issues surrounding Britain’s continued membership of the European Union and the upcoming EU referendum. The European Union is an international organisation of 28 independent member states, who pool resources and decision making power to collectively…
With results from all across the country, Election 2016 saw regional parties becoming major players more than ever before. I look at the winners and losers in the different races. Scottish Parliament elections: Winners: Conservatives Losers: Labour For more than a generation the Conservative Party…
Sadiq Khan has been elected Mayor of London, defeating Zac Goldsmith in the second round of voting with 57% to Goldsmith’s 43%. Labour candidate Sadiq Khan has defeated the Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith in London’s mayoral election today. Khan, had long been the favourite in…
Embarrassment for Jeremy Corbyn as Labour sees their lowest levels of support in Scotland since the Scottish Parliament elections began. Last night’s Scottish Parliament elections were good news for the Conservatives as they pushed Labour into third place for the first time since the Scottish…
Academies, refugees and anti-semitism A condensed summary of this week’s PMQs, featuring Hillsborough, Academies, child refugees and more.
David Cameron is said to be balking at plans for MPs to leave the Palace of Westminster during a six-year, £3.5bn Westminster refurbishment. While no concrete plans have been made, the Prime Minister is said to fear a backlash when full details of the plans…
Controversial comments made by the new President of the National Union of Students have led to some student unions across the country starting a campaign to disaffiliate themselves from the NUS. The election of the new NUS president, Malia Bouattia, is one of the few…
Following a Channel 4 News investigation the Conservative Party have admitted their failure to declare tens of thousands of pounds of election expenses. The Conservative Party have admitted that £38,000 of costs associated with their BattleBus2015 campaign weren’t declared to the Electoral Commission due to…