The latest government figures show there are 2.8 million people in the UK who are ‘economically inactive’ owing to long-term sickness, a near-record high.
Mothin Ali said, ‘This is a win for the people of Gaza’ in his acceptance speech and shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ after winning a council seat in Leeds on Friday.
ASLEF union members have overwhelmingly backed strike action, stemming from a two-year-long dispute with the government over an increase in drivers’ salaries.
Protesters have set up ‘liberated zones’ at Oxford and Cambridge universities as Education Secretary Gillian Keegan says Jewish students must not be harassed.