Lily Allen sheds tears over Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour manifesto

Millionaire popstar Lily Allen reacted to today’s unveiling of the Labour Party general election manifesto by ‘welling up’ in a bizarre video which sparked ridicule after she posted it on Twitter.  With tears streaming down her cheeks, the supposedly sobbing singer tweeted a clip of herself struggling to contain her …

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Corbyn launches Labour’s most leftwing manifesto in generation

British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveiled the party’s most leftwing election manifesto in a generation on Thursday including a pledge to increase taxes by £82.9billion (€97bn) a year with the vast majority falling on big business and the wealthy. The party’s manifesto, unveiled at an event in Birmingham, promises a …

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Labour eyes ‘radical’ plan for companies

Image copyright AFP Image caption Shadow chancellor John McDonnell wants to reward workers better Labour’s manifesto is one of the most radical proposed overhauls of the way companies are owned and run in decades. Plans to nationalise the big six energy firms, the national energy grid, the rail and water …

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Labour Party manifesto 2019: 12 key policies explained

The Labour Party has launched its 2019 election manifesto, with the slogan It’s Time For Real Change. It sets out the polices the party aims to introduce should it win the election. The full document runs to 105 pages. But what are the promises that will grab the public’s attention, …

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FTSE 250 movers: Royal Mail tumbles, Direct Line climbs

London’s FTSE 250 was down by 0.83% at 20,304.86 in afternoon trade on Thursday, with Royal Mail dragging the index lower. Shares in the mail carrier tanked after the company said its transformation programme was behind schedule, cut its interim dividend and warned of a “challenging” outlook for the letters …

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European stocks dip on China concerns

Reuters A Royal Mail postal worker stands in the yard of a sorting office in Altrincham, Britain. European stocks dropped on Thursday on concern the U.S. and China won’t imminently strike a trade deal. The Stoxx Europe 600 …

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