All news by author: Dave Burke

A study into 'Bregret' found that half of people believe leaving the EU had a negative effect on the UK economy, while 16% of Leave voters would back Remain if they had another chance

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a new 'fare deal for care leavers' scheme that he hopes will boost young people getting jobs or doing training

A scathing report by anti-fascism watchdog Hope Not Hate singled out comments by Home Secretary Suella Braverman, Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson and mayoral candidate Susan Hall

Jess Phillips, Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, recounted a chilling case in which an abuser turned up at his partner's home with a machete as she hit out at Suella Braverman

Latest Home Office figures show 145,214 hate crimes were reported in England and Wales last year, up from under 105,000 five years ago. Despite a slight overall fall, transgender hate crime rose by 11%

The Prime Minister cracked a joke about the former Scottish First Minister, who was arrested in June as part of a probe into SNP finances. An Alba Party politician has alleged contempt of court

Until yesterday the Prime Minister insisted no decision over HS2 had been reached - but it later emerged he had filmed an announcement video in Downing Street days earlier

Desperate Rishi Sunak has confirmed HS2 is being scrapped between Birmingham and Manchester in a move set to spark a massive backlash at the end of Tory Party Conference

The Home Secretary was accused of using vulnerable people as "cannon fodder" following her Tory Party speech in Manchester in which she claimed a "hurricane" of migration is coming

The Home Secretary - who was accused of a "homophobic rant" during a vile conference speech - was pictured stepping on the unfortunate animal's tail at Tory Party Conference

Ms Braverman - one of the only cabinet members to pack the Tory Conference auditorium in Manchester - was interrupted 20 minutes into her diatribe by a London Assembly member

London mayoral candidate Susan Hall's vile claim - made at a Tory Party Conference fringe event - was immediately slapped down by the Board of Deputies of British Jews

Suella Braverman faces calls to completely outlaw machetes after London Mayor Sadiq Khan warned loopholes will be exploited by manufacturers

Samuel Kasumu, who was a special advisor under Boris Johnson, said that members of the Sunak Government 'lack the intellectual range to fix the big issues of today'

The Refugee Council has rubbished Suella Braverman's claim that those who make the dangerous journey are not genuinely in need of protection

Lord Shaun Bailey launched an extraordinary attack on Sadiq Khan at the Tory Party Conference, but then refused to give an update on his own legal woes after a rulebreaking lockdown bash

Helen Lomas, 40, was one of thousands of protesters who rallied against Conservative failures outside the Manchester Central Convention Complex, where top Tories were assembled

A new report by UK 2040 Options and The Resolution Foundation found that the richest 1% earn 13% of the UK’s total income, with huge differences according to where people live and their ethnicity

New figures reveal 911,000 over-55s withdrew £13billion using their "pensions freedoms" last year, sparking fears that future retirees face financial misery

In a clear sign of a split with the under-fire Home Secretary, the Prime Minister described the UK as a 'fantastic multicultural democracy' during interviews on Thursday

The Home Secretary said setting up the £2.3million facility in Glasgow - allowing users to inject illegal drugs under medical supervision - is the "wrong move"

The Home Secretary has claimed some asylum seekers 'pretend to be gay' in an effort to get 'special treatment', hours after pop legend Sir Elton John accused her of 'legitimising hate'

During a speech in Washington, DC, Ms Braverman claimed only “some” of the thousands who die crossing seas are real asylum seekers as she said multiculturalism is a "failure"

Figures released by the Home Office revealed 88,684 suspects were arrested by police on suspicion of stealing last year, compared to 141,207 in 2017/18

The Home Secretary has sparked outrage by demanding the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention - written to provide protection for asylum seekers in the aftermath of World War Two - is ripped up