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Ken Livingstone today admitted he “regrets” sparking an anti-Semtisim storm in Labour by mentioning Hitler – but blamed the row on Blairites seeking to undermine Jeremy Corbyn. In an extraordinary radio interview this morning, the former Mayor again defended claims he made earlier this week that Hitler was a Zionist. Mr Livingstone said he would “take a bullet” for Labour leader ...

Head teachers cannot and will not endure another year of the “chaos” that has raged in England’s primary schools, a union leader has said. Russell Hobby closed the National Association of Head Teachers’ conference by calling for a fundamental review of assessment of pupils. Pupils should only be formally assessed at the start and end of primary school, he said. ...

‘I accept that the comments that Livingstone has made make it more difficult for Londoners of Jewish faith to feel that the Labour party is a place for them’ Sadiq Khan speaks during an assembly of the London Mayoral election contest AP Labour’s Mayoral candidate has said he fears his prospects of being elected in London have been dealt a blow by Ken ...

An MEP who dishonestly claimed about £100,000 in expenses with a “sustained pattern of stealing” has been jailed for four years. Peter Skinner, 56, who was Labour MEP for the South East from 1999 to 2014, was found guilty of three charges after a trial at Southwark Crown Court. He claimed thousands of pounds for support staff, which actually funded ...

Boris Johnson has tried to link Labour’s Sadiq Khan to alleged antisemitic comments by Ken Livingstone – despite Mr Khan having branded them as “inexcusable”. Labour was engulfed in a row over antisemitism this week after it emerged that one of its MPs, Naz Shah, had endorsed a plan to relocate Israel to North America. Mr Livingstone took to the ...

Jeremy Corbyn has denied Labour is in crisis after Ken Livingstone was suspended for comments made defending an MP accused of anti-Semitism. The party leader said there were “grave concerns” about language used in a BBC interview by the former London mayor. But he said: “There’s no crisis. Where there is any racism in the party… it will be rooted ...

Labour has suspended MP Naz Shah over comments she made about Israel. The Bradford West MP has been heavily criticised over the Facebook posts, including one suggesting Israel should be moved to the United States. In a Commons statement she offered a “profound apology” for the posts, which were made before she became an MP. Earlier party leader Jeremy Corbyn ...

27 April,2016 Campaigners have staged a dramatic “die-in” as part of an air pollution protest involving up to 250 people outside the Department for Transport this evening. The crowd gathered in Horseferry Road, Westminster, at 5pm with some carrying placards and wearing face masks. They were joined at the demonstration by Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry and transport campaigner Tom ...

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved the cross-border road network improvement project involving an estimated cost of Tk 2,472.93 crore, aiming to ensure uninterrupted and safe regional and sub-regional road communication systems. The approval came at the 28th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year held at the NEC conference room with Prime Minister Sheikh ...

Seamark is delighted to announce the opening of their stand at the Seafood Expo Global exhibition in Brussels on 26th April 2016.  This is the 23rd year of our participation. This year we have been honoured with Her Excellency the Ambassador of Bangladesh, Mrs. Ismat Jahan who formally opened our stand. Seamark has 18 members of the team at the ...