The nominations to succeed Nigel Farage as the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) have closed. The battle is now underway as nominations closed at noon on Sunday, July 31. North East MEP Jonathan Arnott is battling alongside the party’s immigration policy chief Steven Woolfe, councillor Lisa Duffy and fellow […]
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International Women’s Day: Politicians strike out at gender inequality in Parliament
Following the 2015 General Election, statistics show a considerable imbalance in the number of female MPs in parliament in comparison to their male counterparts. Despite making up roughly half of the UK’s population, only about 29 per cent of current MPs in the House of Commons are women. MEP […]