A second Ukip councillor from Lincolnshire council appears to have made racist and homophobic remarks on Facebook, suggesting he is about to take the law into his own hands "to rid the country of foreigners."

A Facebook account appearing to belong to Ukip's Alan Jesson, who was voted...

UPDATE: Ukip are investigating Chris Pain and say he could be ejected from party

Ukip's leading councillor for Lincoln, Chris Pain, has been embroiled in a second scandal over his Facebook page, with another posting that appears to show him suggesting that asylum seekers are benefit-scrounging terrorists.

The...

One of the musicians who runs a singing club in Canons' Gait, the pub in which Nigel Farage was locked after being mobbed by angry protesters in Edinburgh, has penned a ballad about the furore.

The lyrics, written by Steve Byrne, relate the news report in...

UPDATE: Ukip are investigating Chris Pain and say he could be ejected from party for alleged comments he made

All 16 Ukip members of Lincoln council have refused to sign an anti-racism pledge set up to ensure all county residents are treated equally and have the...

Da Vinci code author Dan Brown is set to release his latest blockbuster in the next 24 hours, with eager readers already salivating at the chance to quench their thirst for code-cracking visions of hell in the new book 'Inferno.'

The book will take readers on "a journey deep into...

Dozens of people are chasing low skilled jobs and the government's benefit reforms could make the labour market even more crowded, according to a report published on the same day Boris Johnson attacked British workers for their 'sloth'.

The research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel...

Michael Gove has come under fire after basing claims that children had “disturbing historical ignorance” on a handful of PR surveys, including polls by Premier Inn and the Sea Cadets.

A Freedom of Information Request has revealed that despite professing his allegiance to "evidence based policies" his assertions for a...

Measures to control immigration and "ensure this country attracts people who contribute and deter those who don't" have been laid out in the Queen's Speech, with migrants' rights to healthcare and social housing curbed in the Immigration Bill.

Hailed by David Cameron as proposals...

A Cornish councillor who said "disabled children cost the council too much money and should be put down" has been re-elected in his division of Wadebridge East.

Independent councillor Colin Brewer made the comments to Theresa Court, who works for Disability Cornwall, while she was manning a...

Protecting the identity of people accused of rape would be damaging and harmful both for victims and for society, campaigners have argued after it was revealed that three out of four people would be in favour of defendants remaining anonymous until they were convicted.

Under current legislation, people who...

A psychometric test given to jobseekers in parts of England, seemingly to help them find their "signature strengths", has been labelled "patronising" after it transpired it gives the same results no matter what answers are given.

The test, devised by a government unit, is comprised of 48 statements, which applicants...

Nigel Farage has insisted he would scrap the smoking ban and has pointed to Germany for support, claiming the country had realised how "silly and illiberal" the ban was.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, the Ukip leader, who smokes himself, claimed the German solution of separating...

An email from the office of Ukip leader Nigel Farage linking increased gun ownership to a decrease in firearms-related crime has been slammed by MPs and campaigners as "inaccurate, unsubstantiated and upsetting drivel."

The text of the email, which was posted by Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim on Facebook...

A former soldier facing extradition to the United States over fraud charges says he is waiting for a call from the Home Office that will give him only "14 days left on this earth."

David McIntyre, from Tameside, suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and says if...

The number of people using food banks has increased five-fold since the coalition came to power, and nearly tripled over the last year, with almost 350,000 people receiving emergency parcels from the Trussell Trust, the largest food bank provider in the UK.

According to figures from the charity, 30%...

When the British Lions fitness coach called The Huffington Post to see if we'd like one of our reporters to train with the players we knew exactly who we'd send down. Here's Felicity Morse's account of a day working out with some of the toughest competitors in the world.

Training...

Homebase have denied using work experience staff to cut costs after an internal memo appearing to encourage managers to do so began circulating online.

The poster depicts a number of volunteer staff at the Haringey branch and is captioned: 'How the work experience program can benefit your store. Would 750...

As part of his bid to justify a raft of new welfare reforms, George Osborne pointed to families claiming as much as £100,000 a year in housing benefits, but how many people actually received that amount?

Speaking at a branch of Morrisons in Kent on Tuesday, the chancellor told workers:...

A community worker caring for a man who was found fit for work despite previously suffering a brain tumour and having an amputated leg has described the desperate conditions of "hundreds of people" who have fallen through the net.

Denise Lonsdale, a volunteer manager...

Romanians coming to live in the UK are not migrating to claim benefits, but to work, one of Romania's leading recruiters for Britain has said.

David Cameron has warned those coming to Britain they can no longer expect "something for nothing," and is to reveal tougher curbs on...