Britain’s opposition Labour party said yesterday if it wins the country’s next general election it would force large corporations such as Starbucks, Vodafone, Amazon and Google to pay their “fair share” of taxes to help end austerity policies.

Britain's new shadow chancellor John McDonnell has apologised “from the bottom of my heart” for the offence caused by calling for the IRA to be honoured - but also suggested his comments may have helped the peace process.