Who is Karen Shore, Labour’s candidate in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election?
A by-election will be taking place to replace Mike Amesbury
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Another disastrous impact of Brexit: ‘Musicians have stopped touring’, warns Independent Society of Musicians CEO
Brexit has had a disastrous impact on musicians, with a significant fall in the number of musicians touring the EU and many not having any work at all, Parliament has been told. During a UK-EU reset evidence session in Parliamenttest
Kemi Badenoch slammed for citing ‘fantasy figure’ to claim families will be poorer under Labour
Keir Starmer called her out for using what she claimed was the OBR’s figure in PMQs
Telegraph deletes misleading article about Stop Funding Hate and agrees to pay legal costs
The Telegraph accused the campaign group of “amplifying” antisemitic content yet provided no evidence to back up the claim.
Reform UK deputy Richard Tice slammed for saying mental health is ‘modern equivalent of back pain’
Reform UK have once more shown how out of touch and lacking in compassion they are, after the party’s Deputy Leader Richard Tice compared mental health difficulties to ‘back pain’. He made the horrendous comments while appearing on LBC takingtest
Kemi Badenoch repeats ‘absurd’ race swap conspiracy theory spread by Elon Musk
A post on X claiming the boy the Adolescence protagonist is based on was black, not white, went viral and was commented on by Musk.
Tories brutally mocked over press conference backdrop
The Tory party’s latest attempt to cut through to voters has failed, after it was brutally mocked over a press conference backdrop that looked like an ‘abandoned mattress’. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride had organised thetest
New research illustrates how teachers’ pay lags considerably behind other professions
The National Education Union say this research illustrates the need for its demands for significant pay improvements
Tories set to make significant losses to Reform UK in local elections
‘Reform UK look like the main gainers as they could take control of eight councils to gain their first real power-base in local government.’
The North is still suffering inequality as a result of 12 years of the Bedroom Tax
Ending the bedroom tax is one step towards tackling regional inequality—because where you live, and what you can afford, shouldn’t hamper your future
The 91% fudge: How planning delays are being spun to hide a broken system
MHCLG’s latest figures say 91% of planning applications were decided on time in the last quarter of 2024. Housing columnist Chris Worrall explains why that figure hides the real story
