1 in 4 voters wrongly believe they won’t need ID to vote in May’s local elections
According to the government’s own figures, two million voters do not currently hold a piece of photographic ID.
Yearly Archives: 2023
Tory Party received £3.5m from donors with fossil fuel, polluter and climate denial links in 2022, new research finds
The government’s ‘green day’ “couldn’t be any more of a misnomer, when the Conservative party is raking in millions of pounds’ worth of dirty donations from fossil fuel interests and climate deniers.”
Psst… want a Tory peerage? Just join a right-wing think-tank
Leading a right-wing ‘think-tank’ seems to be another sure-fire way of transitioning to the Lords.
Students from disadvantaged backgrounds and under-represented groups more likely to drop out of university, research shows
The figures should ‘concern us all,’ the higher education regulator warns
Don’t mention the C word: Food critic Jay Rayner roasts Michael Gove in Twitter spat
The levelling up secretary took exception to the ‘Cones Hotline’ criticism.
Teachers union accuses education secretary of being ‘profoundly out of touch’ with teachers
A pay offer for teachers made by the government this week was described by the NEU as ‘insulting.’
Question Time audience member eviscerates entire Tory record in two minutes
‘You have cut funding, you’ve cut budgets in schools. We can’t recruit teachers. We can’t recruit teaching assistants.’
Kemi Badenoch says ‘stop talking about Brexit vote’
“We have left the EU so we need to look at what to do in order to grow the UK economy and not keep talking about a vote from seven years ago”.
Here’s a simple fact which shows how bad the UK’s biggest trade deal since Brexit is
How much will this deal compensate for the economic hit caused by Brexit?
RMT calls for public ownership of buses
‘Local bus services are a lifeline for many’