Plastics industry used disinformation to lobby against ban on ‘forever chemicals’
The estimated cost of cleaning up ‘forever chemical’ pollution in the UK and Europe will be £1.6 trillion over 20 years
Yearly Archives: 2025
Low-income households in UK worse off due to ‘sky-high’ housing costs
The Resolution Foundation has found that ‘sky-high housing costs’ outweigh the relatively low cost of food
Daily Mail runs with questionable headline claiming Starmer will be out of No 10 within a year
The Mail appears to have conveniently ignored that 56% of survey respondents think Starmer will remain as PM for more than a year
A full list of Nigel Farage’s 9 jobs and how much he earns from each one
So much for being a ‘man of the people’.
Right-wing press tries to blame private school closure over abuse scandal on Labour VAT hike
The loss-making private school announced it would be closing down three months before the general election..
Humiliation for Brexit bankroller Arron Banks after he is denied entry to US for his own Donald Trump inauguration party
“LOL. Arron Banks has been banned from the US. I guess they took back control.”
NEU to ballot teachers on government’s 2.8% pay rise proposal
The proposal is not sufficient to “even start to address the crisis in recruitment and retention.”
MAGA mania – will Britain follow Trump’s immigration rift?
Unless Britain truly distances itself from the racially charged nationalism emerging from MAGA mania across the Atlantic, the true victims will be immigrants, who will face an increasingly normalised wave of vilification.
Anti-poverty charities urge government to do more to address rising child poverty
‘Work isn’t the simple route out of poverty that it’s often made out to be.’
Germany’s ambassador to UK criticises pro-Brexit media, calling for youth mobility scheme to strengthen EU relations
‘It should be quite simple. But there are visible attempts to portray this as migration, or to portray it as freedom of movement.’