Bridget Phillipson tells Labour conference scrapping two-child benefit cap is ‘on the table’ and accepts evidence of harmful impact
Phillipson told a fringe meeting that child poverty is a ‘moral scar’
Yearly Archives: 2025
Woke bashing of the week: the perennial panic returns as Restore Trust takes another swing at the National Trust
Right on cue, is the right-wing media’s annual witch-hunt over the Trust’s alleged ‘wokeness.’
Right-wing media watch – Reform’s young TikTok adviser peddles dangerous misinformation in the Mail
That Reform finds value in this kind of narrative tells us everything we need to know about where the party, and its chosen influencers, want to take the country.
“Nailed it!”: Mirror praised for ‘Trump deranged’ front page
Only the Mirror gave the speech the front-page treatment it deserved.
Tens of thousands sign ‘One Earth. One Team’ petition
The UK now faces dirtier rivers, more polluted air, and higher levels of pesticides in soil compared to many EU member states.
Left or right – who could unite first?
While speculation about a right-wing pact to ensure that the Tories or Reform can win power is rampant, there’s little mention of any sort of progressive pact to save us from such a fate.
Huge crowd gathers for Make Them Pay rally in London
“Our story is more powerful than the hatred we saw here last week. Our story places the blame with the billionaires, and we need to tell it loud and clear.”
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
Billy Bragg mocks Nigel Farage’s hopes of being PM on BBC Question Time
‘To demonise, particularly the Muslims, this is the sort of thing why we worry about Reform.’
Keir Starmer says Donald Trump’s claim Sadiq Khan wants to bring in Sharia Law is ‘nonsense’
The Prime Minister has called Trump’s comments ‘nonsense’.