Tory donor gets £137m in hidden government payments
Frank Hester, the healthcare tech tycoon, who has given a £5m donation to the Conservatives earlier this month,
Basit Mahmood
The Sun is brutally mocked after praising Rishi Sunak for scrapping non-existent ‘meat tax’
‘No10 ‘confirmed the meat tax was never government policy.’
Al Gore blasts Rishi Sunak for net zero U-turn and suggests he’s being captured by fossil fuel companies
“I find it shocking, really disappointing, I think Rishi Sunak has done the wrong thing.”
Nigel Farage banking row: Regulator finds no evidence of bank account closures due to political views
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it has found no evidence showing banks have shut or denied accounts to customers based primarily on their political beliefs.
Labour Party demands Sunak blocks Liz Truss’s honours list
‘This means that those who crashed the economy, who left millions to pay more for their mortgage and who undermined our economic institutions could receive an award.’
89% of school staff say child poverty in their school has increased in the last two academic years, survey finds
80% of school staff say providing universal free school meals to all school children would reduce child poverty in their school, according to a survey carried out by the Education Anti-Poverty Coalition.
8 million people especially private renters and the young are not properly registered to vote, warns Electoral Commission
The sheer number of people denied a right to vote thanks to an ‘outdated registration system’, would be equivalent in number to more than 100 UK Parliament constituencies.
Ofcom says GB News broke impartiality rules after chancellor interviewed by Tory MPs
‘Our investigation therefore concluded that GB News failed to represent and give due weight to an appropriately wide range of significant views’
Mark Carney demolishes Brexit and Liz Truss’ economic policies
‘When Brexiteers tried to create Singapore on the Thames, the Truss government instead delivered Argentina on the Channel’
Liz Truss defends her disastrous mini-budget and says she was right all along
It’s everyone else’s fault apparently…