Private schools aren’t ‘losing’ places at Oxbridge, their unfair privileges are being tackled- that’s all
When you’re used to privilege, equality feels like oppression
Basit Mahmood
Tory minister slammed for saying people should work more hours to protect themselves from cost of living crisis
Rachel Maclean, the government’s safeguarding minister, told Sky News’ Kay Burley that people could tackle the cost of living crisis by working longer hours or moving to a better paid job.
Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast: 5 takeaways from the latest episode
A roundup of the Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast
Tory council leader slammed for smiling at food bank opening and tucking into buffet
Dartford council leader Jeremy Kite along with other Tory ‘dignitaries’ were pictured enjoying a buffet in the same church building were desperate families struggling with poverty queue for food parcels.
Boris Johnson accused of giving bungs to newspapers in exchange for content promoting government
Dominic Cummings said Boris Johnson personally negotiated “direct bungs” to newspapers, in the form of Covid relief payments.
Levelling up? Majority of constituencies have fallen further behind since Johnson became PM
Bloomberg analysis found that in 9 out of 12 metrics, the performance of most constituencies relative to London and the South East is now worse or unchanged compared to 2019’.
Tory MP slammed after claiming poor people can’t ‘cook properly’ or ‘budget’
‘Cooking from scratch won’t help families keep the lights on or put food on the table’
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, May 2022
The news you didn’t seek this week…
Daily Mail ridiculed for latest ‘hypocritical’ and ‘ludicrous’ attack on Keir Starmer
“Starmer could donate a kidney to save a life and the Mail would scream he kept one for himself”
Boris Johnson warned Britain could face EU sanctions over assault on Human Rights Act contained in Queen’s Speech
Human Right Group Liberty is among those who have warned that the decision to scrap the Human Rights Act could have dire consequences