England’s student loan changes to hit poor and minority ethnic people harder
1 in 4 disadvantaged learners could be deprived of a higher education place
Basit Mahmood
Nadine Dorries gets it horribly wrong in yet another car crash interview on Channel 4 privatisation
‘This is not understanding your brief at all.’
EXCLUSIVE: Tory council candidate posted about the removal of all immigrants, made Islamophobic comments and said Diane Abbott deserved to be bullied
Stephen Antony Savva who once called for Islam to be banned is now once again on the ballot paper
Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast: 5 takeaways from the latest episode
A roundup of the Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast
Government lost £4.9 billion to Covid loan fraud
It’s estimated that as much as £17 billion of the £47 billion that the government spent on the bounce-back loans to support businesses during the pandemic will never be paid back.
Government wins vote to take control of Electoral Commission in dark day for democracy
The government has won a vote to take control of the Electoral Commission in what is being described as a dark day for our democracy. The elections bill passed last night, giving ministers new powers over the Electoral Commission, underminingtest
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, April 2022
The news you didn’t seek this week…
Tory MP caught watching porn in Commons while sat next to female minister
‘The chief whip is looking into this matter. This behaviour is wholly unacceptable and action will be taken.’
Angela Rayner says Mail on Sunday article not just sexist but also ‘steeped in classism’
“It was also steeped in classism as well and about where I come from and how I grew up”
Elon Musk’s absolutist vision of free speech on Twitter excites the far-right, anti-fascist group warns
‘It all hinges around what they’ve heard from his statements on free speech’