Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 5, March 2022
The news you didn’t seek this week…
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PMQs: ‘The Ministerial code says those who mislead the House should resign – why’s he still here?’ Starmer asks Johnson
‘He told the house, no rules were broken in Downing Street during lockdown. The police have now concluded there was widespread criminality. The ministerial code says that ministers who knowingly mislead the house should resign.’
‘Unbelievably cruel’: Tories slammed for ending free parking for NHS staff
‘Shows what they really think of the brilliant staff who gave their all during the pandemic’
Ukrainian MP slams Rishi Sunak’s wife for profiting from Russian operation
‘Any money that is put into the Russian economy in one way or the other, be it directly, be it through investment, be it through taxes…that money goes to sponsor the army’
Boris Johnson slammed as “a proven liar” with fresh calls for his resignation
On 1st December 2021 for example, Johnson told the Commons that ‘all guidance was followed completely’ when asked about alleged parties.
Met Police to issue 20 fines for lockdown parties in Downing Street and Whitehall
In January, the force had launched an investigation into 12 events where COVID restrictions may have been breached in 2020 and 2021
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Energy strategy Boris Johnson promised ‘in days’ has been delayed again amid standoff with Rishi Sunak
Sunak is said to have told colleagues ‘he wants to turn off the spending taps and that every “marginal pound” should go towards tax cuts’.
Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement is ‘making things worse’ amid the cost of living crisis, says Tory MP
‘My view of the Treasury’s economic strategy is that there isn’t one.’
Whinging Rishi Sunak ‘annoyed at the BBC’s coverage of his economic measures’
He’s not happy at the way the BBC have focused on Universal Credit claimants