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Basit Mahmood

climate change

Majority of public support net zero in blow to Nigel Farage, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
11 November, 2025 (6 days ago)

Despite climate change having catastrophic effects, with extreme weather events on the rise, including heat waves, droughts and flooding, right-wing politicians have sought to rubbish net zero policies,

Huddlestone

Tories criticised for saying BBC should ‘grovel’ to Donald Trump

Basit Mahmood
11 November, 2025 (6 days ago)

Speaking on Times Radio on Tuesday, shadow culture secretary Nigel Huddleston said the BBC must pull out all the stops to avoid leaving licence fee payers facing a huge legal bill.

Charities regulator tells right-wing IEA that it has to ‘act on transparency and balance’

Basit Mahmood
7 November, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

The Good Law Project’s initial complaint related to potential political bias as well as perceptions of a potential lack of transparency around funding.

Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown demands ‘total abolition’ of two-child benefit limit ahead of Budget

Basit Mahmood
7 November, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

“Total abolition is far preferable to any tapering or any other kind of reform that would not abolish the two-child rule in its entirety.”

Reform UK

Reform in chaos after losing 9 councillors on key council in just 6 months

Basit Mahmood
6 November, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

The party won 57 of the 81 seats up for grabs in May but has now gone down to 48.

George Osborne

George Osborne slammed as ‘disgusting’ over two-child benefit cap defence

Basit Mahmood
6 November, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

There is now growing pressure on the Labour government to lift the cap ahead of the budget later this month.

Nigel Farage speaking at cryptocurrency event

Reform run councils set to raise taxes for nearly 5 million people despite promising cuts

Basit Mahmood
5 November, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

In at least six of these councils, making up around 4.8 million people, bills could rise by the maximum of 5 per cent.

Mamdani

Sadiq Khan congratulates Zohran Mamdani on New York mayoral victory as he takes dig at Trump

Basit Mahmood
5 November, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

“New Yorkers faced a clear choice – between hope and fear – and just like we’ve seen in London – hope won.”

Zia Yusuf

Zia Yusuf in car crash interview as he’s grilled over potential Russian links to Reform

Basit Mahmood
5 November, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

Yusuf tried to avoid answering the question, saying he’d never met Gill, but Derbyshire persisted.

Nigel Farage making his speech at Reform Party conference 2025

Nigel Farage claims young people on minimum wage earn too much

Basit Mahmood
4 November, 2025 (2 weeks ago)

So much for Farage being a ‘man of the people’.

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