Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Basit Mahmood
UK tax authority admits it’s clueless about how much tax is being evaded through offshore assets
‘UK residents had £850bn in financial accounts overseas — of which £570bn was based in tax havens — in 2019, the latest year HMRC has released statistics for.’
Civil servants ‘lobbied Sue Gray to remove names’ from Partygate report
It is alleged that initially up to 30 names had been scheduled to be featured in the report, however in the end the report included just 15.
Channel 4 gives the perfect response to Nadine Dorries over privatisation claims
“C4 is in excellent financial health & does not want or need to raise outside capital to fund its future plans.”
BBC Question Time audience slams timing of Rishi Sunak’s £400 energy bill discount
If the Sue Gray report hadn’t had come out we wouldn’t be getting this windfall tax.
Rishi Sunak announces oil and gas companies will get a tax cut if they extract more fossil fuels
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that oil and gas companies will get a big tax cut if they extract more fossil fuels in the UK, as he set out measures to help people with the cost of living crisis.
Claims of a ‘cover up’ after Sue Gray abandoned investigation into alleged ‘ABBA’ party in No 10 flat
Gray confirmed in her report yesterday that she had decided not to investigate allegations of a party inside the prime minister’s private Downing Street flat on November 13th 2020
Daily Mail ridiculed for front page downplaying Covid rule breaking in Downing Street
“Your Reminder of just how bad the #DailyMail are.”
All the pictures from the Sue Gray report that show rampant rule breaking in Downing Street
Here are all of the pictures from the Sue Gray report which show rampant Covid-rule breaking in Downing Street, while the rest of the country made sacrifices and was told to stay at home to save lives. In total theretest
Downing Street security guard was mocked for trying to stop lockdown breaking party
‘People made fun of him because he was so worked up’