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.
Basit Mahmood
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’
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
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Conservatives and far-right delighted about Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter
There are fears that Musk’s ownership will now see the return of Donald Trump to Twitter
Tory minister tries to defend Nadine Dorries in car crash interview
“There’s nothing surprising about two human beings sitting down at the keyboard and tapping out the exact same sentence construction?”
Labour announces plan to abolish non-dom tax status
‘It’s a basic principle that if you make Britain your home, you should be paying your taxes here’