Wife of former Putin minister is on ‘shadow cabinet’ of Tory donors who have direct access to Boris Johnson
Lubov Chernukhin is said to have lobbied against higher tax for the ultra-rich and is the largest female donor in British political history
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Andy Burnham rips apart dishonest Tories ‘playing from Trump’s handbook’ during Question Time
‘You cut councils in their budget then you campaign against council tax rises when councils have no other choice but to do that.’
Fed up constituents set up ‘Steve Baker Watch’ over MP’s climate stance
‘People in High Wycombe have had enough of MP Steve Baker, his uncaring attitude to his constituents & his work with climate-denying cronies’
Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast: 5 takeaways from the latest episode
A roundup of the Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast
Tory chair seeks to defend voter suppression as ‘perfectly legitimate efforts to reform electoral laws’
Oliver Dowden made the comments during a speech to the Heritage Foundation
Tory MP Craig Mackinlay hires staff linked to climate denial group
Mackinlay has hired two members of staff linked to Net Zero Watch
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, February 2022
The news you didn’t seek this week…
Why tackling the class pay gap should also be a priority for progressives
People from working-class backgrounds who enter ‘elite’ universities and professions still earn on average £6,400 less than peers drawn from the middle-class.
‘Privatise the moon to help wipe out poverty on Earth’, says Adam Smith institute
“Anyone who even tries to do this should have tremendous force used against them.”
Matt Hancock broke the law when appointing Dido Harding and Mike Coupe to senior posts, High Court rules
The court found that Hancock broke the law after appointing Baroness Harding as Chair of the National Institute for Health Protection and Mike Coupe as Director of Testing.