Tory Mayor blames Prime Minister for Tory ‘chaos’ days after Rishi Sunak praised him
“If they’re fighting with each other like rats in a sack instead of saying to the public ‘this is what we’re going to do for you’, that doesn’t win elections.”
Basit Mahmood
Shelter launches campaign to build 90,000 social homes a year in bid to end housing emergency
In the run up to the general election, Shelter is campaigning for political parties to commit to building at least 90,000 social homes a year for 10 years
Dominic Cummings steps up plans to set up new right-wing party
It is reported that Cummings is hoping that his new party will replace the Tories
Keir Starmer roasts Rishi Sunak at PMQs as he lays out the scale of Tory local election losses
“In addition to losing two Tory MPs in two weeks, the Prime Minister’s been on the receiving end of some of the biggest by-election swings in history.”
Tory MP wants postal votes banned after his party was humiliated in local elections
In recent years the Tories have tried to change the electoral system in their favour, by introducing reforms such as voter ID laws
Liz Truss brutally mocked after being snubbed by Argentina’s President
‘Who’
ASLEF General Secretary slams government for being “ultra-deceitful” in negotiations over train drivers pay
“We deal with people who only operate in bad faith and deceit, right?”
A chart which sums up the housing crisis
With more than a million households waiting for social homes, those on low-incomes are increasingly being pushed into unsuitable and costly accommodation in the private rented sector as well as into temporary accommodation.
Andy Burnham wants to suspend Right to Buy scheme in bid to tackle housing crisis
‘We do now need to re-think Right to Buy’
UK economy on course for ‘sluggish’ economic growth that will lag behind most G7 peers, OECD warns
According to the OECD, gross domestic product will increase by 0.4 per cent in 2024, a lower expansion than in any other G7 economy apart from Germany, before growing by 1 per cent in 2025.