Misleading Taxpayers’ Alliance claims about green energy costs
Yesterday it was claimed in both the Mail and the Telegraph that energy prices were likely to increase by almost a third to £1,900 by the end of the decade.
For the credibility of the party Labour is right to take strong action over Falkirk
It’s become increasingly clear in recent weeks that the Conservative Party is looking for anything it can with which to smear the Labour Party link with the trade unions.
Look Left: MP’s pay, Egypt and UKIP’s toxic underbelly
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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Nick Griffin: Money from Assad ‘won’t show up until this year’s accounts are published’
Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party (BNP), has been talking and writing about Syria an awful lot of late. But he’s been talking and writing about Syria an awful lot more since he returned from a visit to the country last month.
Private landlords colonising housing market, preventing first time buying
Private landlords are out bidding first-time buyers and pushing house prices out of the reach of many young people, according to a new report.
Egypt: Don’t confuse democracy with the mere holding of elections
Recently we’ve seen the emergence of another kind of autocrat. Neither democrat nor dictator, this type of leader holds regular elections and in some cases even introduces ostensibly progressive policies.
UKIP MEPs back far-right leader Le Pen
UKIP MEPs have voted against a move by the European Parliament to remove the immunity of French far-right leader and MEP Marine Le Pen after French prosecutors opened a case against her for comments she made about Muslims.
UKIP wants to charge NHS patients to skip waiting times
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has endorsed an article by the party’s health spokesperson which calls for people to be allowed to pay to skip A&E waiting times.
Is Gove’s department about to hand a school site worth £10 million to the private sector?
The Department for Education (DfE) has been accused of seeking to transfer a school site worth £10 million pounds to the private sector without compensating local authorities.