REVEALED: Government spends £1.2m defending ‘unlawful’ Covid contracts
LFF sees documents showing just how much Ministers are spending to ‘defend the indefensible’ – with contracts dished out without competitive tendering, or not published at all.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1 February 2021
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…
Campaign win: Peatland heath burning set to be banned in blow for grouse shooters
Climate campaigners are celebrating the news, following a long-running campaign to stop the practice.
London’s Green mayoral candidate pledges to defy the Home Office with anti-racism plans
Sian Berry opposes ‘draconian’ new immigration rules that would kick out rough sleepers.
EXCLUSIVE: Public opposed to ex-Daily Mail editor being lined up for broadcasting regulator role
An overwhelming 71% of the public believe it is more important for the chair to be politically neutral rather than influential in UK media and culture.
EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners aghast as Labour suggests u-turn on pandemic debt relief
Starmer’s spokesman said it was not Labour policy to back debt cancellation for developing countries to tackle the pandemic.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – 27th January 2021
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – 20th January 2021
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week…
Exclusive: Tory appointments to new Build Back Better Council ‘beggar belief’
Members include firms accused of tax avoidance, anti-union practices and fuelling climate chaos.
Barely a handful of Tories vote against Universal Credit cut – despite many claiming it would be ‘devastating’
The £20 a week Universal Credit boost has been a lifeline for millions. When will Tory MPs start voting with their conscience?