Public bodies prepare for PFI assets to be handed over in a dire state
Shareholders are keen to squeeze as much as they can out of PFI contracts before they’re handed back.
Parliament for the few: How the government rode roughshod over democracy
Pictured: Tory MP Karen Bradley, speaking out against the shut down of virtual Parliament procedures.
UK has granted dozens of riot gear export licenses to the US since 2010
Some of the equipment may be being used to crush Black Lives Matter protests right now.
Radical roundup: 10 stories you may have missed this week
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news that got buried.
EXCLUSIVE: Greens accuse PM of misleading Parliament over care homes
“The question is whether the Prime Minister deliberately misled the select committee or did so out of ignorance and incompetence.”
EXCLUSIVE: Loan firm accused of profiting off NHS brand
“Rather than supporting the national effort and rallying round our NHS, a private company is looking to make a quick buck,” campaigners told LFF.
Former No 10 adviser hits the nail on the head when it comes to the Cummings saga
Tory loyalists are feeling the heat…
Campaign victory: Government commits to funding school meal vouchers over half term
A welcome shift from the Tories – but has it come too late?
Right-wing paper rapped by fact-checkers over ‘significantly wrong’ report on EU
The piece, titled “Remoaners’ desperate warning incorrect as UK ditches EU exports” was…incorrect.
Number 10’s approach to the media should worry us all
The government’s response to the Cummings revelations is part of wider pattern of threats to press freedom here.