Covering up “embarrassing” membership numbers reveals a wider crisis in the Tory Party
The Conservatives may have as few as 70,000 members, putting them behind Labour, the SNP, the Lib Dems and possibly even the Greens.
Over 200,000 sign petition telling May to sack Toby Young. He’s got to go
And a former Labour MP, thought to be the subject of one of Young’s misogynist tweets, said he should go “immediately”.
Our trains cost 5 times more than the rest of Europe – time to renationalise the railways?
There’s no excuse for these fare hikes when you look at the cost of rail travel in Europe.
PMQs: Theresa May quotes NHS chief, misses out everything critical he said right after
The PM failed to mention he warned “pressures are great and the system is already running at or close to full stretch”.
Are the Tories plotting to steal holiday pay from 7 million workers?
Don’t let them U-turn on their promise to protect workers’ rights post-Brexit.
John McDonnell said Parliament could move out of London, and why not?
There’s strong opposition to moving parliamentarians out of the Palace of Westminster for renovation works, but some of the arguments don’t stack up.
Is this the start of the next big student rent strike?
Students at Sussex University are going on rent strike after their Vice Chancellor was given a £230k bonus.
Right-to-buy has stoked the housing crisis – but the Tories want to roll it out further
400,000 houses sold under right-to-buy are now being rented privately and for double average council rents. The policy’s created a new class of buy-to-let landlords.
The government ‘named and shamed’ 260 exploitative employers today. But what about public sector workers?
The government’s investigation into employers paying less than minimum wage failed to look at the unpaid work done by an estimated 2 million public servants.
Brexit shambles: leaving EU impact studies don’t even exist, the Tories just admitted
David Davis just said the government has not investigated the economic impact of Brexit — they’ve been lying to Parliament all along.