Safe in their hands? Tory peers, private health and the threat to our NHS
Tory peers with links to the private healthcare industry, peers who normally never vote, are helping push through Andrew Lansley’s health and social care bill.
Shamik Das
Sunday Times Editor: Newspapers take the PCC “very seriously” – Really???
The Editor of The Sunday Times yesterday said UK newspapers take the Press Complaints Commission “very seriously” – despite all the evidence to the contrary.
“Underlying picture remains weak”, “paltry”, “bumping along the bottom” – growth reaction
Shamik Das rounds up the reaction to this morning’s growth figures.
Look Left – Cameron’s Euroscepticism comes home to roost
David Cameron paid the price for his years of courting the Eurosceptics in his party ths week, reports Shamik Das.
All in it together, eh Gideon? FTSE fat cats see pay rocket 50 per cent
As millions suffer the squeeze in Austerity Britain, the pay of FTSE 100 directors rose 50 per cent in the last year, a sickening new report reveals today.
The Sun “tax avoiding” front page you won’t have seen this morning
Today’s Sun, a paper run by a man who deliberately avoids billions in UK tax, attacked Vince Cable for inadvertently failing to pay VAT on his media and book earnings.
Has racism returned to football?
The ugly side of the beautiful game reared its head again this weekend, with the England captain accused of racially abusing an opponent, reports Shamik Das.
Trouble ahead for Cameron: Majority of Euro rebels were from class of 2010
The majority of the Tory rebels in last night’s European referendum vote in the Commons were newly elected MPs, spelling troubled times ahead for David Cameron.
IFS: Education spending will “shrink” at fastest rate “since at least the 1950s”
A new report today reveals education spending will be slashed by more than 13 per cent over this parliament – the largest cut since at least the fifties.
Protesters demand resignation of HMRC boss for colluding with tax avoiders
Protesters are today demanding the resignation of HMRC boss Dave Hartnett for his role in approving deals that allow big companies to avoid billions in tax.