Billionaire Tory donor and JCB chair Lord Bamford gives Reform UK £200,000
“Lord Bamford’s latest political donation makes the point, yet again, that we need a cap on donations.”
Left Foot Forward
How right-wing attacks have led to resignations at the BBC
“This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.”
Fire Brigades Union slams Reform in Kent for causing “threat to public safety”
Reform UK’s councillor suspensions have left the council’s fire authority unable to function properly
Labour restores whip to four MPs who voted against welfare cuts
‘There will always be disagreements in politics, what defines us is how we resolve them.’
Rupert Murdoch’s Times humiliated over fake interviews
Calls have been made for the press regulator to investigate “systematic failings which lead publishers to keep running fake, likely AI-generated, PR content.”
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell says party must not break tax manifesto promise
Powell has also repeated her call for the two-child limit to be lifted “in full”
Charities regulator tells right-wing IEA that it has to ‘act on transparency and balance’
The Good Law Project’s initial complaint related to potential political bias as well as perceptions of a potential lack of transparency around funding.
Reform mocked as expelled councillors form rival group on Kent council
The Lib Dems have compared factionalism and infighting in Reform-run Kent County Council to a Monty Python-style farce
Gordon Brown demands ‘total abolition’ of two-child benefit limit ahead of Budget
“Total abolition is far preferable to any tapering or any other kind of reform that would not abolish the two-child rule in its entirety.”