Left Foot Forward
Rachel Reeves says Labour will appoint Covid corruption commissioner to help recoup billions lost to fraud
“The cost to the taxpayer of Covid fraud is estimated at £7.2bn. Every cheque signed by Rishi Sunak...We'll appoint a Covid corruption commissioner, a hit squad of investigators...to take the fraudsters to court...We want that money back."
‘2.5 million households can’t afford the internet’, digital exclusion must be a priority Labour conference told
10.2 million people lack the basic digital skills they need to function in society.
Kim Johnson MP tells LFF that the Sun newspaper should still be boycotted
'Some of the people who say we have a victim mentality, we don’t have a victim mentality, we’re fighting for justice, and justice is important and the families are still fighting for justice.'
UK has ‘become the jurisdiction of choice for people with dirty money’, Labour conference hears
Last year, Transparency International estimated £6.7bn of UK property had been bought with dirty money.
Margaret Hodge on fighting extremism, challenges facing the country and what the next Labour government must do
With nearly 30 years of Parliamentary experience, we asked Hodge about some of her proudest achievements as an MP, her views on populist extremism, addressing child poverty and inequality and what she thinks the biggest challenges facing the country are going forward.
The Conservative Party conference offered no policies to fix the country
The ruling Conservative Party might have reflected on its failures and offered fresher policies to rejuvenate the economy and heal social divisions