Fury after Tory MP defends PM by claiming ‘many nurses and teachers’ also broke the law
‘Most teachers and nurses I know had NO time for themselves, let alone having a piss up after work like Michael Fabricant is suggesting, with his stiff wig.’
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EXCLUSIVE: Tory councillor said Islam ‘is the enemy’ and that it ‘will have to be defeated’
Councillor Gary Talbot, from Stourport Town Council, tweeted: “Islam is the enemy within England, and it will have to be defeated within England, by the English”.
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will be fined for attending parties during lockdown
So far, a total of more than 50 fines have been handed for Covid law-breaking in government buildings.
Diane Abbott MP: What is at stake in the local government elections?
‘Representation at all levels of government matters because of what we can deliver.’
Outrage after Tory MP defends colleague convicted of sexually assaulting teenage boy
‘Crispin’s views are wholly unacceptable’
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UK benefits fall to their lowest value in 50 years
Benefits will be uprated by just 3.1% today, despite inflation expected to be around 7.7% this month, with the Bank of England warning that it could reach even higher towards the end of the year.
The government’s energy strategy fails to address both the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency
‘The government has produced an energy strategy which has ignored the overwhelming evidence detailing the harm caused by extractive industries’.
‘Arrogant’ and ‘lacking in self-awareness’: Rishi Sunak slammed for ordering inquiry into who leaked his wife’s tax status
“How about an enquiry into the 4.3bn fraudsters have gotten away with? Or billions in dodgy PPE contracts?”
Tory minister laughed at and mocked on BBC Question Time after insisting that £200 energy ‘discount’ is not ‘a loan’
‘But you have to pay it back, it sounds like a loan?’