Natalie Bennett: Cladding scandals, mortgage prisoners, and the grim necessity of the Lords
Why is it left to the unelected chamber to defend abandoned Brits? The Green peer looks at this week’s Lords agenda.
Left Foot Forward
Hartlepool sleaze! Are the Tories now weaponising fake news, like they promised?
Angela Rayner is calling on the Conservatives to issue an apology for magnifying misinformation during the Hartlepool by-election.
Revealed: Global health funding faces major cuts under Tory plans
UK charities have condemned the move as a ‘tragic blow’.
‘Of course it’s affordable’: Shaun Bailey on £5000 deposit for housing plans
The Conservative mayoral candidate defends his housing plan on ITV debate
Dyson and Greensill scandals show how the government capitulates to the wealthy
Most normal people can’t afford to hire legislators or lobbyists
From Labour MP to Northern Independence insurgent – LFF speaks to Thelma Walker
“Labour need to ask the question, not ‘what’s a party like NIP doing eroding our vote?’ but ‘why are parties like NIP forming?’”
Unsafe and unsupported: The People’s Covid Inquiry hears testimony from frontline workers
“This final wave that we’ve just overcome was really, really, tough. The staffing was the worst I think I’ve ever seen it,” one health worker said.
Exclusive: Environmental groups unite against ‘scandal’ of food poverty
Food waste matters and we don’t take it seriously enough
Spycops scandal: We’re still waiting for answers
We may never know the full extent of the Spycops scandal.
“This is an act of care” Extinction Rebellion women break HSBC windows
Women from Extinction Rebellion attack HSBC headquarters