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A photo of Liz Kendall, the Department for Work and Pensions secretary making a statement in Parliament on the WASPI women
Opinion

Kim Johnson MP: The government’s ‘concessions’ on disability benefit cuts ‘do not go anywhere near far enough’

Kim Johnson
27 June, 2025

‘They would create a two-tier benefits system where people would not be eligible for support because they became sick or disabled at a later date.’

A photo of Nigel Farage at Reform UK's local election campaign rally in Birmingham
News

Government rejects Reform UK request for council reorganisation extension

Olivia Barber
27 June, 2025

It’s a hard no for Reform UK

Keir Starmer outside Number 10 Downing Street
News

What concessions has the government given Labour rebels on the welfare bill?

Olivia Barber
27 June, 2025

The government has made some fairly significant concessions, but they will only apply to existing claimants

A photo of building site
Opinion

The government should back regeneration to build new homes and tackle poor-quality existing properties

Ben Cooper
26 June, 2025

The government has rightly prioritised housebuilding, committing to build 1.5m net new homes this parliament. But existing homes need investment too.

Keir Starmer giving his speech at the EU summit this afternoon
News

Labour’s third-country asylum plan shows post-Brexit Britain is ‘in a very dark place’, says Albanian PM

Olivia Barber
26 June, 2025

He said “totally shameful” ideas about “dumping immigrants” have been normalised since Brexit

Priti Patel on BBC Breakfast
News

Priti Patel claims she met EU officials to advise them on migration policy

Olivia Barber
26 June, 2025

It seems surprising that the EU would want Patel’s advice on migration, given she launched the Tories’ disastrous Rwanda plan

Kemi Badenoch being interviewed by the BBC's Chris Mason
News

Dozens of Tory MPs warn if Kemi Badenoch is still leader by next spring there will be ‘very little left’

Basit Mahmood
26 June, 2025

‘We are being frozen out of the national conversation.’ Dozens of MPs believe that if she is still in charge next spring there might be very little left.’

Reform UK's Ben Habib
News

US-inspired Great British PAC is ‘packed with extremists’, Hope not Hate finds

Olivia Barber
26 June, 2025

Thirteen members of its team have promoted far-right views and conspiracy theories online

Rayner
News

Angela Rayner roasts Mel Stride at PMQs

Basit Mahmood
25 June, 2025

“I’m embarrassed every week that somebody comes here from their opposition who doesn’t apologise for the mess they left this country in.”

Kanishka Narayan MP mocking Nigel Farage's non-dom policy at PMQs
News

Nigel Farage’s non-doms policy mocked as ‘sweetheart deal with super-rich’ at PMQs

Olivia Barber
25 June, 2025

‘Reform UK doing sweetheart deals with the super-rich is a betrayal of British working people.’

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