Mick Lynch slams Avanti West Coast for ripping off fare-payers amid strikes
The RMT says that Avanti West Coast has created the dispute by ignoring train managers’ concerns and presenting offers those members deemed unacceptable.
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Badenoch accused of hypocrisy over call for national grooming gang inquiry
The Conservative leader said there needs to be a full national inquiry hours after Elon Musk’s bizarre intervention on X
Nigel Farage now has third job working as paid brand ambassador for gold bullion firm
The Guardian reports that Farage is promoting gold on behalf of Direct Bullion
Government urged to prioritise refugees’ lives after ‘deadliest year’ for Channel crossings
‘The journey across the English Channel in a small boat has always been perilous. But in 2024 it became more deadly.’
Former Tory MP Jonathan Gullis complains he still can’t find a job after voters dumped him
‘I would have a little sympathy if he didn’t vote against feeding hungry school children’
Reform MP’s firm raked in over £100,000 in taxpayer-funded furlough cash despite making £7.9million profit
‘The company recorded a “£7.9million pre-tax profit in 2021 – with a further £2.65million in 2022.’
Elon Musk calls for Tommy Robinson to be freed in flurry of posts on X
Musk has used his social media platform to call for the far-right figurehead to be released from prison.
Reform UK MPs’ biggest gaffes since being elected
Spoiler alert: They made some pretty big blunders
Food banks at Christmas: ‘They’re thinking about having enough food, not celebrating’
A food bank manager and research and policy director at Trussell speak to Left Foot Forward about food bank use at Christmas.
Fran Heathcote: proposed 2.8% civil service pay rise ‘not anywhere near enough’
Left Foot Forward spoke to PCS and the FDA about the government’s recommended 2.8% pay rise for civil servants.