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Here is a not-at-all unusual scenario in the modern housing market: having to fork out over nearly £100 to have a contract ‘renewed’. And by renewed, I mean emailed – to print, sign and post back. That’s what myself andtest
Last week the Times published their annual ‘Rich List’ – and it’s the latest sign that inequality must be a key general election battleground. Labour proposes to raise income taxes for those earning more than £80,000 yearly. And even Prime Ministertest
As the General Election campaign unfolds, it is fast becoming one that is meshing together elements from elections in times gone by. As in 1983, a female Conservative Leader and Prime Minister faces a left wing Labour leader, with thetest
Senior Labour MPs and figures from across the spectrum – including Brian Eno and Billy Bragg – have signed an open letter calling on Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May to back a fairer voting system. The statement, organised by campaigntest
Photo: UKIP leader Paul Nuttall have a one-on-one interview with Andrew Neil, while the Greens will not. The Greens have slammed the BBC for denying the party coverage during the general election – despite UKIP getting a dedicated programme. Thetest
Photo: The West Midlands’ Andy Street (left) was one of six all-male metro mayors elected last Thursday A few weeks ago, campaigners warned of a looming ‘diversity crisis’ in our democracy. Just one of the six powerful new ‘metro mayor’test
Photo: Dr Louise Irvine is running against health secretary Jeremy Hunt. UPDATE: Two other senior Labour members in Surrey have now been expelled on similar grounds A senior Labour party member in Surrey has been expelled after backing the Nationaltest
From ‘dark ads’ to political twitter bots, social media giants have been in the spotlight this week. But new research points to an even more worrying trend for our democracy – and one we need to talk about this electiontest
The revelations from Theresa May’s dinner with Jean-Claude Juncker last week, and reactions to the Downing Street supper, have blown open the myth, peddled by the Tories and their Hard Brexit, hard-right cheerleaders, of a prime minister with a plan,test
The Green Party has decided to stand aside their candidates in Richmond Park and North Kingston and Twickenham for the general election. The members of the local party voted on this in a meeting last night. The Green Party aretest
