5 things we learned from Sir Olly Robbins giving evidence on Peter Mandelson’s appointment
Pressure is piling on the prime minister over the Mandelson scandal ahead of the local elections
Reform in turmoil: Deputy group leader of Cornwall Council defects
The bitter infighting and defections that have plagued Reform continue.
Nigel Farage refuses to commit to probing deputy’s corporation tax amid reports he failed to pay £100,000
Farage is choosing to bury his head in the sand
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Boris Johnson’s comments on Libya are beyond the pale. Either he goes or May does
Joking about the deaths of hundreds of people would be unacceptable in any job. For it to come from a Foreign Secretary is the final straw.
The Conservatives and the DUP are now at loggerheads over the Irish border
While May rules out hard borders, the Tories’ bed partners in Westminster are now openly contradicting her.
Tory plans for Help-to-Buy are a dangerous distraction from our real housing needs
Whatever Theresa May says in her speech today, the Conservatives have got their priorities wrong by pumping billions into counterproductive housing policies.
Jeremy Hunt will ‘bring the gig economy into the NHS’ with new health worker app
The health secretary just announced a new NHS app to help staff ‘do extra hours at short notice’.
Real sovereignty had already been built on the streets of Catalonia well before the referendum
The ‘revolt’ against Madrid follows years of grassroots movements empowering people at a local, neighbourhood level.
Picturehouse strikers set for nine-day walkout despite bosses’ sack threat
Hundreds of workers will walk out tomorrow, disrupting the BFI’s London film festival, demanding the living wage, union recognition and the reinstatement of sacked strikers.
Corrupt and ineffective regulation means financial scandals are all but inevitable in the UK
The Financial Reporting Council responsible for regulating accountants and auditors has deep conflicts of interest at its core.
Monarch’s collapse is due to a wider drop in demand — just another reason to halt airport expansion
Growth in aviation passenger numbers is dropping and costs to airlines increasing. Now’s the time the up the campaign against Heathrow expansion.
Conservative Party must ‘urgently follow’ Labour if it wants to survive — Tory think tank
The Bow Group are calling for a Labour-style ‘revolution’ in the party to turn it into a ‘genuinely popular movement’.
Social democrats across Europe face electoral disaster. Labour is bucking the trend
Why? We’ve offered an alternative to austerity and have refused to pander to racism, writes Diane Abbott.