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Musk’s tirade against Spain’s prime minister backfires

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

“No wonder Musk hates Sánchez.”

Elon Musk delivering a Nazi salute

From Jim Ratcliffe to the Ballot Box: How offshore billionaires still shape British politics

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

There’s little surprise that Ratcliffe and Farage harbour respect for each other. As well as both loathing immigration, Reform’s top donors use similar offshore arrangements, 75% of their funding comes from just three mega wealthy men with offshore ties.

Right-Wing Watch

Charities pull together to highlight the link between climate issues and poverty and hunger

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Yesterday

“Environmental change doesn’t put us all in the same boat. It just worsens the storm you’re in.”

Food bank Universal Credit

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Charities urge MPs not to be swayed by government’s welfare bill concessions

Olivia Barber
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‘If current protections are right for disabled people now, why are they not right for disabled people in the future?’

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

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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
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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
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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
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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

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News

Reform UK council leader quits, leaving 18-year-old in charge

Basit Mahmood
26 June, 2025

In May, Reform became the largest party in Warwickshire, forming a minority administration.

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