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Tories ridiculed for proposing to ban four day week

Chris Jarvis
Today

“Yet again we witness the political gymnastics of this outdated and out of touch Conservative Party descend into a collective swoon over the terrifying prospect of a council functioning better whilst saving the tax-payer money.”

A group of people on a stage with a sign reading four day week

New petition calls for referendum on public ownership of water

Chris Jarvis
Today

Feargal Sharkey is backing the petition

WASP campaigners who have launched the petition for a referendum for public ownership of water

Labour’s achievements this week: Lifting 450,000 children out of poverty and delivering workers’ rights

Basit Mahmood
Today

Change doesn’t happen overnight, yet slowly and surely, this government is delivering after 14 years of Tory austerity

Keir Starmer

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Charity begins on the right? £28m funnelled to right-wing think-tanks

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
12 July, 2025

These groups have capitalised on the generous tax breaks afforded to charities, allowing wealthy backers to support politically charged agendas while shielding their identities from public scrutiny.

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Jake Berry’s defection to Reform met with ridicule and criticism

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
12 July, 2025

“Ah, yes, Jake Berry, the Boris Johnson/Liz Truss acolyte who said “Can’t afford to eat? Just get a better paid job.”

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Taming corporations is the key issue of our times

Prem Sikka
11 July, 2025

To appease corporations, people may raze mountains, divert rivers, clear forests, cover countryside in tarmac and shower subsidies upon them, but they have no loyalty to any place, people or product.

A photo of Reform MP Rupert Lowe
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Rupert Lowe under investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog

Olivia Barber
11 July, 2025

The ex-Reform MP is being looked into for allegedly not declaring hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations to his ‘rape gang inquiry’ project

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Donald Trump preparing to visit UK in coming weeks

Basit Mahmood
11 July, 2025

Trump will visit Scotland to open a new golf course.

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Chris Philp forced to admit Rwanda plan failed after trying to attack Labour small boats deal

Olivia Barber
11 July, 2025

The Tory MP was forced to admit that the Rwanda scheme resulted in zero deportations

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Government plan to scrap First Past the Post for mayoral and PCC elections welcomed

Olivia Barber
11 July, 2025

The Tories introduced FPTP for mayoral and PCC elections in 2022, a change seen as an attempt to boost their chances of winning elections

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in the House of Commons

Reform UK’s membership ‘falls by almost 10,000 in a month’

Basit Mahmood
11 July, 2025

Farage can’t be too pleased.

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Wes Streeting says he can’t understand why resident doctors are striking after 28.9% pay increase

Basit Mahmood
10 July, 2025

“There isn’t a precedent for this in the history of British trade unions.”

The Leader of the House Lucy Powell
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Commons leader Lucy Powell brutally mocks Reform UK’s vetting procedures

Olivia Barber
10 July, 2025

‘The bigger story for Reform this week is they really are becoming the party of sleaze and scandal and dud and dodgy personnel.’

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