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The 91% fudge: How planning delays are being spun to hide a broken system
MHCLG’s latest figures say 91% of planning applications were decided on time in the last quarter of 2024. Housing columnist Chris Worrall explains why that figure hides the real story
Tories accused of hypocrisy as shadow minister accepts free Cheltenham tickets
Shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins accepted two tickets to the Cheltenham races, while the Tories criticised Reeves for accepting concert tickets
Green Party co-leader accuses Keir Starmer of ‘dancing to Farage’s tune’ over small boats
‘The only way to stop people being forced into the hands of people smugglers is to introduce safe routes for people to seek safety in the UK.’
Patriotic Millionaires member perfectly sums up why a wealth tax would be fair
“No matter what the lobby groups who don’t want to tax wealth will tell us, it is not going to be a problem for wealthy people to pay that.”
Lib Dems launch local election campaign with claim they can surpass Tories as second largest party in local government
Ed Davey says he wants the Lib Dems to become the new ‘party of Middle England’
Reform UK voters three times as likely to believe climate change isn’t real
Less than half of Reform UK voters think that climate change is happening as a result of human actions
Elon Musk hands out 1 million dollar cheques to voters at Wisconsin rally
‘This is what corruption looks like’
Where are elections happening on 1 May 2025?
There are 25 council elections, six mayoral elections and one parliamentary by-election on 1 May
Reform UK’s ‘biggest ever’ rally falls short of expectations
Reform claimed 10,000 tickets were sold, but the many empty seats showed attendance was lower
Woke-bashing of the week – ‘Christianphobia’ – the right’s latest culture war against inclusivity
There’s a new word doing the rounds… ‘Christianphobia.’ And the right accuses us ‘woke lefties’ of misusing language to manipulate discourse.