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Rishi Sunak ridiculed after blaming old IT systems for not allowing him to raise benefits further

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

‘He’s insulting your intelligence’

Rishi Sunak

The ‘time has come’ for a Universal Basic Income says Andy Burnham

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

“A universal basic income will put a solid foundation beneath everybody so that they can have a life with security and stop worrying about everything.”

Greenpeace activists stop tanker loaded with Russian fossil fuels from docking near London

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

The environmental group says that it had no option but to take action after the government’s refusal to say ‘no to funding Putin’s war on Ukraine’, adding that it would do it for them.

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Rees-Mogg

Rees-Mogg under fire for saying axing of civil service jobs is ‘perfectly reasonable’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 May, 2022 (4 days ago)

As Johnson’s plans to slash the number of civil servants are slammed by unions as “an outrageous act of vandalism on our public services”, the Brexit opportunities minister describes the cuts as ‘perfectly reasonable.’

Ehud Sheleg

Former Tory Party treasurer suspected of flooding Conservative Party with Russian money

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
14 May, 2022 (4 days ago)

A bank alert filed with the National Crime Agency implicates Ehud Sheleg, a major Tory donor and once treasurer, with pouring cash originating from Russia into the party.

Queen's Speech

Prof Prem Sikka: The government’s audit reform bill will not do anything to end auditing scandals

Prem Sikka
13 May, 2022 (5 days ago)

The proposed Bill is part of gesture politics. It will do little, if anything, to improve audit quality.

RTBC

Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast: 5 takeaways from the latest episode

Basit Mahmood
13 May, 2022 (5 days ago)

A roundup of the Reasons to be Cheerful Podcast

Why the cosy relationship between the right wing media and government is bad for democracy

John Lubbock
13 May, 2022 (5 days ago)

Boris Johnson’s former chief advisor Dominic Cummings accused the government of giving a bung to big media corporations.

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons

Labour needs to unite around fighting the cost of living crisis

Dawn Butler
13 May, 2022 (5 days ago)

‘Labour is recovering, but we cannot reunite the country if we remain divided ourselves.’ 

Jeremy kite

Tory council leader slammed for smiling at food bank opening and tucking into buffet

Basit Mahmood
13 May, 2022 (5 days ago)

Dartford council leader Jeremy Kite along with other Tory ‘dignitaries’ were pictured enjoying a buffet in the same church building were desperate families struggling with poverty queue for food parcels.

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson accused of giving bungs to newspapers in exchange for content promoting government

Basit Mahmood
13 May, 2022 (5 days ago)

Dominic Cummings said Boris Johnson personally negotiated “direct bungs” to newspapers, in the form of Covid relief payments.

Wera Hobhouse MP: Misogyny and the objectification of women is so deeply ingrained in our society

Wera Hobhouse MP
12 May, 2022 (6 days ago)

Misogyny and the objectification of women is so deeply ingrained in our society – in our legislature – that the feelings of his fellow MPs were barely considered.

Boris Johnson scratching his head

Levelling up? Majority of constituencies have fallen further behind since Johnson became PM

Basit Mahmood
12 May, 2022 (6 days ago)

Bloomberg analysis found that in 9 out of 12 metrics, the performance of most constituencies relative to London and the South East is now worse or unchanged compared to 2019’.

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