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Reform slammed for being a ‘posh boys club’

Basit Mahmood
Today

“The only argument going for them is grievance and resentment. 

Neil Kinnock

Support for Reform falls to its lowest level in over a year

Basit Mahmood
Today

Not going to plan for Nigel Farage…

Nigel Farage declares war on working from home

Nigel Farage concedes Keir Starmer was right not to join Iran war

Basit Mahmood
Today

Farage has finally admitted Starmer is correct in his position, despite the Reform UK leader previously being an enthusiastic supporter of the war.

Nigel Farage defends Senedd candidate's Nazi salute

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Children living in poverty
Opinion

We must make the moral and pragmatic case for ending child poverty

Mike Buckley
11 December, 2023

Child poverty doesn’t just mean having less opportunities and less access to goods and services growing up. Its effects are long term and in many cases last a lifetime.

NHS worker conditions
News

Post-Brexit nurse shortage costs NHS £61m a year, new study finds            

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 December, 2023

‘Our research sends a clear message: political decisions impacting immigration and workers’ expectations about the future, like Brexit, can have far-reaching effects on sectors dependent on skilled foreign labour, such as the NHS and the wider healthcare sector.’

water pollution
News

As under-investigation water company makes eye-watering dividend payout, Tory MPs vote down sewage sickness compensation scheme

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
10 December, 2023

‘It’s shameful’ that the ‘Conservative government have once again put water companies’ profits before people’s health.’

Liz Truss
News

Liz Truss’ ‘US-style’ Bill targeting trans rights blasted a ‘knee-jerk reaction to a moral panic’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 December, 2023

A ‘blatant attempt to roll back hard-won rights for the trans community.’

Right-Wing Watch

Is the influence of the right-wing media greatly exaggerated?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 December, 2023

The right-wing press loves to talk up its own importance, but is its influence exaggerated? And can courting the wrong media sources prove politically damaging?

News

Young audience members perfectly sum up attitudes towards government’s immigration policies on Question Time  

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 December, 2023

‘We should welcome these people.’

An image showing bank notes and pound coins
News

Sainsbury lords have now become the biggest donors to Tories and Labour

Basit Mahmood
8 December, 2023

The Tories have more resources at their disposal, and Electoral Commission records show that they have raised five times more than Labour this summer.

Unite balloons being flown at a TUC march
Opinion

The government has stolen the right to strike from millions of workers

Prem Sikka
8 December, 2023

The conscription of workers is an abuse of state power and the government is openly pursuing anti-worker policies.

News

John McDonnell MP: ‘Rwanda deportation scheme is an appalling act of inhumanity’

Basit Mahmood
8 December, 2023

Figures show that the cost of the scheme has spiralled to £290 million, despite the fact that not a single flight has taken off to the east African country.

Rwanda policy
News

Cost of Rwanda scheme spirals to £290m despite no deportation flights taking off

Basit Mahmood
8 December, 2023

‘The Tories’ have wasted an astronomical £290 million of taxpayers’ money on a failing scheme which hasn’t sent a single asylum seeker to Rwanda.’

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