10 wildest comments from members of Kemi Badenoch’s new shadow cabinet
From the offensive to the bizarre
‘It has emerged that the rules exclude siblings, adult children and parents’
‘It is reasonable to conclude that the government’s proposals for grade-conditional loans are deliberately discriminatory towards students from poor backgrounds.’
‘Complete insanity’
‘This government parrots the language of levelling up, but these proposals are classist, ableist and racist: they target those from marginalised communities, and seek to gatekeep education.’
By failing to accept visa applications from Ukrainians, the government offers no safe and legal direct entry to Britain for those fleeing danger in the war-torn country, unless they have British relatives.
Calls to ban RT should act as a wake-up call for recognition of wider press bias.
Today – February 26 – marks an NHS day of action, with unions, health organisations and campaigners uniting to highlight the impact the contentious Health and Care Bill will have on the health service.
Russians are also said to have been warned by authorities that any ‘negative comments’ about Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine would be treated as ‘treason’.
The Government can’t cut corners when it comes to equalities. There must be a dedicated Minister and clear action to tackle violence against women and girls.
The move has been branded “deeply disappointing”, “designed to silence critics of Labour’s direction under Starmer”, and “a complete affront to the most basic principles of democracy”