5 Reform UK disasters this week
This week has seen Nigel Farage defend a Nazi salute and a homophobic joke, and U-turn on another policy pledge
Senior Reform UK figures panicking Trump links could cause them electoral damage
Panic has set in among Reform’s senior figures
The House of Lords is increasingly illegitimate
Removing hereditary peers won’t go far enough to give the Lords legitimacy
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Andy Burnham warns closing ticket offices could be illegal
‘This is really wrong on so many levels, but we’re going to take a stand.’
Rampant corporate power is destroying our democracy
People have a choice: we can have rampant corporate power or democracy, but not both.
Tory MP Johnny Mercer roasted By Question Time audience member
Humiliation for Johnny Mercer
‘Inhumane’ Tory minister slammed for ordering children’s artwork be painted over at asylum centre
‘A man so utterly lacking in humanity’
UK elections remain at risk of interference after government opposes checks on political donations
An amendment to the National Security Bill would have obliged political parties to carry out due diligence on the true source of donations from companies and individuals.
Britain is the only G7 country where inflation is still rising
‘Inflation declined in all G7 countries, apart from the United Kingdom’
Government suffers a record 20 defeats in the Lords over Illegal Migration Bill
Among the fiercest critics of the bill is the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
Tory Deputy Leader slammed over multiple false claims during PMQs
Fact checkers had to set the record straight
The Tories are on track to lose all three upcoming by-elections
July 20 looks like a bad day to be Rishi Sunak
Tech workers’ union blast government’s regulation of AI
Union warns of ‘worse than useless’ AI regulation policy