Who is Hannah Spencer – the Green Party’s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election?
Could this be the next Green MP?
Question Time audience member roasts Reform UK as ‘care home for old Tories’ to much laughter
It comes after the recent defections of high-profile Tories this month to Reform UK
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What next, now Rishi Sunak is prime minister?
Sunak might be seen to have more political nous than his two disgraced predecessors, but he’s an ideologically right-wing Tory from the right of the party. The fact that he’s presented as a pragmatic centrist shows how far to the right the party has swung.
Hundreds of thousands of NHS workers to ballot on strike action over pay
Around 350,000 members of Unison started voting this week on whether to strike over real terms pay cuts.
Even Nadine Dorries thinks Rishi Sunak is wrong not to attend COP27 as she clashes with Jacob Rees-Mogg
Sunak has also demoted the climate minister, kicking Graham Stuart out of Cabinet.
Why is there such little attention paid to corporate corruption that is damaging the UK?
‘Corporations excel in corrupt practices by funding political parties and legislators to ensure that their interests are prioritised.’
Action is needed to ensure our arts and cultural organisations do not become the victims of austerity
With austerity potentially on the horizon, arts and culture organisations must not be the victims of Liz Truss’s failed economic experiment and a misguided austerity response to it.
Therese Coffey in car crash interview when asked what she does in her own life to look after the environment
“Don’t worry about the rivers everyone. Therese Coffey is on the case. She’ll scoop out all that pollution with her permanent reusable cups.”
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of news from progressive outlets…
Outrage after Shell profits double while millions struggle with cost of living crisis
The company has reported operating profits of $9.5bn dollars (£8.19bn) which is more than double during the same period in 2021.
Ex-Tory chair tears into Suella Braverman saying she committed ‘multiple breaches’ of ministerial code
“From my own knowledge there were multiple breaches of the ministerial code”
No free trade deal should be agreed with India until it protects workers’ rights
Indian unions representing 47 million workers are urging the UK to suspend negotiations with Narendra Modi’s government until it respects basic international labour standards.