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The shocking statistics which show how desperate the Daily Mail was for Liz Truss to become PM
“The fact that Mordaunt ultimately lost out to the Mail’s favoured candidate Liz Truss, who has gone on to win election as Prime Minister, shows how powerful newspapers still are in politics.”
11 trade unions launch legal challenge against government’s strike-breaking legislation
“The right to strike is a fundamental British liberty. But the government is attacking it in broad daylight.”
Campaign launched to oppose Liz Truss’ plans to approve the biggest oil field in the North Sea
‘Rosebank won’t do anything to lower our energy bills, or make our energy supply safer.’
Another crushing blow for Brexit Britain: Liz Truss admits US trade deal out of reach
“There aren’t currently any negotiations taking place with the US and I don’t have any expectation that those are going to start in the short to medium term.”
Truss sacks Zac Goldsmith as environment minister, sparking animal welfare and climate action concerns
The move has raised further fears about the PM’s commitment to tackling climate change.
Fresh rail strikes threaten to throw Tory conference into chaos
The train strikes look set to disrupt people travelling to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.
The Tories’ energy package is a bailout for private sector profits
‘It is far better to end poverty and bring the energy sector into public ownership. We can’t afford privatisation.’
First they lose their home, then they lose their community – the impact of out of area placements on homeless people
A new charity report sheds light on out of area placements
DWP criticised for rejecting calls to pause Universal Credit payment deductions during cost-of-living crisis
‘The deductions policy is acting as a recruiting sergeant for food banks.’
Report shows little progress in identifying earthquake risk, as drilling licences expected to be issued next week
As fracking companies call for earthquake limits to be reduced and exploratory drilling could start as early as next week, a report shows reducing and predicting earthquake risk remains a ‘scientific challenge’