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Tories quietly publish ‘dangerous’ plan to neuter elections watchdog and undermine its independence
The proposals had been branded ‘extremely dangerous’ by the chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life when they were first suggested.
Liz Truss’s £235m cut to Environment Agency ‘doubled sewage discharge’
The Labour Party says its analysis shows that since 2016, when Truss was in charge of Defra – raw sewage discharge more than doubled from 14.7 per overflow in 2016 to 29.3 in 2021.
Who exactly are the Tory party members choosing our next Prime Minister?
The stakes couldn’t be higher, we don’t know their names, or exactly how many of them there are but they will choose our next leader.
Unite’s Sharon Graham takes apart claims of Felixstowe employers that they can’t afford pay rise for workers after record profits
“The second spike of inflation is actually down to profiteering and not wages”
Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week
A roundup of progressive news…
Labour takes biggest poll lead in ten years
If the results were repeated at a general election, Labour would win a 126 seat majority, with a string of prominent Tory MPs losing their seats, including Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Grant Shapps and Dominic Raab.
Jacob Rees-Mogg brutally mocked after being tipped to become levelling up secretary
‘If Jacob Rees Mogg becomes Levelling Up Secretary you can wave goodbye to the whole concept of levelling up’
Tory MP says Liz Truss’ economic policies will make people homeless
‘Liz Truss is talking about tax cuts that will help low-income households to the tune of £1 a week and yet it would help a household like mine to the tune of £30 a week. It’s simply not right.’
Liz Truss attacks British workers to deflect from Tory failings on the economy
‘The UK has serious problems of skills and low productivity, but they require policies. The idiotic worker-bashing comments by Liz Truss make headlines but offer no analysis of the problems or durable solutions.’
Liz Truss argued for cutting doctors’ pay and charging patients to see GPs, unearthed report shows
The report, entitled ‘Back to Black’, which was uncovered by TalkTV, also proposed cuts to the pensions, education and communities budgets as part of push to shrink the size of the state under the then Labour government.