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Calls grow for UK to make public transport free to ease cost of living burden
Spain has announced free tickets for its rail services, and the UK government is being urged to follow suit.
‘Anti-woke’ hysteria dominates Tory leadership campaigns, peddled by right-wing press
The race for the top job has been turned into a ‘culture war’, with barely a mention of how to help the most vulnerable and tackle the cost of living crisis.
Inflation 30% higher in northern cities, as north-south divide deepens – report shows
Despite the government’s persistent levelling up rhetoric, poorer cities, predominantly in the north, are being hit harder by the cost of living crisis.
Dominic Raab pulls out of planned appearance before the joint committee on human rights
We now have a zombie government that carries with it the real risk of paralysing the country at the worst possible time.
Prem Sikka: Why the government’s Windfall Tax on oil and gas companies doesn’t go far enough
The 25% tax is only on selected profits of oil and gas companies, mainly North Sea profits of what the legislation calls “ring fence trade”.
RMT’s Eddie Dempsey praised for superb performances against media
“The profits of the top FTSE companies have gone up 73% since 2019. When are we going to ask if they’re greedy?”
Nadine Dorries ridiculed for claiming a ‘coup’ brought down Boris Johnson
“Has Nadine Dorries forgotten that she did the exact same thing to Theresa May?”
Penny Mordaunt has accepted thousands of pounds in donations from donor linked to climate denial group
Mordaunt received the donation from a firm called ‘First Corporate Consultants, owned by Terence Mordaunt – a renowned critic of established climate change science’.
Councils have to subsidise private schools to the tune of £144 million per year because of their charitable status, new research finds
Private schools in England and Wales receive public subsidy through local taxation relief, having to pay only 20 percent of their tax assessments as a result of relief on business rates. State schools, meanwhile, must pay the full rate.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 2, July 2022
The news you didn’t see this week…