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We will be returning on Monday 5th January with more hard-hitting news and comment, written by and for the UK left.
A roundup of progressive news…
The prime minister has “clearly clocked off”
“You would have thought that meeting the first woman leader of the largest Muslim umbrella body would be welcomed and applauded”
The views of the party membership are in stark contrast to the concerns of the majority of the country, with a poll in April finding that 64% of all voters supported the government’s plans to hit the net zero target.
Britain sits at the bottom of the league for pay growth among the world’s seven advanced economies.
Spain has announced free tickets for its rail services, and the UK government is being urged to follow suit.
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.
Despite the government’s persistent levelling up rhetoric, poorer cities, predominantly in the north, are being hit harder by the cost of living crisis.
We now have a zombie government that carries with it the real risk of paralysing the country at the worst possible time.
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”.
