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Reform candidate Matthew Goodwin shown to be bad-mouthing Manchester in resurfaced clip

Basit Mahmood
Today

The clip was shared by the Labour Party where Goodwin was criticised

Matt Goodwin

PMQs: Tories mocked as shadow minister says the party is “getting stronger” despite Reform defections

Olivia Barber
Today

“Funny joke!”

Andrew Griffith gets mocked at PMQs

Dawn Butler MP: As AI develops at an eye-watering pace and abuse increases, we need a digital bill of rights

Dawn Butler
Today

We must legislate to place firm guardrails around the individual, ensuring that our rights are protected regardless of how technology changes. We need to bolster our civil rights.

Latest Posts

Nadine Dorries speaking at a lectern

Nadine Dorries’s popularity plunges among Tory members, new poll finds

Basit Mahmood
1 August, 2022

Dorries was also condemned by Tory MPs over the weekend after sharing an image of Rishi Sunak about to knife Boris Johnson.

Tory leadership debate

‘Reactionary and regressive’: Tory leadership candidates slammed for promising the return of grammar schools

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 July, 2022

“How anyone can still argue that grammar schools are the magic wand to improve our broken education system beggars belief.”

Picket line

Petition to protect the right to strike garners thousands of signatures

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 July, 2022

As Truss and Sunak are branded “Thatcher tribute acts” for threatening the right to strike, momentum builds to secure this fundamental right.

A photo of coins on top of an article explaining that Energy companies are raising prices

Calls grow to bring energy back into public ownership, as companies report record-breaking profit

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 July, 2022

Reports of record-breaking profit for energy giants amid surging energy prices for households and a cost-of-living crisis, has sparked criticism and calls for energy to be brought into public ownership.

Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham’s plans to reform city region’s buses given the green light by Court of Appeal

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 July, 2022

“Brilliant news for the people of Greater Manchester.”

London

Prem Sikka: The $63.2 trillion shadow banking industry is likely to be site of the next financial crash

Prem Sikka
29 July, 2022

Private equity is a key part of shadow banking and has been buying-up many businesses. What private equity entails is private equity firms using funds raised from institutional investors to acquire and engage in buyouts of businesses.

CWU

BT and Openreach workers begin strike in first national telecoms walkout since 1987

Basit Mahmood
29 July, 2022

More than 40,000 workers are expected to walk out today, with a second strike planned for Monday.

Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler MP: There is nothing more aspirational than fighting alongside a trade union

Dawn Butler
29 July, 2022

‘Trade unions are the aspirational vehicle for working class people. They are how workers organise to have a good rate of pay, good sick pay, a decent retirement, and a reasonable work-life balance.’

Photo of a gas hob

France decides to extend energy price cap measure to the end of 2022

Basit Mahmood
29 July, 2022

The country first froze gas prices in October 2021 and also capped electricity prices from increasing by no more than 4 percent.

Refugees

Sarah Olney MP: It Is Beyond Time for the UK to Reform Its Refugee and Asylum System

Sarah Olney
28 July, 2022

‘As it stands, there is a severe lack of safe and legal routes to the UK for the vast majority of refugees.’

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