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Number 10 says Andy Burnham was told in advance he would be rejected as Labour by-election candidate

Basit Mahmood
Today

No 10 “therefore interpret his application as an explicit attempt to destabilise Starmer and sow dissent, rather than – which he claims – see off the threat from Reform”

Andy Burnham

Why it’s time for CEO-to-worker pay caps

Paddy Goffey
Today

A new approach based on CEO to worker pay gap caps could ensure execs are committed to providing a public good, as opposed to being driven solely by financial incentives.

£10 notes pegged to a washing line

Reform councillors condemned over posts backing ICE officers in U.S. after fatal shooting

Basit Mahmood
Today

Pretti’s family have hit out at the ‘sickening lies told about our son by the Trump administration’.

Reform UK

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Basit Mahmood
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A rather bizarre defence.

Conservative Party Chair Ben Elliot

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Basit Mahmood
1 June, 2022

‘Charities should not be used for political gain.’

Andrew Bailey

Top CEOs pocket £3.6m in pay figures, so where’s the Bank of England’s call for pay restraint?

Basit Mahmood
31 May, 2022

‘CEOs are pocketing around £3.6 million in pay, while others face the appalling choice of whether they can heat or eat’

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons

Labour takes 11-point lead in the polls as Boris Johnson faces growing calls to quit

Basit Mahmood
31 May, 2022

The results present the largest Labour lead in a Savanta ComRes poll since the start of February.

Cost of living crisis

Supermarkets warn Boris Johnson return to imperial measures will push up prices and worsen cost of living crisis

Basit Mahmood
31 May, 2022

‘Reintroducing measurements in pounds and ounces would be a “distraction” from the huge problems facing the country’.

Boris Johnson

Vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson inches closer as letters pile up

Basit Mahmood
31 May, 2022

Following the publication of the Sue Gray report, the number of Tory MPs openly calling for Johnson to quit has grown, with three new names surfacing on Monday

A pile of newspapers with text overlaid reading "Voices on the Left"

Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
30 May, 2022

A roundup of progressive news…

UK tax authority admits it’s clueless about how much tax is being evaded through offshore assets

Basit Mahmood
30 May, 2022

‘UK residents had £850bn in financial accounts overseas — of which £570bn was based in tax havens — in 2019, the latest year HMRC has released statistics for.’

Local councils and net zero

Government ‘on the cusp’ of approving controversial coal mine in Cumbria

Thomas Perrett
30 May, 2022

The mine, if its development continues, will be the latest in a series of misguided policies.

Sue Gray report

Civil servants ‘lobbied Sue Gray to remove names’ from Partygate report

Basit Mahmood
30 May, 2022

It is alleged that initially up to 30 names had been scheduled to be featured in the report, however in the end the report included just 15.

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