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Toby Young and James Delingpole’s podcast is hilarious
As an anthropological experiment, I listened to two whole episodes of the London Calling podcast, and I actually quite enjoyed myself.
The energy price crisis is also down to the UK’s obsession with privatisation
This week Shell reported that its profits have increased from $4.85bn to $19.3bn as rising energy prices have filled its coffers.
Calls for a 6% increase to benefits to protect low-income families amid cost of living crisis
‘There has long been a profound mismatch between what those with a low income have, and what they need to get by’
How we can reverse the financialisation of the care sector
The care sector is only one example of how financialisation – the turning of society to serve finance, rather than seeing finance serve society is a leader, in the wrong direction
The government’s latest attempt to make Brexit work will fail
Boris Johnson says the Brexit Freedom’s Bill will help the UK become “the number one place invest and do business because of freedoms that we have.”
‘How about we get what we were promised’: Andy Burnham hits out at Tories’ Northern Powerhouse remarks
As the government finally publishes the long-waited ‘levelling up’ white paper, the Manchester mayor blasts MPs for suggesting the city ‘should be grateful’ for scaled-back rail plans.
‘Hugely outrageous’: Raab under fire for inaccurate claims on rape conviction rates
The deputy PM has been slammed for making false accusations that Starmer oversaw falling rape and sexual offence conviction rates while director of the Crown Prosecution Service.
Energy crisis: Shell reports ‘momentous year’ as households face 50% rise in bills
As families face soaring energy bills, the oil giant celebrates a 14-fold rise in profits, sparking fresh calls for a windfall tax.
Brexit: ‘The case for divergence has in most cases not been made’
‘More consequential in the long run is Johnson’s rediscovered desire to push Brexit to its absolute limit, regardless of the consequences for the economy, British businesses or Britain’s relationship with our European partners.’
Jon Trickett: Government’s levelling up plans fall at the first hurdle
‘Only a radical economic transformation will work. But the Tories will never spearhead such a vision.’