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Boris Johnson faces a backbench rebellion larger than his parliamentary majority
As many as 80 Tory MPs are expected to rebel against the government.
Raab gets his numbers wrong in two interviews: Claims there are 250 people in hospital with omicron – then 9 before officials correct him
He claimed to have misheard the question on Sky News.
Tory MP faces backlash after comparing vaccine passports to Nazi Germany
‘Grotesque historical ignorance no excuse.’
Richard Heller: An open letter to David Lammy on how to deal with the threats posed by the Chinese government
‘Your principal task is to lead, co-ordinate and inspire resistance to the multiple threats to our country from the government (not the people) of mainland China’
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Met Police won’t investigate Downing Street despite photographic evidence of Boris Johnson hosting Christmas quiz ‘in breach of Covid laws’
The Met says it’s statement from last week still stands. ie there is insufficient evidence to investigate
Half of UK families are £110 worse off a year since the 2019 General Election
300,000 more families are living in poverty now than in 2019, highlighting once more how Tory claims of ‘levelling up’ are just rhetoric.
The Tories could learn from the EU when it comes to protecting those in low-paid work and the gig economy
‘The European Commission is proposing new laws to protect ‘digital platform’ and precarious workers.’
Lowest funded councils join forces to call for ‘levelling up’ funding fix
Some of the lowest paid local authorities in England are calling on the government to provide a £300m temporary injection to their finances.
Moderna and Pfizer shares skyrocket by almost £8bn in week after omicron discovery
The scale of the profiteering from the pandemic by pharmaceutical giants comes amid warnings that coronavirus variants will keep surfacing unless wealthy nations and vaccine manufacturers do more to address vaccination inequity.