Nigel Farage brutally mocked after trying to explain why Reform MPs walked out of PMQs
“Petulant hissy fit man having highlighted the very reason why he is unfit for office then plays on it to the crowd of paying gullibles.”
Reform’s growing list of policy U-turns
Reform has dropped its pledge to part-nationalise water and energy companies in its latest U-turn
Reform’s year in power in local government: A year of tax rises, cuts and defections
Nothing but broken promises, council tax rises and infighting among its councillors.
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Met Police to issue 20 fines for lockdown parties in Downing Street and Whitehall
In January, the force had launched an investigation into 12 events where COVID restrictions may have been breached in 2020 and 2021
Jon Trickett MP: Why we need an inflation-proofed pay increase for public sector workers
‘The erosion of employees’ pay requires bold action from the government. If they do not ensure that pay keeps pace with living costs, the backlash from workers will grow.’
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Energy strategy Boris Johnson promised ‘in days’ has been delayed again amid standoff with Rishi Sunak
Sunak is said to have told colleagues ‘he wants to turn off the spending taps and that every “marginal pound” should go towards tax cuts’.
Cleaners at Facebook face “intolerable” workloads: A worker speaks out
‘This Facebook dispute represents another case study in the dark underbelly of billionaire tech firms’
Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement is ‘making things worse’ amid the cost of living crisis, says Tory MP
‘My view of the Treasury’s economic strategy is that there isn’t one.’
Solidarity builds for sacked P&O workers as protestors gather at ports
The fight for the dismissed P&O Ferries’ employees to win back their jobs moved up a gear this weekend with demonstrations held in the UK and beyond.
‘Spring slaughter’: Exhausted NHS staff respond to Sunak’s statement
‘My hospital is full of Covid patients. I’m tired of being a nurse. My cupboards only have foodbank food. I have no petrol. I’m frightened to put the heating on.’
Shell accused of eyeing crude profit in possible Cambo oil field U-turn
By re-entering the controversial oil development project, Shell would ‘stand to gain billions in the midst of wartime price hikes.’
Objectivity of appointment of Lord Grade as new Ofcom chair called into question
‘This says everything about our government. He’s white, male, ancient, pale, stale, anti-BBC, anti-Channel 4.’