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Ex-Labour minister ‘will step down as MP’ with Andy Burnham predicted to run in by-election

Basit Mahmood
Today

Labour Party sources have also expressed concern about the implications of any contest for the Greater Manchester Mayorality, with costs expected to run into hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Andy Burnham

Reform MP Sarah Pochin sides with Trump on Greenland dispute

Basit Mahmood
Today

It just goes to show that rather than standing up for democracy and the right of self-determination, Reform would be more than happy to trash international law and order.

Sarah Pochin speaking at the Christians for Reform launch

Nigel Farage criticised for going to Davos and undermining the UK’s position on Greenland

Olivia Barber
Today

“He doesn’t want to be PM, he wants to be the Governor of the 51st State.”

Nigel Farage speaking in Davos

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A placard with text reading "There is no planet B"

‘Global warming is not a problem’ says board member of Net Zero Watch which is backed by Tory MPs

Basit Mahmood
8 November, 2021

Lord Lawson claims that more CO2 emissions have only served to “warm the planet slightly”

Strikes at universities look likely this side of Christmas

‘More work for less reward’: Academics support strike action in new vote on pension cuts

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 November, 2021

University strike dispute intensifies as academics at 37 institutions support industrial action.

Empty supermarket shelves show the true cost of Brexit

Brexit swipes £17bn off UK trade with EU in 3 months – watchdog finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
7 November, 2021

A spending watchdog has confirmed the devastating impact Brexit has had on UK trade with Europe.

Training must be given to support transition to clean energy jobs

#COP26: Transition to clean energy must not come at expense of workers – campaigners warn

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
6 November, 2021

The mistakes of the past cannot be repeated, and workers must be put at the heart of the transition to green energy, COP26 leaders are told.

Kwasi Kwarteng suggests the standards commissioner's future is in doubt over the Owen Paterson lobbying affair.

Tory sleaze row: Calls made for probe into Kwarteng’s standards commissioner resignation comments

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
6 November, 2021

Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has been accused of bullying parliament’s independent regulator Kathryn Stone out of her job.

Local councils and net zero

COP26 mining statements obscure developed world’s ‘green extractivism’ plans

Tommy Greene
5 November, 2021

‘Many wealthy nations’ green transition strategies rely on a model characterised by industrial-scale extraction of finite metal and mineral reserves, while leaving commodity production and consumption unchecked.’

Owen Paterson vote

No10 refuses to deny Owen Paterson will be offered a peerage in future

Basit Mahmood
5 November, 2021

Boris Johnson’s spokesman repeatedly refuses to deny on the record that the prime minister offered Owen Paterson a peerage yesterday, or plans to give him one in the future.

£10 notes pegged to a washing line

Prof Prem Sikka: The government has no real plan to recoup £27bn lost to Covid loan fraudsters

Prem Sikka
5 November, 2021

‘The UK government’s obsession with light-touch regulation could cost taxpayers £27bn, which is more than the annual public expenditure on social care.’

National Trust

How climate sceptic groups are linked to attempts to take control of the National Trust

Basit Mahmood
5 November, 2021

The National Trust has a range of policies designed to reduce carbon emissions. These could come under threat.

A placard with text reading "There is no planet B"

Chair of the Climate Change Committee ‘letting Northern Ireland go rogue’ on climate commitments, say campaigners

Tommy Greene
4 November, 2021

‘Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK and Ireland without dedicated climate legislation’

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