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Rachel Reeves takes swipe at Liz Truss for helping richest families pay their energy bills as she sets out support for poorest households

Basit Mahmood
Today

Unlike Truss, the Chancellor has said that only the poorest households will get government support if the conflict pushes up gas and electricity charges.

A photo of the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivering the government's Spring Statement

Breaking: Reform finally drops mayoral candidate who told David Lammy to ‘go home’

Olivia Barber
Today

Chris Parry has been sacked after making numerous offensive comments on social media

Reform Mayoral Candidate Chris Parry

Reform’s Kent council approves wage increase for councillors

Basit Mahmood
Today

Now it turns out that the party’s council leader has broken another promise when it comes to giving members of the council a pay rise.

Reform Kent County Councillors

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Tory MPs use energy price hikes to argue for more drilling of oil and gas from North Sea

Basit Mahmood
5 January, 2022

In a letter to the Telegraph, the MPs ‘appeal for a new approach to energy security’,

A photo of an NHS protest with the Left Foot Forward logo in the top right corner

From the Editor: Our plan for a bigger and better LFF in 2022

Basit Mahmood
4 January, 2022

I thought I’d write this note to update you on where we are at LFF, our exciting plans for the year ahead and most of all to thank you, for your continued support.

Keir Starmer speaking at a lectern

Keir Starmer offers ‘contract with British people’ based on ‘security, prosperity and respect’

Basit Mahmood
4 January, 2022

Starmer said it was not unpatriotic to point out the country’s flaws

Sadiq Khan

Cannabis to be decriminalised in London by Sadiq Khan

Basit Mahmood
4 January, 2022

Police officers told not to arrest young people caught with cannabis, ketamine or speed as part of a pilot scheme.

Boris Johnson cop26

Voters think the government is doing a bad job on almost every major issue facing the country

Basit Mahmood
4 January, 2022

On the NHS, 70 percent say the government is doing a bad job, while on crime 59 percent say the government is performing badly.

Boris Johnson

Prof Prem Sikka: The Tory government has used the cover of Brexit for its never-ending class wars

Prem Sikka
1 January, 2022

‘Promises can enrol people but many can’t easily be delivered.’

UK was not fully prepared for the Covid pandemic

Burnt-out nurses working for free to keep NHS running – survey finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 December, 2021

Almost two years into the pandemic, and exhausted and overwhelmed nurses are working long hours, often without pay, in order to keep the NHS afloat, a new study has revealed.

Migrant crisis

UK is ‘losing its moral authority’: Calls ramped up for government to reopen safe routes for refugees

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 December, 2021

One of the most harrowing images of 2021 has to be that of a damaged inflatable dinghy that had been carrying refugees, washed up on a beach near Wimereux, France. The incident sparked a wave of dissent about the government’s tough immigration policies.

Cost of living crisis

The ‘year of the squeeze’: Cost of living set to be catastrophic in 2022, warns think-tank

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 December, 2021

With soaring energy bills and rising taxes, millions of UK families are on the brink of severe cost-of-living upheaval.

Brexit anniversary

Brexit anniversary: 60% of people think UK’s EU departure has gone badly wrong

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
31 December, 2021

From shortages of HGV drivers to tackle the petrol crisis, to empty supermarket shelves, 2021 has been awash with Brexit disruption. It comes as little surprise that six in ten voters say Brexit has gone badly wrong.

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