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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

Latest Posts

Tory MP advocates for betting industry despite getting paid to advise on safer gambling

Lucy Skoulding
30 December, 2021

Laurence Robertson MP has been advocating for the betting industry after previously being criticised for a conflict of interest

10 of the most prominent protest campaigns that defined 2021

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
30 December, 2021

It has been a year of major protests and unrest, illustrative of the staying power of many movements and the increasing grievances about those in power.

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Anti-trans rhetoric is fuelling hate crimes and making UK an increasingly dangerous place

Cassandra Roxburgh
30 December, 2021

The number of transphobic hate crimes in the UK has risen by 332% since 2014-15

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Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 5, December 2021

Basit Mahmood
29 December, 2021

The news you didn’t see this week…

Boris Johnson scratching his head

Messier and messier: Boris Johnson’s biggest blunders of 2021

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 December, 2021

As rumour about the embattled PM’s future fizzes, we look back on Johnson’s second full year of office – 12 months beset with epic gaffes, U-turns, rebellions and clangers.

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson falls to his lowest ever rating among Tory members

Basit Mahmood
29 December, 2021

The dire ratings for Johnson were reported in ConservativeHome yesterday, following a survey of party members.

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My 5 favourite LFF articles of 2021

Chris Jarvis
29 December, 2021

Chris Jarvis gives his highlights of Left Foot Forward’s outputs in 2021

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Mail Online breached accuracy clause with headline claiming there are “British towns that are no-go areas for white people”, IPSO rules

Basit Mahmood
24 December, 2021

The misleading headline on ‘no-go zones’ also led to complaints being made to IPSO.

Keir Starmer speaking at a lectern

Labour hints it could hold back in Lib Dem-facing constituencies to deny the Tories a majority

LFF Reporter
24 December, 2021

‘I will focus my party on those target seats, on the places where we can win and we know we have to win.’

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Why our MP Paul Bristow is wrong about the Nationality and Borders Bill

Amjad Iqbal Shabina Qayyum
24 December, 2021

‘The Borders Bill fundamentally undermines the UK’s obligations under international refugee law.’

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