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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

Christmas Day key workers’ pay lower than a decade ago

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2021

The TUC says many of those on duty on Christmas Day this year will be on low pay, especially in sectors like social care. 

COVID

There’s a progressive way to live with Covid that includes protecting the most vulnerable

Mike Buckley
23 December, 2021

‘A public debate framed around ongoing restrictions versus an unacceptable right-wing conception of ‘living with the virus’ is therefore profoundly unhelpful.’

Adam Afriyie

Tory MP who lobbied parliament about medical cannabis failed to declare his role in drug company

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2021

Conservative MP Adam Afriyie, who lobbied parliament about medical cannabis, failed to declare his role as chairman of a distribution company for the drug.

A photo of a pile of newspapers with the text 'Radical Roundup' overlaid

Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, December 2021

Basit Mahmood
22 December, 2021

The news you didn’t see this week…

Keir Starmer speaking at a lectern

Starmer overtakes Johnson in ‘who would make the best Prime Minister?’ metric for first time

Basit Mahmood
22 December, 2021

33% of the public say that Keir Starmer would make the best Prime Minister, compared to 31% who say the same for Boris Johnson.

Tory MPs without masks

The hypocrisy of Tory libertarians and their selective approach to liberty

Basit Mahmood
22 December, 2021

Where was the Tory outrage over the attacks on liberty over photo ID for elections or the attacks on the right to protest?

Boris Johnson scratching his head

Government ministers reported to police over their mishandling of the pandemic

Basit Mahmood
22 December, 2021

The Met Police told LFF they had no comment to make.

Rishi Sunak

‘Borders on insulting’: Sunak’s Covid £1bn bailout falls short on furlough

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 December, 2021

Excluding furlough and being a long time coming, the Chancellor’s support package for the hospitality sector announcement brings adverse reaction.

Gabriel Boric

‘At last, some good news’: UK left reacts to Gabriel Boric’s victory in Chile

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 December, 2021

In what has been hailed as a “victory for the left”, the young socialist’s win has enthused progressives around the world, including in the UK.

Boris Johnson scratching his head

Over half of 2019 Tory voters think Boris Johnson is dishonest – poll

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 December, 2021

‘I no longer trust the Conservative party and have only ever voted for them.’

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