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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

Liz Truss

New Brexit minister said exiting EU would be an economic disaster

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 December, 2021

Liz Truss is a former Remainer who announced a series of dismal warnings about the consequences of Brexit during the 2016 referendum campaign.

Jon Trickett Covid vaccinations

Jon Trickett: It’s time to waive the patents on vaccines

Jon Trickett
21 December, 2021

‘If we do not act now, then we will have turned our backs on the poorest people on Earth and the whole world will suffer the consequences.’

A pile of newspapers with text overlaid reading "Voices on the Left"

Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2021

A roundup of progressive news

Dominic Raab

Dominic Raab contradicts No 10 while attempting to defend image of PM and staff enjoying cheese and wine in lockdown

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2021

At the time the photo was taken, social mixing between households was limited to two people, who could only meet outdoors and at a distance of at least 2 metres

Boris Johnson

Lord Frost’s resignation shows how Boris Johnson’s Brexit chickens are coming home to roost

Tony Burke
20 December, 2021

‘The writing was on the wall months ago when Joe Biden closed the door on any quick trade deal with the UK and warned Johnson about risking the Good Friday Agreement.’

Vaccination centre in London

Warning issued about using the NHS as a vaccination service every few months

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
19 December, 2021

The head of the Covid vaccination programme has issued caution about reorienting the NHS to vaccination every three to six months.

EU citizens in UK

Government faces legal action over Home Office’s treatment of EU citizens in UK

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
19 December, 2021

A statutory body created to protect the rights of EU citizens living in Britain post-Brexit has launched a legal challenge against the Home Office.

Boarded up pubs

‘Economically illiterate and morally wrong’: Calls for the government to bailout beleaguered hospitality sector

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 December, 2021

A far cry from the ‘Eat Out To Help Out’ mantra of the summer 2020, the people of Britain are being urged to limit trips to the pub, as omicron variant cases soar.

Priti Patel

Mass protest planned against Nationality and Borders Bill outside Downing Street

Basit Mahmood
17 December, 2021

The protest will take place on Sunday at 1pm outside Downing Street

Brexit

Leave voters turn their back on Johnson’s Brexit deal – report finds

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
17 December, 2021

After living with the UK-EU trade deal for almost a year, opinion among Brexiteers on the merits of the deal negotiated by Prime Minister is leaning from approval to disproval.

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