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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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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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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’

Climate change

Mike Buckley: How the Labour Party can lead on climate change

Mike Buckley
4 November, 2021

‘Labour and other opposition parties should call out Government hypocrisy and double standards but should be wary of making it a partisan issue.’

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‘Staggering Hypocrisy’: Boris Johnson slammed for ‘taking private jet after COP26 to meet climate sceptic pal’

Basit Mahmood
4 November, 2021

‘The mask slips’.

Owen Paterson vote

Anti-corruption experts say Tory move to scrap sleaze watchdog is ‘behaviour consistent with state capture’

Basit Mahmood
4 November, 2021

‘In a case where evidence that the rules have been breached is so clear, this attempt to undermine the process is another example of those in power acting like the rules don’t apply to them.’

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Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 1, November 2021

Basit Mahmood
3 November, 2021

The news you didn’t see this week…

Boris Johnson

Another Boris Johnson lie at PMQs: Labour did not want to take the UK out of NATO

Basit Mahmood
3 November, 2021

During Prime Minister’s Questions today, Boris Johnson told another lie. He claimed that the Labour Party would have wanted to pull the UK out of NATO and tried to abolish the army.

Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott MP: No one in public life must endure the abuse and death threats that I have had to deal with

Diane Abbott
3 November, 2021

‘Very sadly, dealing with online abuse and death threats has been a standard part of both mine and my staff’s day-to-day life for many years now.’

Owen Paterson sleaze

Why the Tory amendment to let Owen Paterson off the hook kills standards in public life

Basit Mahmood
3 November, 2021

It undermines the independence of the very body that was set up to scrutiny the practices of elected officials.’

Owen paterson sleaze

Tory sleaze: Outrage as Conservative MPs change sleaze rules to protect one of their own

Basit Mahmood
3 November, 2021

The unprecedented action to protect Owen Paterson MP, has also received the backing of prime minister Boris Johnson who is supporting the efforts to overthrow an independent inquiry

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Legitimacy of climate pacts reached at COP26 at risk due to lack of representation from Global South

Tommy Greene
2 November, 2021

The Cop 26 coalition group highlighted that thousands of people at the frontline of the climate crisis in the Global South faced exclusion from the talks

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