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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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Ex-Met chief disagrees that race did not influence failures in Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry investigation

Alexandra Warren
30 October, 2021

A police watchdog investigation found that failings in the case were not due to ethnicity.

Protesters from Coal Action Network set up a climate justice memorial at Lloyd’s of London.

Protestors target fossil fuel financiers on eve of Cop26 summit

Tommy Greene
30 October, 2021

Pressure is building on financial groups backing fossil fuel extraction schemes in the final run-up to the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow.

Olympic athletes among Extinction Rebellion protesters at ExxonMobil oil refinery

Alexandra Warren
30 October, 2021

The activists are calling on the government to end all fossil fuel investments.

Eustice brexit

Tory minister mocked after saying he’s ‘quite happy’ about Brexit even though economic impact will be twice as bad as pandemic

Basit Mahmood
29 October, 2021

“George Eustice describes himself as being “quite happy” about Brexit being twice as bad for the U.K. economy as the pandemic. What a time to be alive.”

Sunak Budget

Prof Prem Sikka: The Chancellor’s budget is a continuation of the government’s class wars

Prem Sikka
29 October, 2021

‘At a time of fragile economic recovery the government is squeezing household budgets, workers and pensioners. There is no sign of levelling-up.’

Sunak budget climate change

Why Rishi Sunak’s budget failed on climate change

Basit Mahmood
29 October, 2021

Faced with a choice of setting out an ambitiously green budget, on the eve of a global climate summit that the government will be hosting, Rishi Sunak opted for business as usual.

Local councils and net zero

Wera Hobhouse MP: Local government should be at the heart of the net zero transition

Wera Hobhouse MP
29 October, 2021

‘To effect the change we so urgently need, local authorities must embed zero carbon approaches to managing, funding, procuring, commissioning and delivering services but they need the sufficient resources to do this.’

Levelling up

Labour must use the budget to make levelling up the test of this government

Joshua Simons
28 October, 2021

‘Labour should welcome the thrust of the levelling up agenda but play on Keir’s biggest strength: that unlike Johnson, he is seen as competent, capable, and professional’. 

Sunak budget climate change

Diane Abbott MP: ‘Sunak is another Tory chancellor playing the role of Robin Hood in reverse’

Diane Abbott
28 October, 2021

‘The Resolution Foundation put it succinctly, ‘On taxes, by 2027 average households will be paying £3,000 more in taxes than when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.’

Online abuse

EXCLUSIVE: Voters say there should be criminal sanctions for bosses who fail to remove harmful content on their platforms

Basit Mahmood
28 October, 2021

69% of those asked believe there should be criminal proceedings against company directors who fail to tackle harmful, but not illegal, content on their platforms.

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