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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

Covid

Report by MPs says government’s response to Covid was ‘one of the worst ever public health failures’

Basit Mahmood
12 October, 2021

The UK has one of the world’s highest death tolls from Covid, with more than 138,000 deaths

Priti Patel

Amnesty International warns of “unprecedented programme of rights reversal” by the government

Basit Mahmood
11 October, 2021

“Ordinary people have fought hard and often bitter battles to achieve these rights – and we mustn’t let them be struck out by politicians who think they are merely getting in their way.”

Boris Johnson Tory corruption

5 major crises facing the UK as Boris Johnson jets off to holiday in Spain

Basit Mahmood
11 October, 2021

Industry leaders have warned that factories face closure within days without government help.

Boris Johnson speaking at a desk

Boris Johnson slammed for jetting off to ‘£25,000-a-week Marbella hideaway’ during energy crisis

Basit Mahmood
11 October, 2021

“The timing couldn’t be worse. But it’s like he doesn’t even care. He’s got an 80-seat majority and he just thinks everything will be fine.”

EXCLUSIVE: Majority of people think police are not doing enough to tackle violence against women

Alexandra Warren
10 October, 2021

The polling comes after the Met has faced criticism for their attitude towards violence against women following the murder of Sarah Everard.

Protesters against antisemitism

EXCLUSIVE: Voters think police have problem with antisemitism, poll finds

Alexandra Warren
10 October, 2021

“Jewish confidence in the police is not helped by revelations of police officers affiliated to neo-Nazi groups or who participate in racist WhatsApp groups.”

Human rights groups slam Newcastle United takeover by Saudi investment fund as “tool for erasing human rights abuse”

Alexandra Warren
10 October, 2021

The Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test does not prohibit those complicit in acts of torture, slavery, human trafficking or war crimes. 

Empty homes in England rise to half a million while 100,000 families are in temporary accommodation

Alexandra Warren
9 October, 2021

“The wrong kind of housing is being built – they are unaffordable to anyone on an average income.”

EXCLUSIVE: Voters think police have a problem with class bias, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
8 October, 2021

‘It is a reality that across the socioeconomic spectrum, working class communities are policed disproportionately, with those who are working class being identified as potentially criminal far more often than their middle class counterparts’.

Levelling up

Prof Prem Sikka: The government’s obsession with neoliberalism isn’t creating prosperity or happiness

Prem Sikka
8 October, 2021

‘The government could help households by freezing rents, energy and train fare prices. It could eliminate profiteering by bringing vital industries such as gas, water, electricity and railways into public ownership, but that is not on its agenda.’

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