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Nigel Farage refuses to commit to probing deputy’s corporation tax amid reports he failed to pay £100,000

Basit Mahmood
Today

Farage is choosing to bury his head in the sand

Richard Tice goes on lengthy rant about an investigation into his taxes

Reform looks to win control of council but will not commit to policies before local elections

Olivia Barber
Today

Reform has not published a manifesto and said it will not commit to any policies until after the elections

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Reform candidate says he wants to ‘blast’ all Muslims ‘off the face of the earth’

Basit Mahmood
Today

Daniel Devaney, one of Reform’s candidates in Bradford said he wanted to “blast [Muslims] all of the face of the earth [sic]”.

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Latest Posts

Training must be given to support transition to clean energy jobs

#COP26: Transition to clean energy must not come at expense of workers – campaigners warn

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
6 November, 2021

The mistakes of the past cannot be repeated, and workers must be put at the heart of the transition to green energy, COP26 leaders are told.

Kwasi Kwarteng suggests the standards commissioner's future is in doubt over the Owen Paterson lobbying affair.

Tory sleaze row: Calls made for probe into Kwarteng’s standards commissioner resignation comments

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
6 November, 2021

Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has been accused of bullying parliament’s independent regulator Kathryn Stone out of her job.

Local councils and net zero

COP26 mining statements obscure developed world’s ‘green extractivism’ plans

Tommy Greene
5 November, 2021

‘Many wealthy nations’ green transition strategies rely on a model characterised by industrial-scale extraction of finite metal and mineral reserves, while leaving commodity production and consumption unchecked.’

Owen Paterson vote

No10 refuses to deny Owen Paterson will be offered a peerage in future

Basit Mahmood
5 November, 2021

Boris Johnson’s spokesman repeatedly refuses to deny on the record that the prime minister offered Owen Paterson a peerage yesterday, or plans to give him one in the future.

£10 notes pegged to a washing line

Prof Prem Sikka: The government has no real plan to recoup £27bn lost to Covid loan fraudsters

Prem Sikka
5 November, 2021

‘The UK government’s obsession with light-touch regulation could cost taxpayers £27bn, which is more than the annual public expenditure on social care.’

National Trust

How climate sceptic groups are linked to attempts to take control of the National Trust

Basit Mahmood
5 November, 2021

The National Trust has a range of policies designed to reduce carbon emissions. These could come under threat.

A placard with text reading "There is no planet B"

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.’

Boris Johnson cop26

‘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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