MPs across the political spectrum condemn Trump’s claims about NATO troops
“The president was wrong to diminish the role of Nato troops, including British forces in Afghanistan”
Nigel Farage pledges to appoint Brexiteer as Bank of England governor
The Reform leader has been condemned for wanting to politicise the Bank of England
Jon Trickett MP: Labour’s fiscal rules are fuelling stagnation and political disaffection
A posture designed to calm nerves in opposition has solidified into a constraint that now shapes every major policy choice
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Kenny MacAskill MP: How we can break the constitutional logjam in Scotland before a referendum
Kenny MacAskill argues that there are changes that can be made to the constitutional settlement without a referendum.
EXCLUSIVE: Polling reveals voters’ anger at penny-pinching pupil catch up funding
Ministers’ total package works out at around £310 per pupil – compared with an equivalent total funding of £1,600 per pupil in the US, and £2,500 in the Netherlands.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, June 2021
Legal limbo, uni strikes, deportation victory, and banning fire-and-rehire: just some of what got spiked this week.
Minority communities have struggled to get fair health treatment for too long. The vaccine programme shows the way
The NHS has a long way to go in restoring trust among some minority communities, but the vaccine programme is a strong start, a Department of Health and Social Care adviser writes.
Scottish independence campaigners are planning to occupy London
The Queen’s estates, Westminster, and even nuclear sites are among targets in the next phase of the Scottish independence campaign, Derek McArthur writes.
EXCLUSIVE: Voters say PM was wrong to get jet to Cornwall for G7
“When it comes to tackling the climate emergency, the UK Government is very good at talking up their climate credentials, but completely fails to follow through with the urgent steps needed.”
EXCLUSIVE: Tories plan raid on trade union finances
Ministers have snuck out proposals for a stealth tax on union funds.
Wendy Chamberlain MP: We need to expose the Tories’ Young Parent Penalty
Universal Credit is unfairly hitting young parents in the pocket.
The setting Sun: Murdoch paper valued at ZERO by News Corp
Legal fees from the phone hacking scandal as well as the the pandemic saw News Group Newspapers lose £200 million last year.
Government’s FOI guidelines breach deemed ‘corrosive to our democracy’ by Labour MP
All FOI requests should be dealt with equally and on an ‘applicant blind’ basis’.