Thames Water fine reprieve sparks outrage over “rewarding failure”
“This nonsense must be, should be, has to be and will be opposed.”
Woke-bashing of the week: The great Easter ‘outrage’ that wasn’t
It’s a depressingly familiar pattern, a carefully framed image, paired with a provocative narrative, travels faster than the truth, especially when it taps into pre-existing grievances about so-called ‘wokeness.’
Right-wing media watch – War, what war? The Express chooses Farage fan adulation over reality
Brown’s account of Farage’s campaign stops borders on the reverential. Even anonymous praise from a party candidate, “he’s going to change everything for the better,” is relayed without challenge.
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The government saw Flybe’s collapse coming. What next?
The airline’s problems go way beyond coronavirus.
The fight to save the BBC from Tory ideologues is on
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Budget 2020: The government must turn Britain’s divided economy around. Here’s how
Next Wednesday’s budget is an opportunity for the government to bring the country back from the brink, writes Prof Prem Sikka
MPs slam DWP’s ‘shocking’ handling of benefit claimant suicides
An influential committee has condemned the department’s total lack of proper processes when it comes to welfare claimants taking their own lives.
Labour MP: Don’t sanction benefit claimants quarantined over coronavirus
Universal Credit is notoriously unflexible.
Wilko threatens to cut company sick pay
It will lead to more staff going to work when ill.