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Rishi Sunak’s 5 worst moments as Chancellor

Basit Mahmood
6 July, 2022

Although the list is quite a long one, we take a look at some of Sunak’s worst moments as chancellor…

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The government’s class war is impoverishing workers

Prem Sikka
24 June, 2022

Through wage freezes and cuts, the government is waging class war on workers

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Scottish independence would allow us to build a society based on hope, solidarity and human rights

Maggie Chapman
15 June, 2022

“With independence we can end the cycle of cruel and unaccountable Tory governments that we can do little to remove.”

Johnson at a school

Government shelves free school meals for tens of thousands of children

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
13 June, 2022

Boris Johnson is facing another backlash following the ditching of the free school meal extension for up to one million pupils.

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‘Too little, too late’: Frustration grows that Sunak’s measures were not introduced sooner

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
29 May, 2022

Following months of dithering and delay, the chancellor has finally acted to support families with the cost-of-living crisis. But for some, the measures are too little, too late.

Cost of living crisis

Prof Prem Sikka: Rishi Sunak’s measures fail to address the systemic factors behind the cost-of-living crisis

Prem Sikka
27 May, 2022

‘The government has failed to address the systemic factors behind the cost-of-living crisis. ‘

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Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, May 2022

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
25 May, 2022

The news you didn’t see this week…

Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak ridiculed after blaming old IT systems for not allowing him to raise benefits further

Basit Mahmood
17 May, 2022

‘He’s insulting your intelligence’

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons

Labour needs to unite around fighting the cost of living crisis

Dawn Butler
13 May, 2022

‘Labour is recovering, but we cannot reunite the country if we remain divided ourselves.’ 

Boris Johnson scratching his head

Levelling up? Majority of constituencies have fallen further behind since Johnson became PM

Basit Mahmood
12 May, 2022

Bloomberg analysis found that in 9 out of 12 metrics, the performance of most constituencies relative to London and the South East is now worse or unchanged compared to 2019’.

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