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Calls for a 6% increase to benefits to protect low-income families amid cost of living crisis
'There has long been a profound mismatch between what those with a low income have, and what they need to get by'
Jon Trickett: Government’s levelling up plans fall at the first hurdle
‘Only a radical economic transformation will work. But the Tories will never spearhead such a vision.’
Prof Prem Sikka: The government is plumbing to new depths of waste, incompetence and fraud
'The latest evidence of incompetence is in the annual report and accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care for the period ended 31 March 2021.'
Levelling up? 2 key facts that show how the country has become less equal under the Tories
Cuts to English council and schools’ spending have been larger in more deprived areas.
The Downing Street farce of ‘partygate’ is in danger of obscuring some very serious problems
'The government’ s cost of living crisis is entirely of its own making'
Five urgent policies dwarfed by ‘partygate’ chaos
Preoccupied with self-inflicted ‘bring your own booze’ garden parties and ‘cheese and wine’ controversies, political agenda the country desperately needs is being starved of attention.