Kemi Badenoch slammed for citing ‘fantasy figure’ to claim families will be poorer under Labour
Keir Starmer called her out for using what she claimed was the OBR’s figure in PMQs
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The 91% fudge: How planning delays are being spun to hide a broken system
MHCLG’s latest figures say 91% of planning applications were decided on time in the last quarter of 2024. Housing columnist Chris Worrall explains why that figure hides the real story
Green Party co-leader accuses Keir Starmer of ‘dancing to Farage’s tune’ over small boats
‘The only way to stop people being forced into the hands of people smugglers is to introduce safe routes for people to seek safety in the UK.’
The return of disability scapegoating
Fast forward 14 years since the Sun’s repugnant ‘Beat the Cheat’ campaign, and the same misguided and exaggerated vilification of disabled people has resurfaced, this time under a Labour government.
Revealed: Young workers disproportionately affected by ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts
Only 8% of young workers would choose a zero-hours contract
Who is Sarah Pochin, Reform UK’s Runcorn and Helsby by-election candidate?
Sarah Pochin has a history of switching political allegiances
‘The chancellor can’t cut her way to growth’ – Unions react to Rachel Reeves’ spring statement
‘As the last 14 years have shown us, you cannot cut your way to growth.’
Clive Lewis slams Tories’ 14 years in government as an ‘unmitigated disaster’
‘David Cameron, George Osborne, austerity, Brexit, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss. It was an unmitigated 14-year disaster.’
‘The government needs to think about people’: A PIP recipient reacts to Labour’s plans to cut disability benefits
“When it comes to applying cuts and changes, the government needs to really look at the lives of people with learning disabilities”
Will the right unite – and how will the left respond?
If the right unites, especially if Dominic Cummings, the inveterate plotter and ‘strategic genius’ (Barnard Castle rather undermined the genius label) gets into bed with Farage, the left could be in trouble. How Labour responds will be crucial.
