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Lib Dem conference

Liberal Democrats vote for a Guaranteed Basic Income

Hannah Davenport
18 March, 2023 (2 days ago)

The policy was heralded as a ‘powerful ambition to eradicate poverty’

Rishi Sunak speaking at the dispatch box in the House of Commons at PMQs

A graph which perfectly sums up Tory economic failure

Basit Mahmood
16 March, 2023 (4 days ago)

Living standards are expected to undergo the largest two-year decline since records began in 1956-57.

Hunt

Jeremy Hunt slammed for tax giveaway to the richest 1% while ordinary people struggle

Basit Mahmood
16 March, 2023 (4 days ago)

‘Not a dickie bird on public sector pay.’

Jeremy Hunt

Why the budget fails ordinary people and benefits the rich

Prem Sikka
16 March, 2023 (4 days ago)

Instead of addressing the real problems faced by people, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s budget has delivered the usual cocktail of austerity, low wages, higher taxes for the masses, and tax cuts for corporations and the rich.

Lee Anderson

Tory MP Lee Anderson slammed for appalling comments claiming families are ‘abusing’ foodbanks

Basit Mahmood
2 March, 2023 (3 weeks ago)

‘Lee Anderson MP demonises the poor whilst eating meals we subsidise for him, living in a home we heat for him & paying for the journeys he makes’

Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan praised for extending free school meals to every primary school child in London

Basit Mahmood
21 February, 2023 (4 weeks ago)

Khan announced a £130 million package to fund free meals for the 270,000 state primary school children in London

Council tax bill

Council tax rises will affect the poorest the hardest, campaigners warn

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 February, 2023 (5 weeks ago)

As council tax is a regressive tax, the hike will add to the disproportionate impact rising living costs has on people on lower incomes.

Great Yarmouth skyline

The Tories neglect coastal and rural areas. Progressives must not make the same mistake.

Ben Cooper
27 January, 2023

‘For 13 years, Conservative governments have run down coastal and rural communities.’

A pile of newspapers with text overlaid reading "Voices on the Left"

Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
11 January, 2023

A roundup of news on the left…

Sunak PMQS

The government has declared war on workers

Prem Sikka
6 January, 2023

The full might of the state is being used to discipline and cheapen labour

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