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Theresa May

Could the Commons block a Brexit ‘no deal’ as John McDonnell suggested?

Simon Sapper
19 October, 2017

It all comes down to how much a divorce deal would cost.

View from the European Parliament: the UK is outnumbered and unprepared in the Brexit talks

Richard Corbett
13 October, 2017

Ahead of next week’s meeting of EU leaders, Richard Corbett MEP, Labour’s acting leader in the European Parliament, looks are where we are. It isn’t looking good.

55p a minute to call a helpline – but that’s just the tip of the iceberg on Universal Credit

Emma Bean
11 October, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn skewered Theresa May today at prime minister’s questions on the rollout of Universal Credit, as he urged her to do away with the unjust premium rate phone line which sees those seeking advice charged 55p a minute. Manytest

Let’s face it: the main contenders to take on May are just as hopeless as she is

Josiah Mortimer
6 October, 2017

The potential Conservative leadership election is already looking like a battle of weak vs weaker – in a bitterly-divided, rump Tory party.

Parents and teachers call for school census boycott amid deportation fears

Charlotte England
5 October, 2017

The Department for Education has been sharing details of school children’s nationality and place of birth with the Home Office.

The Conservatives and the DUP are now at loggerheads over the Irish border

Ed Jacobs
4 October, 2017

While May rules out hard borders, the Tories’ bed partners in Westminster are now openly contradicting her.

Tory plans for Help-to-Buy are a dangerous distraction from our real housing needs

Kevin Gulliver
4 October, 2017

Whatever Theresa May says in her speech today, the Conservatives have got their priorities wrong by pumping billions into counterproductive housing policies.

NHS

Patients not passports: the Tories must stop restricting migrants’ access to healthcare

Charlotte England
28 September, 2017

Some NHS funded charities will now be forced to turn vulnerable migrants away.

Children at school development centre

The Tories’ plans on free childcare will only widen inequality in the UK

Charlotte England
28 September, 2017

Quantity over quality in early years education is damaging to the poorest children.

The car industry has had enough of Brexit bickering – it must have clarity

Tony Burke
21 September, 2017

Ahead of the Prime Minister’s speech in Florence on Friday, some of the UK’s biggest automotive manufacturers have made it clear to Theresa May that they are tired of their concerns being ignored.

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