“A cynical ploy”: How trade unions reacted to the Autumn Statement
“Working people aren’t fools and won’t forgive or forget who trashed our country’s economy.”
Tories
New study shows UK voters believe politicians exploit culture wars to win support
It seems the Tories’ tendency to stoke up culture wars is starting to backfire.
Voters deliver damning verdict on Rishi Sunak’s first year as Prime Minister
The polling by YouGov also shows that Sunak’s personal ratings have also taken a big hit.
Debbie Abrahams MP: The Tories are scapegoating vulnerable social security claimants
There is no evidence that ratcheting up sanctions incentivizes people into work
What will happen to the Tories if they lose the next election?
The internal fall-out over Sunak’s Net Zero U-turn and Truss’ admission that her own party didn’t buy her tax cuts, tells us everything about the current state of a deeply divided Conservative party, where different factions, with their own ideologies, motives, followers, and agendas, will be vying to take grip of the party, post-general election.
These bombshell new polls are among the worst yet for the Tories
This would be an unprecedented wipeout
Tories’ flagship ‘levelling up’ has ‘stalled’ under Sunak, says IfG report
The focus on closing gaping regional inequalities has lost momentum.
Another Sunak pledge lies in ruins after NHS waiting lists hit a new record high
‘It’s part of their plan to run down the NHS by underfunding it and then to claim that the only answer is more privatisation.’
UK economy shrinks at quickest pace in seven months
“Another dismal day for growth in the UK economy. Appalling Tory decisions (and failures to make decisions) have left us stuck in a low growth, high tax trap.”
‘Catastrophic poll’ for Tories shows three in four voters want a change in government
75% of voters believe the UK needs a change of government, with even half of 2019 Tory voters agreeing.