Treasury spent £3,000 of taxpayers’ cash on fine art photographs while the rest of us are told to ‘tighten our belts’
Spending on government-issued “credit cards”, also known as Government Procurement Cards, has risen 70% since 2010.
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Can the Tories win the next general election?
For a government limping along under the rule of its fifth prime minister in six years, drenched in sleaze and infighting, conventional wisdom says surely the Tories can’t survive the next general election. But then this is politics, and anything can happen.
Tory MP’s housekeeper says she was treated like a slave, insulted and had to go to court to get paid
“It was slavery… especially when she used to click her fingers, that’s slavery right there… I’ve got a name, use my name.”
Tories struggling to find candidates for local elections over fears of ‘hammering’
“The doorsteps won’t be fun.”
Rees-Mogg mocked over GB News’ hosting rumours
‘Another Tory frantically searching for a new career outside of politics. An even bigger reason to avoid GB News.’
Right-wing relish in reporting Lee Anderson and Steve Bray altercation
The right-wing media had something of a field-day following Tory MP Lee Anderson’s clash with Steve Bray – aka ‘Stop Brexit Man.’
Tory vote collapses in two Council by-elections as Labour and Greens gain seats
The Tory vote fell by more than 30 points
Question Time audience member says what we’re all thinking about the Tories
Her comments were met with laughter and applause
‘Knives Out’: Will Boris be back in 2023?
As a dire electoral future beckons the Tories, desperate times call for desperate measures, lighting the touchpaper for a possible return of Boris Johnson.
Calls made for 0.7% international aid target to be reinstated to help protect world’s most vulnerable communities
‘The UK was the only G7 country to cut foreign aid during the pandemic. Its routine failure to meet funding deadlines as well as reinstate the 0.7% target means that far too many people in the developing world are suffering the catastrophic effects of the UK government’s decisions.’