Video: May triggers uproar and mockery with ridiculous Brexit claim
After her statement on Tuesday to MPs about her latest complete lack of progress in persuading the EU to do what it has said it absolutely will not, Jeremy Corbyn […]
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Principled Crouch resignation over delayed betting terminal cut underscores govt shambles
Sports minister Tracey Crouch has resigned from the government over a delay imposed by Chancellor Philip Hammond to cuts to maximum stakes on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBT) – often […]
Formal NEC results delayed – again
Announcement of the results in the election of nine members to Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC) were widely expected to be announced around midday today – which then went back […]
Leaked letter shows Atos incentivising staff for VOLUME of disability claimant assessments
Atos is a French-based company that holds contracts with the UK government to carry out billions of pounds worth of services But not without controversy. The government announced in 2014 that […]
Excl: Universal Credit – DWP reverts to ‘legacy benefits’ in ‘live service’ areas
The roll-out of Universal Credit (UC) has been a national disgrace to the government and a disaster to claimants, many of whom have found themselves penniless and forced into debt […]
Excl: case studies show Labour investment WILL pay for itself
In a bid to divert attention from the wet blanket of Philip Hammond’s budget last week, the Establishment has been attacking Labour’s plans for borrowing (only) for investment. Channel 4’s […]
Labour calls on Tories to support Universal Credit pause motion
Ahead of a vote in the House of Commons today (Weds 18 October), Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary has challenged Tory MPs to support a motion to pause the […]
Video: Yes. Liz Truss really did just say that on national TV #CPC17
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss was interviewed on Monday’s Daily Politics programme on the BBC at the Tory party conference in Manchester, on the topic of the government’s disastrous […]
BMI NHS treatment scandal: Lansley protests too much & the devil’s in the detail
There has been condemnation over the last 24 hours or so of the instruction by BMI Meriden Hospital’s chief executive Bernie Creaven to the hospital’s consultants to deliberately delay treatment […]