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Right-wing media watch – Tory press’s overblown hypocrisy on Reeves’ budget
The Tories and their supporting press, seem to have forgotten the catastrophic fallout from Liz Truss’s fiscal plans in the ...
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Devolution dispute heats up in High Peak over future council structure
Greater Manchester has the fastest growing economy in the UK. When you look at key economic indicators, like travel to work ...
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Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of England, hopes to save Canada from populism
Carney reportedly saw the Bank of England position as a stepping stone for his political ambitions in Canada when Trudeau ...
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Badenoch admits Tories had ‘no plan’ for post-Brexit Britain
Kemi Badenoch is set to admit that the Tories “made mistakes”, including deciding to leave the EU without a plan. Today Badenoch will make her first major speech as leader of the Conservative Party, ...
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Are climate politics about to go into reverse?
The rise of climate-sceptic populist figures both in the UK and abroad, puts climate action at risk of being side-lined in favour of regressive, anti-environmental politics that could undo years of ...
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Multi-millionaire Reform MP Rupert Lowe advocates for dismantling NHS and ‘buying own healthcare’
Reform MP Rupert Lowe has argued that the public should pay for their own healthcare and advocated for the NHS to be ...
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Unions slam proposal to trade higher salaries for lower pensions in bid to avert public sector strikes
“If you increase a civil servant’s pay by £1,000 you could reduce the net present value of their pension by more than £1,000, ...
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Jonathan Ashworth slams Reform UK for wanting to charge people to see a doctor
Former Labour MP Jonathan Ashworth has slammed Reform UK for wanting to charge people when they want to go and see a doctor, as he took aim at the policies of Nigel Farage’s party. With Reform rising ...
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Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend launch of climate denial group
Climate sceptics Nigel Farage and Liz Truss joined the launch of the UK branch of a climate denying lobby group, set to be headed up by a former Ukip leader, as those opposed to net-zero policies seek ...
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What is the Heartland Institute? Inside the climate denial group Nigel Farage has links to
Nigel Farage and Liz Truss were at the UK launch of a US-based climate change denying lobbying group in December. The Heartland Institute, the US-based free market think tank known for denying ...
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Just Stop Oil protestors who posted ‘Stop Tory Coal’ flyers on Tory MP’s office cleared of criminal damage
Three climate protestors who had charges brought against them for posting ‘Stop Tory Coal’ flyers over former Tory MP Mark Jenkinson’s office have been cleared of all charges. The protestors stuck ...
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Plastics industry used disinformation to lobby against ban on ‘forever chemicals’
The estimated cost of cleaning up 'forever chemical' pollution in the UK and Europe will be £1.6 trillion over 20 years Chemical and plastic companies orchestrated a disinformation campaign to water ...