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Fortune is understood to be the only candidate still in the running for the position ahead of a vote by Labour’s National Executive Committee tomorrow. Two other candidates, including Labour’s executive director of…
Read moreA new ‘Class Unit’ has been announced by Bridget Philipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, to improve ‘the lives of low-income families’, and to root out child poverty. This announcement coincides with Lucy…
Read moreThe motion, put forward by the University and Colleges Union (UCU) at the TUC Congress in Brighton, called on the conference to “campaign for sustained public investment in health, education, housing, social care, social…
Read moreA century and a bit later, the story of Reform UK’s £72 million of donations shows how Westminster has become a battleground of comment where facts get trampled underfoot. What are the facts? On 25 March, Steve Reed…
Read moreDumping tonnes of rocks is hard work, but the simplicity has a certain beauty. Sadly, the tide is not so easily turned on free speech. We have all seen it. Octogenarians arrested for holding bits of paper, terrifying…
Read morePerhaps there are a number of young people whose morning routine is not complete without reading the day’s ToryDiary. But for those older readers, I am most likely going to upset you. Insult you, even. Because I am going…
Read moreLast week, the Government announced a pause on their plans to reorganise local councils. Under their plans, the two-tier system of local councils in England would come to an end. All county councils and district councils…
Read moreShe previously served as UKIP’s Head of Media. As many as 150 migrants in a mega-dinghy were intercepted by the Bembridge Lifeboat crew and brought to shore at Portsmouth recently. It was effectively a new front in the…
Read moreBritain and water have always had an ambivalent relationship. It has been integral to our economic and military success as an island nation, but also a perennial cause for complaint. Sadly, that relationship is now at a…
Read moreIf the country is to escape nearly two decades of slow economic growth and weak productivity, we certainly need some bold, long-term thinking. The UK is navigating rapid social, economic and technological change and now…
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