Daily email As people struggle to keep warm, the windfall tax is scandalously insufficient Oil and gas company Shell has today reported its highest profits in its 115-year history. The firm’s profits rose to $39.9bn… Katie Neame 2nd February, 2023, 10:56 am
News Labour urges government to stop further rise in energy price cap in April Labour has urged the government to stop a further rise in the energy price cap while setting out… Katie Neame 20th January, 2023, 10:30 pm
Daily email Both Labour and the Tories look to move away from Johnson’s levelling up rhetoric UK inflation fell again in December to 10.5%. But food prices continued to rise, with the Office for National Statistics estimating that… Katie Neame 18th January, 2023, 12:04 pm
News Phillipson accuses PM of a “total failure” to set out how to “build a better Britain” Labour’s Bridget Phillipson has accused Rishi Sunak of a “total failure to set out how he intends to… Katie Neame 4th January, 2023, 3:34 pm
News Reeves declares Britain ‘deserves more than survival’ amid record food inflation Rachel Reeves has declared that Britain “deserves more than just survival” after it was revealed that food prices… Katie Neame 4th January, 2023, 11:37 am
Comment Paul Nowak: “A united trade union movement is a force to be reckoned with” “I’ve never seen anything like this in the 30 years that I’ve been a trade union activist and… Katie Neame 29th December, 2022, 12:01 am
Daily email The cost pressures behind the strikes remain despite the falling inflation rate UK inflation fell to 10.7% in November – down from 11.1% in the previous month, the sharpest rate of decline… Katie Neame 14th December, 2022, 10:40 am
Comment Sam Dixon: City of Chester by-election is “our poll of polls on Rishi Sunak” The City of Chester by-election has got a lot less attention than it probably would have done if… Katie Neame 30th November, 2022, 6:56 pm
News Closing “loopholes” in windfall tax would raise £17bn, Labour research reveals Rachel Reeves has accused the Tories of “diving into working people’s pockets” rather than “fairly” taxing the profits… Katie Neame 29th November, 2022, 10:30 pm
News FBU announces strike ballot after demands for increased pay offer rejected The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced that nearly 33,500 members will be balloted on industrial action after… Katie Neame 29th November, 2022, 1:48 pm