Tories refute “scum” claim by opposing Covid support and free school meals
Conservative MPs dutifully, or worse enthusiastically, traipsed into the voting lobbies yesterday to reject a “fair deal” for…
Rishi Sunak
Why the Tories won’t let you keep your extra £20 in Universal Credit
When asked how people can be expected to get by on a local furlough scheme that covers only…
Labour: Reduced lockdown business support is “short-changing the North”
Labour has criticised the government for “short-changing businesses and communities across the North” as the vast majority of…
Labour demands “economic package that acknowledges reality” in Covid crisis
Anneliese Dodds has called on the government to bring forward an “economic package that acknowledges reality and gets…
We’ve applauded our key workers. Now let’s stand up for a real living wage
Chancellor Rishi Sunak last week told Conservative conference that the country faced “hard choices”, and committed the government…
Sunak support schemes will save only 230,000 jobs, new research finds
New research has found that only 230,000 jobs will be saved by the Chancellor’s new job support schemes…
Sunak U-turns on furlough – but there are many holes in his new plan
Rishi Sunak made the entirely predictable U-turn today of resuming a form of furlough, after repeatedly claiming that…
Chancellor’s “furlough flip flop causing chaos”, says Anneliese Dodds
Labour’s Anneliese Dodds has accused her opposite in government Rishi Sunak of “causing chaos” during the pandemic with…
Johnson’s abandoned ‘levelling up’ agenda leaves a gap for Starmer to fill
Public health officials has warned that it is “extremely likely” the North West will see around 3,000 Covid-19…
The new job scheme is far inferior to furlough. We need a people’s bailout
The Chancellor’s winter economy plan essentially announced a mass cull of jobs that it deemed “non-viable” while imposing…
