There’s a big catch in the government’s plan to help businesses through coronavirus
The government is gradually announcing measures to help the country cope with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. One plan, aimed at...
After months of delay, the government is hurriedly publishing the Windrush report
Home secretary Priti Patel has just released the long-awaited Windrush Lessons Learned review on 19 March. The document criticises the...
As HS2 plans ‘despicable’ woodland destruction, opponents unite to ‘Stand for the Trees’
Critics of the controversial HS2 high speed rail link will gather on Sunday 15 March in woodland threatened by the...
It turns out the ‘blue’ passport was just more Brexit bluster
In 2017 the UK government excitedly announced that the ‘iconic’ blue passport would be returning. Brexit talking head Nigel Farage...
The last seven Tory environment chiefs rated from worst to best on how they deal with floods
On 27 February, George Eustice celebrated two weeks as environment secretary. During the current Tory era, no one’s lasted longer...
Why it’s such a disaster that your car isn’t plastered in dead insects anymore
I know it’s one of the nation’s favourite hobbies, but I’m not a fan of car washing. For one thing,...
Jeremy Hunt’s new role ‘holding the government to account’ on health policy is a sick joke
Rather quietly, Jeremy Hunt has sidled back towards the political limelight, with a new role in parliament. But it’s one...
Zarah Sultana shows a bunch of Tories what solidarity looks like
New Labour MP Zarah Sultana has certainly hit the ground running. Just in the last few days, she’s highlighted Tony...
The BBC is cutting ‘the only daytime TV show that held the government to account’
The BBC is bringing down the axe on the Victoria Derbyshire show. BBC media editor Amol Rajan said the decision...
The government is bending over backwards to help high earners
The government is reportedly considering a tax cut for people earning over £110,000. The move could cost the treasury hundreds...
Winter has hardly started but already A&E figures have hit an all time low
Ten years into the Conservative Party's watch, the latest A&E stats paint a picture of an NHS on its knees....
While Johnson confirms the UK’s authoritarian future, Laura Kuenssberg seems to be creating a smokescreen
Boris Johnson’s government has announced its priorities in the Queen’s Speech. It’s fair to say not everyone was entranced by...
Hedge funds likened to ‘insider dealers’ after snooping on Bank of England briefings
One of the Bank’s communication systems suppliers has been selling compressed audio of press conferences ahead of the official broadcast.
I thought I knew politics. Today, I’ve just got questions.
When I got home from the count, my Labour placard had blown down and was lying in the flowerbed. In...
#catsatpollingstations under threat from forecast of rain
“Vote early” is the message from cats up and down the country as their humans go to the polls. Not...
Voters report massive queues at polling stations
As Britain goes to the polls, people are reporting that queues are the longest they’ve ever seen. Huge queues In...
Viewers have spotted a problem with this week’s BBC Question Time lineup
Ahead of the 5 December edition of Question Time, the BBC released details of the panel. It’s fair to say...
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