Tag: austerity

Aside from "strong and stable", the Tories' most often used mantra is that the economy is 'safe' in their hands. ...

If you’re having a baby, Labour just exposed the ‘shameful’ facts about the NHS you need to see

The Labour Party has revealed some "staggering" facts about NHS maternity services in England. And it compounds the current NHS ...

Theresa May’s government is going to court to bury the truth about one of its most hated policies

Theresa May's government is once again going to court; this time, to try and block the publication of a report ...

A Labour council faces court action because it may be forcing disabled people to break the law

A Labour-controlled London borough council is facing the threat of court action after residents claimed it forced them to break ...

While we’ve all been laughing at Dave’s festival photobomb, his legacy is causing a nationwide catastrophe

It's been a good weekend for laughing at the Tories. It started with the preposterous idea of 'Tory Glastonbury' and ...

We thought that bizarre holiday snap of David Cameron was a spoof too. It’s not [IMAGE]

Former prime minister David Cameron has been photographed at a festival with a drink in one hand, a cigarette in ...

A Tory MP lived to regret taking to Twitter to moan about getting a parking ticket [TWEETS]

A Conservative MP decided to take to Twitter to complain about being given a £54 parking ticket. But somewhat predictably, ...

Senior judges rule that Theresa May broke the law and probably screwed over thousands of people

Senior judges from an Upper Tribunal have ruled that Theresa May's government has been acting illegally. And once again, those ...

While the media bangs on about Theresa May’s shoes, there’s a silent catastrophe going on in Tory Britain

by Fréa Lockley

A report released by child poverty action group Buttle UK on the 4 August warns that more children are "living in ...

In just four words, a former prison governor nails exactly why our jails are in crisis [AUDIO]

A former governor has nailed exactly why our prison system is in crisis in just four words. Speaking on Radio 4's Today ...

Watch Theresa May tell a barefaced lie to the victims of the Grenfell Fire [VIDEO]

Theresa May hoped we’d all be too busy with our summer holidays to notice this new privatisation row

Theresa May's government has been accused of using the summer holidays to sneak out the privatisation of a highly sensitive ...

The Tories have broken this promise four times already. Now Philip Hammond plans to make it five

by Bex Sumner

Chancellor Philip Hammond is planning to delay balancing Britain's books yet again, according to The Times. The paper reports : ...

After seven years of Conservative government, several UK regions are now the poorest in Northern Europe

Seven years after Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron promised "We're all in this together", the only two regions of the ...

If you lose a loved one to murder in Theresa May’s Britain, it could cost you £37,000

If you lose a loved one to murder in Theresa May's Britain, it could cost you £37,000. This story has ...

A dire warning from the Bank of England makes toppling the Tories Britain’s number one priority

The Bank of England has warned that Britain faces a personal debt mountain. While wages have risen only 1.5% in ...

The media has kept quiet about May’s grubby ‘golden handshakes’ to 20 Tory ministers. So we’re naming them

This week, the government quietly slipped out the "severance" payments made to ministers who departed government after Theresa May took ...

Jeremy Corbyn just came out guns-a-blazing over the BBC pay scandal [VIDEO]