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Local election disaster for Sunak, thank god there’s a carry-on elsewhere

6 May 202314 January 2024Political Fiber0

For some prime ministers, losing more than 1,000 seats in the local elections would be fatal. Rishi Sunak calls it “disappointing”. Having effectively disenfranchised two million probable non-Tory voters with the mendacious photo-ID requirement to combat (non-existent) electoral fraud, Sunak’s party still took an almighty kicking at the polls. However, despite the devastating local election […]

‘Sabotage’ – resignation plunges Labour conference into disarray

28 September 202119 January 2024Anita Alig0

Andy McDonald has been accused of sabotage after his resignation as shadow employment secretary plunged the Labour party conference into disarray. McDonald – described as the last Corbynite in Sir Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet – quit over the leadership’s failure to support a £15-per-hour minimum wage with a damning claim the party is “more divided […]

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Local election disaster for Sunak, thank god there’s a carry-on elsewhere

‘Sabotage’ – resignation plunges Labour conference into disarray

NHS waiting lists fall is due to surging excess deaths

Northern Ireland talks extension signals hope for Assembly return

Mark Drakeford quits as Wales’ first minister

Five-point plan to cut immigration threatens families and the NHS

Emergency Rwanda bill threatens to split Tory Party further

It’s a ‘myth’ to believe voters don’t want another EU referendum, says Curtice

Shoppers pay price of food suppliers’ profiteering, says watchdog

Sunak is ‘lost in La-La land with the reverse Midas touch’

Experts ‘extremely alarmed’ by detection of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Senior doctors pay deal with government leaves RCN ‘appalled’