The Guardian has reported today that: “Out of control” increases in child protection spending since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic have put one in
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Was Rishi Sunak really so stupid?
Amongst the evidence from Lee Cain, Boris Johnson’s press secretary, to the Covid inquiry was this: The particular line I am referring to is the
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Without the combination of skills and conviction that leadership requires Downing Street failed us in 2020
The Covid inquiry goes on. I am under no illusion that Lee Cain and Dominic Cummings, who gave evidence yesterday, are objective witnesses. They might
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Is Cummings being trolled?
As The Guardian notes this morning: After four months of hearings, the official Covid inquiry reaches a week of hugely significant and potentially damning testimony,
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Arguments for relaxing bankers’ bonuses are bankrupt
As the Guardian has reported: The UK’s financial regulators have formally scrapped the banker bonus cap, removing one of the key reforms introduced by the
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The government claims the Tories have created 3.4 million new jobs in the UK since 2010. Are they sure they want to boast about this?
I have just posted this on Twitter: All data used is from the ONS or HMRC. I think what the government has created are remarkably
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The Tories are begging to be put out of their misery
The Guardian reports this morning that: Rishi Sunak is considering a tax cut for the 5 million highest earners and reducing stamp duty in an
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Given a binary choice between Tory chaos and Labour hardship, hardship is winning, but it’s not much to cheer about
Labour won both of yesterday’s by-elections in what were seemingly rock-solid Tory seats. The swing in Tamworth was 23.9%, with the LibDems falling to a
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The government has abandoned a new law that would have massively reduced the risk to savers from investing in UK companies – because the companies did not want to stop the abuse it would have prevented
The Tory government has backtracked on another of its promises today. I accept that for most people, the abandonment of a commitment to enhance corporate
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