Tories
28 December 2017
Corporations profiting from Private Finance Initiative (PFI) schemes have creamed millions from the NHS and Tory tax cuts are handing them even more.
23 December 2017
The Tories have failed to appoint a chair for an upcoming inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal – again.
20 December 2017
Deputy prime minister Damian Green's resignation shatters the claim that Theresa May’s government had regained the initiative.
17 December 2017
The Tories are planning to use Brexit as an excuse to push through attacks on workers’ rights.
12 December 2017
The year ends in avoidable cold and misery for the victims of Tory Britain.
12 December 2017
Tory benefit reforms mean thousands of people face a Christmas of uncertainty and the threat of eviction. Mary, a young lone parent in London, is one of them.
12 December 2017
Two senior members of Theresa May’s cabinet brawled in the House of Commons last week as MPs voted on Brexit legislation.
07 December 2017
Not wishing to be outdone by Donald Trump, foreign secretary Boris Johnson has said that Britain should return to the Middle East.
05 December 2017
Local government employers have offered a million council workers in England and Wales a 2 percent “rise” for each of the next two years
05 December 2017
Tory rule has increased the number of children, pensioners and workers who live in poverty—reversing a long-term decline.
04 December 2017
Theresa May is being further squeezed by incompatible pressures over Brexit
28 November 2017
Campaigners taking aid to refugees say the only solution is to open the border, reports Dave Sewell
27 November 2017
Gas giant Ineos—owned by energy baron Jim Ratcliffe—called on the government to override Derbyshire County Council’s planning processes so it can start fracking.
22 November 2017
Philip Hammond’s budget speech did even less than some expected to address the epidemic of poverty and low pay in Tory Britain
21 November 2017
Tory chancellor Philip Hammond’s budget will do nothing to end the regime of cuts, poverty and racism.
21 November 2017
As jobcentres switch to Universal Credit (UC), sick bosses are holding “rollout parties” to celebrate.
21 November 2017
Until this week the Tories looked like the weakest government in the European Union. (EU). That’s impressive given the competition.
21 November 2017
Tory NHS and social care cuts are “economic murder” and could cause 100 unnecessary deaths a day without emergency funds, a report has warned.
20 November 2017
Philip Hammond, the Tory chancellor, likes to present himself as a safe pair of hands. He’s nicknamed “spreadsheet Phil”. Boring maybe, but reliable. But he’s been responsible for two of the biggest media pratfalls of the present government, which is saying something.
19 November 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond will likely claim that he’s scrapped the 1 percent public sector pay cap when he delivers his budget this week.