‘Your proposal is whack’: Council unwittingly rejects planning applications
A junior staff member thought they were making dummy rulings, but actually made real, legally binding planning decisions.
Conservative MP tearfully says he ‘doesn’t know what a Tory is anymore’
Boris Johnson's manifesto-busting tax rise will today go before a divided House of Commons for a crunch vote.
‘Far-right playbook:’ MPs support voter ID plans despite claims govt ‘pouring oil on bonfire of democracy’
"Government research itself found that those with disabilities, the unemployed, people without qualifications, people who have never voted before, ethnic minorities, are all less likely to hold any form of ID."
‘More deaths, longer lockdowns and lower wages’: The north of England’s pandemic
Regional health inequalities before Covid have resulted in an unequal pandemic, with higher rates of ill health, death and despair in the North.
‘Badger blame game:’ Culling zones to be extended in England
“The Government has wasted an estimated £70 million of public funds shooting badgers across England from Cornwall to Cumbria but have produced no reliable evidence to show that this mass destruction of a protected species is having any impact on lowering bovine TB in cattle in or around the cull ...
UK now has DOUBLE the amount of confirmed COVID cases per capita than the worst EU nation
"This government is a deadly, unrelenting disgrace," Britain For All wrote.
‘Highest taxes since the war’: Papers report on PM’s broken manifesto pledges
Social care leaders have warned the plan will not be enough to end the crisis, according to The Independent and Daily Mirror.
Darren Grimes admits he was ‘stupidly naive’ for voting for The Conservatives
Looks like the penny has dropped for young Grimes.
MPs set to vote on Govt’s manifesto-busting health and social care tax
A YouGov poll found voters are split in their views on the national insurance rise - but how will MPs respond?