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Tory peer admits special branch spied on Trade Union figures
"As Secretary of State for Employment he had Special Branch spy on Trade Unionists. No remorse, no regret, no apology."
‘What a bag of hot air’: Council Zoom meeting descends into chaos
"You're shouting at us, there's a new one, try shouting at your wife for once."
Asylum seeker recalls ‘worst experience of my life’ living in UK barracks
“The way people are housed in this country is about more than providing shelter, it is a reflection of how we treat people who have fled danger and chaos to find safety. It is a reflection of who we are."
Public services face cuts that could ‘feel like the austerity of the 2010s’
“Buried in the Treasury’s Budget document, and entirely unmentioned in the Chancellor’s speech to the House of Commons, was a £4 billion a year cut to planned public service spending from 2022−23."
PFI was ‘disastrous policy saddling taxpayers with extortionate charges’
"All services that were outsourced under PFI must be returned in-house to the public sector, where they belong.”
Reactions as Tommy Robinson accused of spending donations on ‘coke and nights out’
“Can I have my money back Tommeh? You didn’t use it to do a racism.”
European Medicines Agency declares AstraZeneca vaccine ‘safe and effective’
The European regulator said the vaccine was "not associated" with a higher risk of blood clots.
Isle of Man and Gibraltar distance themselves from ‘vile’ Tory plans to hold UK asylum seekers
“It is disgraceful that Priti Patel is still peddling her unworkable and inhumane asylum proposals.”
‘Wrong move at the wrong time’ – UK cuts grants for electric cars but retains petrol vehicle support
"This is the wrong time to stunt a green recovery by making a sudden change to the grants on offer."