Universal Credit: Who do you believe – Theresa May and Esther McVey, or a nine-year-old girl?
Let’s answer the question in the headline straight away: We believe the girl, obviously. Mrs May and Ms McVey are …
Category Archives: Cost of living
Hospital bosses more than DOUBLE parking charges. Labour vows to abolish them
Hospital parking charges are a shameful tax on patients, carers, families – and staff. Private parking companies are being allowed …
Hammond scaremongers about Labour spending – after his government WASTED £1 TRILLON
Phil the Bleak’s got a nerve, hasn’t he? After his Conservative government borrowed more money than every Labour government the …
Theresa May asked Labour supporters to look at her government afresh. They found a stain on their country
“We’ve had a so-called ‘Iron Lady’, but this one’s brass is tarnished beyond control.” That was just one of the …
100,000 retail jobs lost – ironically, because of greed
What would Napoleon have made of this? His “nation of shopkeepers” is falling apart – all by itself. And it’s …
Your at-a-glance guide to John McDonnell’s barnstorming conference speech
The least that can be said about it is that it will give the Tories plenty to deride at their …
Mum-of-four starved for a week so her children had food
This is yet another example of Tory breadline Britain. ‘Karen’ – not her real name – is a single mother-of-four, …
Malnutrition and ‘Victorian’ disease return – because of rising poverty driven by the Tories
The numbers aren’t huge at the moment, but they are significant – between 2010 and 2014, malnutrition in Salford rose …
Police provide 128 meals for the hungry of Newcastle
Here’s a heart-warming story from Paul Timney on Facebook: “Just been accosted by my local POLICE. !!! BUT, GOOD !! …
Government policies have led to huge rise in malnutrition – again
This is a perennial – one of those stories that comes back to haunt us every year. When I covered …