How do you remove disabled people’s legitimacy as citizens? Remove their access to politics
Disabled former Labour election candidate Emily Brothers has launched a judicial review against the Conservative government’s decision to freeze the …
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The homeless are dying in the cold again. Tories must be delighted
What did David Gauke admit to Andrew Marr on Sunday? A 134 per cent rise in rough sleeping since 2010. …
Tories sneak out continued benefit freeze behind announcement of royal engagement
Oh, joyous day! (That’s unless you receive Universal Credit, Jobseekers’ Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance, Income Support, Housing Benefit, or …
As predicted: Homeless man ‘frozen to death’ on coldest night of the year
If I could predict this, it could have been prevented. It wasn’t. Less than three days ago, I wrote: “You …
Britons brace for plummeting temperatures – but will it be enough to prevent Winter deaths?
You could lose a close relative or friend in the near future – particularly if they are elderly or vulnerable …
The SNP’s great poverty betrayal
The poorest Scottish people are losing public services due to a Council Tax freeze by the SNP-run Scottish government, while …
The SNP’s great education betrayal
That’s right – betrayal. For all its bluster about free University tuition, the SNP government at Holyrood seems more interested …
Why do politicians forget the human cost of missed government targets?
Professor Simon Wren-Lewis is a terrific source of wisdom when it comes to macroeconomics, but sometimes it seems he loses …
Now British Gas has cut its standard tariff – by much less than it should
Gosh. British Gas is to cut household gas prices by five per cent – but this is a whopping 22 per …
The Conservative Party – nasty, stupid and clumsy
Independent luminary Andreas Whittam Smith reckons the Conservative Party in its current form is both nasty and stupid – and …