On 29 September, the government announced the return of maintenance grants for college and university students from low-income households. However, before we get too excited that this might look like (gasp) actual socialism from Labour, universities have warned that the new plans will back...
Unite the union announced on 29 September that strike action will go ahead on Metroline buses in Greater Manchester. Around 1,000 workers at the Sharston, Hyde Road, Ashton and Wythenshawe depots will walk out starting today, 30 September. The action is set to last until 2 October. Bus str...
It’s been a big weekend in Brit Card news since Keir Starmer announced the new mandatory digital ID system last Friday. The petition against the draconian measure is hovering at just below 2.5 million signatures at the time of writing. In response to the digital ID plans, Amnesty Internati...
This morning, 26 September, PM Keir Starmer announced the new, but long-threatened, ‘Brit cards’. This is a compulsory digital ID card that will be necessary in order to work in the UK or rent a home. The government claims that this is a measure against illegal immigration, tying it to rhe...
The Electoral Commission today announced that Morgan McSweeney – Starmer’s chief of staff – will not face a renewed investigation into undeclared donations to his think tank, Labour Together. Morgan McSweeney off the hook The watchdog previously fined Labour Together over £14k for undeclar...
Energy secretary Ed Miliband is reportedly looking for ways to to permit new drilling for North Sea oil and gas. The news comes in spite of Labour campaign pledges to grant no new licenses for new fields. New oil from old fields under Ed Miliband? The new plans for the North Sea will be an...
Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, was today convicted of criminal conspiracy by the Paris criminal court. He was sentenced to five years in jail. The verdict means Sarkozy will now do time in jail regardless of the success of his intended appeal. However, on the additional char...
The Liberal Democrats’ Autumn conference ended just yesterday, 23 September. Apparently, this has temporarily reminded the big-brain political commentators that the Lib Dems exist. Not that that meant a break in the BBC’s breathless coverage of Reform, but still. Lib Dems: a party, still B...
Today, 24 September, a judge in the Soldier F trial ruled that he will allow ‘hearsay’ evidence from two other ex-soldiers. The prosecution characterised the new evidence “decisive” to the case. Soldier F is accused of the murders of William McKinney and Jim Wray on 30 January 1972, along ...
Green Party leader Zack Polanski announced on 22 September that the Greens have overtaken the Liberal Democrats in terms of both polling and membership. The news comes after the Green Party reported a 1000-a-day membership increase during left alternative Your Party’s highly public members...