if you claim ESA the DWP may be about to stop it
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has quietly pressed ahead with forcing ESA benefit claimants onto Universal Credit. Crucially, it is doing so despite promises to claimants that it…
the one graph every potential Tory voter must see
Boris Johnson’s flagship policy when he was Conservative Party prime minister has failed, according to new analysis. Everyone outside of London and the South East should know about it before…
Starmer being hammered by Rigby AND Sky News audience? Ooft.
At the Sky News Battle for Number 10 leaders special, Labour’s Keir Starmer and Tory Rishi Sunak pitched their best Torier-than-thou general election personas. In the post-debate YouGov polls, Starmer…
Mordaunt is back promoting her own foodbanks again
Former Tory MP for Portsmouth North Penny Mordaunt has had quite the career: from reality TV to Charlie’s coronation via a failed Conservative Party leadership bid and Leader of the…
Private Eye mops the floor with the Tories
Towards the end of May, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) made some pomp and ceremony about catching some honest-to-goodness (though maybe not so much) real-life benefit fraudsters. Now…
Tories latest attack ad is either really weak or really stupid
If there’s one thing the Tories have historically excelled at, it’s running grubby general election campaigns with biting attack ads. Far from every attack landed, but those which did had…
Sunak D-Day disaster sees red-faced Kuenssberg backtracking
For those who’ve not followed the general election, this week’s biggest story was PM Rishi Sunak bailing on the 80th Anniversary of D-Day to get on with his failing election…
BBC debate showed the Seven Deadly Sins of UK politics
On Friday 7 June, seven representatives from seven political parties thrashed it out in the second televised debate – the BBC debate – for the general election 2024. But did…
Sunak drops gigantic clanger leaving D-Day commemoration early
Beleaguered prime minister Rishi Sunak apologised on Friday 7 June for leaving the D-Day anniversary commemorations in France early. Where did he go? To conduct a television interview with ITV.…
DWP benefit deaths inquiry: can claimants give evidence?
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is investigating the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)’s inhumane treatment of disabled people claiming benefits. However, there’s one big, glaring problem with…
General election Tory lies government healthcare spend fell in 2023
Shock new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that government-financed health care spending was around £239bn in 2023 – a real-terms decrease of 2.1%. The news undermines the…
Sunak & Starmer’s rampant misogyny
Last night, ITV hosted the first of the live general election debates. Some might have expected an intelligent debate between two polite men who’d earned their places as leaders of…
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