We’ll be again on June 6
Left Foot Ahead is taking a quick break for the financial institution vacation weekend. We’ll be closed from Thursday June 2. However we’ll be again up and operating with hard-hitting information and evaluation by and from the UK Left on Monday June 6.
Meaning we gained’t be publishing new articles over the weekend. Within the meantime, why not learn these items – a run down of a few of our most learn articles to this point in 2022.
1. Channel 4 provides the proper response to Nadine Dorries over privatisation claims – Basit Mahmood
Nadine Dorries has a repute for limitless gaffes in the case of Channel 4. First, she didn’t appear to grasp how the broadcaster was funded. Then, she misunderstood the outcomes of her personal session into the federal government’s proposed sell-off. Channel 4 referred to as out Dorries on that, with the excellent response.
2. The federal government has facilitated frauds and tax dodges operating into tens of billions of kilos – Professor Prem Sikka
The size of croynism throughout the Covid pandemic is effectively documented. However more and more, we’re additionally studying extra concerning the diploma of fraud that passed off by way of authorities initiatives just like the furlough scheme and bounce again loans. Professor Prem Sikka seems to be at this intimately and what it reveals about Tory financial competence.
3. GB Information makes false claims it’s ‘bouncing again’ – Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
GB Information has turn out to be one thing of a operating joke. Dwindling viewing figures. Broadcasting misinformation. Rabidly proper wing pundits. Earlier this yr, the broadcaster made claims within the Press Gazette that the it was ‘bouncing again’. We took a take a look at the reality behind that declare.
4. Who’re the highest 10 UK political donors because the 2019 elections? – John Lubbock
In January, we launched Proper Wing Watch – our challenge to supply ongoing, systematic monitoring of the mainstream proper in British politics. One of many first items of analysis we did appeared on the large cash backers of politics within the UK. We discovered £86 million in donations since December 2019 – 39 per cent of which went to the Tories.
5. We don’t want lectures from the wealthy on pay restraint – Sharon Graham
With the price of dwelling disaster beginning to chunk earlier this yr, commerce unions have been preventing for pay rises throughout the nation. Unite has been among the many unions profitable main pay awards by way of industrial motion. Nonetheless, the Governor of the Financial institution of England has been calling for pay restraints. Unite’s Basic Secretary Sharon Graham wrote for LFF in February why we shouldn’t be taking lectures from the likes of Andrew Bailey.
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