16 h. ago Voters overwhelmingly back tax on wealthy to protect public services

A poll commissioned by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), found the public support tax increases on the wealthy and big businesses by a margin of almost two to one - 58% to 28%

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48 h. ago Anyone who has blackbirds in gardens urged to take 'immediate' action

A public appeal has been launched to protect the blackbird population following reports of a deadly virus decimating the animals

Politics

59 h. ago Angela Rayner sees surge in popularity after she called on Rachel Reeves to bring in tax rises for the wealthy

Angela Rayner has had a huge leap in popularity among Labour members after demanding tax rises.

Economics

5 d. ago Water sector is failing and needs much stronger regulations, independent commission reports

The Independent Water Commission slammed failures in Government strategy and planning for the future, failures to protect billpayers and a failure to act in the public interest.

Events

6 d. ago How to fight back against Trump? Look to poor people’s movements | Rev Dr Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss

Anti-poverty activism has provided a model for transformational power, based on four strategic principlesFor tens of millions of people, Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is a grotesque nightmare. The proposed legislative cuts, including historic attacks on Medicaid and Snap, come at a time when 60% of Americans already cannot make ends meet. As justification, Maga Republicans are once again invoking the shibboleth of work requirements to demean and discredit the poor, even as they funnel billions of dollars into the war economy and lavish the wealthy with tax cuts.As anti-poverty organizers, we’ve often used the slogan: “They say cut back, we say fight back.” It’s a catchy turn of phrase, but it reveals that for too long we’ve been on the back foot. In the world’s richest country, in which mass poverty exists beside unprecedented plenty, we’re tired of just fending off the worst attacks. Too much ground is lost when our biggest wins are simply not losing past gains. Amid Trump’s...

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2 w. ago Paedophiles and other sex criminals will be castrated in brutal new crackdown

Sources say Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood's anticipated new measure will help "protect the public" because there is said to be evidence in the US chemical castration dulls twisted sexual urges

Events

2 w. ago Labour's tax hikes plot: Rayner 'secretly pushes for' fresh raids on pensions, inheritance, shares, banks and the wealthy

Leaked proposals from Deputy PM Angela Rayner reveal she has been pushing to increase the burden on Brits instead of trimming spending and benefits.

Economics

3 w. ago Billionaire 'Asylum king' wealth soars by £265m in a year as he rises up Sunday Times Rich List rankings

Graham King, 57, is now estimated to be worth a staggering £1.015billion - up from £750million in just a year - thanks to his asylum empire providing accommodation, food and transport for migrants.

Economics

3 w. ago Tax dodging by rich could be ‘much greater than thought’, says UK audit office

Watchdog issues warning after tax authority succeeds in raising more tax from wealthy than previously estimated

Politics

3 w. ago The Guardian view on Trump’s leftward lurch: the ‘lunatics’ are running the right | Editorial

The White House says it is borrowing from Bernie Sanders and adopts rhetoric once dismissed as dangerous to lift its flagging poll ratingsIt’s striking to see Donald Trump, who built his re-election campaign around attacking the “radical left”, now borrowing some of its economic policies. In just months, he has shifted from denouncing “communist” price controls to saying he would implement them, and from defending tax breaks for the wealthy to proposing tax increases on those earning more than $2.5m a year if it benefits poorer Americans. These moves echo longstanding proposals from progressives like Bernie Sanders – despite Mr Trump’s past efforts to portray such ideas as “lunatic”. The irony is hard to miss.Consider recent policy announcements that mirror a liberal-left agenda. Capping credit card interest rates was a Sanders campaign promise before it was a Trump one. And it may happen – courtesy of an unlikely alliance between Mr Sanders and the Republican senator Josh Hawl...

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