r/ukpolitics - Page 2

166 words Bank of England raises interest rates to 3.5% 178 words NEW MRP MODEL Seat forecast Labour 482 (+280) Conservative 69 (-296) SNP 55 (+7) LD 21 (+10) Plaid Cymru 4 (=) Green 1 (=) Labour majority of 314 All change from GE 2019 results 317 words Education Secretary Gillian Keegan says white privilege is not a ‘fact’ 222 words Woman with Down's syndrome loses abortion law appeal 210 words Demand for rental homes in UK up by 23% in a year, as rents hit record high | Renting property 168 words Britain is not prepared for the unprecedented economic pain ahead. Nothing quite like this has befallen the nation since the end of the Second World War. 116 words DWP dismisses new call for full review of PIP application process including health provider assessments - Daily Record 127 words EXCL: Senior Home Office source tells me Home Sec refused to sign off on hotel bookings for migrants at Manston last week “because they were in Tory areas”. @LBC 171 words Keir Starmer says he won't attend Qatar World Cup because of human rights record. The Labour chief said none of his colleagues will attend the controversial tournament in the Middle Eastern country, where being gay is illegal. 147 words Thousands of protesters march in central London to call for UK to rejoin the EU 148 words Third of social care workers find their salary too low to live on 279 words Daily Megathread - 30/09/2022 246 words UK to drop proposed fur and foie gras import ban. Pledges to ban the export of live animals for slaughter and the import of hunting trophies are also at risk of ending up on the scrap heap. 173 words Food banks closed, funerals postponed, cancer scans cancelled – ‘national mourning’ is getting out of hand 135 words Housebuilders ‘lobbied against plan for electric car chargers in new homes in England’ | Automotive industry 165 words Strike action brews over plan to close BBC News channel 141 words UK faces ‘catastrophe’ after energy bills soar 80% amid warning price cap could hit £7,000 144 words Daily Megathread - 26/08/2022 128 words Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 44% (+3) CON: 30% (=) LDM: 10% (-5) GRN: 8% (+2) Via @IpsosUK, 21-27 Jul. Changes w/ 22-29 Jun. 684 words BBC ‘disappearing women’ as gender quota filled by trans guests who self-identify