Having grown up in poverty as the child of a single mother, Bridget Phillipson knows as well as anyone how much those on low incomes suffer through lean times. It’s why, she tells Laurence Sleator, she’s determined to defend the red wall – and see the return of a Labour…

The Prime Minister’s argument that wages are rising is as out of touch as it is dishonest. For millions, their pay packets are being hit by skyrocketing prices. Energy bills are reaching for the sky. Petrol costs up. Growing gaps in supermarket shelves. Even Tory Cabinet Ministers know that wages…

A prime minister who jokes about Thatcher’s devastating pit closures is not a prime minister who is ready to protect jobs as we look to tackle climate change. The Prime Minister thinks that Thatcher closing the coal mines is something for which we should be thankful. He’s shown us exactly…