Oscar Webb
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Is Scotland about to scrap council tax?
The Greens and the SNP are looking at replacing the tax with a more progressive alternative and will vote on it tomorrow. → Read More
Is council tax the new poll tax? Here's why it's so regressive and what we replace it with
Property wealth has risen by 300% over the past 40 years while annual property taxes have fallen by 0.3%. → Read More
The Tories' childcare policies are in total disarray
The cost of childcare has surged by 7 per cent this year and HALF of local authorities lack nursery places, it was revealed today. → Read More
The UK is mired in £222bn of PFI debt. Here's how we take on the public finance fat cats
Every UK citizen owes more than £3,400 to PFI companies – this might be the solution we desperately need. → Read More
A court just ruled over 400,000 precarious workers may be entitled to workers' rights
Almost half a million 'bogusly self-employed' people may be affected by a ruling by an employment appeal tribunal today. → Read More
This new Tory welfare cut could be about to make thousands of vulnerable people homeless
'Support for mortgage interest' for 110,000 people is being cut and less than 10% have applied for the replacement scheme. → Read More
NHS in crisis: A&Es had their worst month on record in January, new figures show
Waiting times are the longest they've ever been – the NHS is in the midst of a major crisis. → Read More
With the economic case against Brexit becoming undeniable, are the Brexiteers' in retreat?
In a conspiracy theory too far, Jacob Rees Mogg claimed that the government has "fiddled" its own figures on the economic impact of Brexit. → Read More
Key department for post-Brexit trade is drastically understaffed, Tory minister admits
The authority safeguarding the UK's trade outside the customs union has just 25 staff - less than one tenth the required number critics say. → Read More
The Tories are doubling what migrants have to pay to use the NHS. It won’t solve the crisis
Not only is the policy discriminatory – it's unclear that it makes the NHS any money. → Read More
May's capitulation to the Brexit "nightmare team" could be Labour's golden opportunity
To appease hard Brexiteers, Downing Street announced we're "categorically" leaving the customs union, going against what a clear majority of the public now want. → Read More
Tory grassroots confidence in May hits new low as PM faces backbench and donor despair
The PM is lacks support at every level on the party. How much longer can this zombie government stagger on for? → Read More
Forget the "youthquake", the real picture of Labour's new voters is far more interesting
The party appears to have picked up its 2017 gains from voters aged between 24 and 45, according to a new survey. → Read More
Poll: majority of MPs believe UK can remain in the single market despite Brexit
And Labour and Tory MPs disagree with the party leaders on a host of other Brexit issues. → Read More
Is this the beginning of the end for PFI? It's been a long time coming
"The outsourcing party is over" Labour will promise today – and the call to end PFI is supported by some unlikely figures. → Read More
Toby Young has resigned but let's not forget the Tories who defended him
The Tories are happy to overlook and ignore misogyny, homophobia and other bigotry when defending their friends and political allies. → Read More
Covering up "embarrassing" membership numbers reveals a wider crisis in the Tory party
The Conservatives may have as few as 70,000 members, putting them behind Labour, the SNP, the Lib Dems and possibly even the Greens. → Read More
Over 200,000 sign petition telling May to sack Toby Young. He's got to go
And a former Labour MP, thought to be the subject of one of Young's misogynist tweets, said he should go "immediately". → Read More
PMQs: Theresa May quotes NHS chief, misses out everything critical he said right after
The PM failed to mention he warned "pressures are great and the system is already running at or close to full stretch". → Read More
Are the Tories plotting to steal holiday pay from 7 million workers?
Don't let them U-turn on their promise to protect workers' rights post-Brexit. → Read More