Updated: 2024-03-31 07:46:00
The Independent reports that a company run by a major Tory donor and former party treasurer was handed lucrative government contracts to advise the Post Office. The paper says that Malik Karim, who has given the Conservatives £1.6m since 2014, won two major deals last year through his finance firm Fenchurch Advisory, which were worth £1.5m and £175,000 respectively. Documents uncovered by this publication show Fenchurch was handed the payments to offer the beleaguered Post Office "advice on banking services and the retail banking market". Critics complained that the contracts "smack of cronyism" and raised questions about how government contracts ...
Updated: 2024-03-30 11:28:00
There's a very interesting article over on the New Statesman website. George Eaton writes on his interview with Ed Davey. The article covers a variety of fascinating topics – how many seats the LibDems will win the general election, working with other parties, the chances of Reform UK, Keir Starmer, John Rawls, the Orange Book, the Post Office scandal, and where the LibDems sit on the political spectrum: "We are the party that wants to change the system," he said in reference to policies such as electoral reform and a written constitution. "Labour has centralising tendencies - we don't. We ...
Updated: 2024-03-30 09:39:00
Keir Starmer's attempt to rebrand the Labour Party as a more moderate form of the Conservatives has hit a snag, his members are revolting at the idea. The Guardian reports that the Labour leader is facing discontent from Labour MPs over the dominant use of the union flag in election campaign material amid concern it may alienate ethnic minority voters and others. They say that concerns were raised at recent meetings of the party's black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) group at Westminster and also by London members of the parliamentary Labour party. There is also unhappiness among some activists ...
