INSANE: 38 - The Real Truth

Current House of Lords set-up ‘indefensible’, Gordon Brown insists

The former prime minister spoke out as Labour prepares to publish a report looking at how to reform the UK.

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

Labour must abolish ‘indefensible’ House of Lords, says Gordon Brown

The party to unveil its blueprint for reform as Sir Keir Starmer hints scrapping the upper chamber may have to wait for a second term for Labour.

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

‘Indefensible’ House of Lords will be replaced with elected chamber, Keir Starmer to pledge

‘We aim to deliver it in the first term,’ party says – scotching suggestions of delay

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2022

Hawaii volcano's lava oozes toward key Big Island highway

Experts say humans can do nothing to prevent the lava flowing from the world’s largest volcano from swallowing the main highway linking the east and west coasts of Hawaii's Big Island

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022

Millions of households will be spending nearly third of income on fuel by spring

Findings come amid mounting evidence that the poorest people in the UK are paying a ‘poverty premium’ for basic services

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

The Observer view on fuel poverty measures freezing out poorest Britons

New analysis reveals the least affluent need urgent government support this winter

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

Gordon Brown says China must pay into climate fund for poor countries

Former prime minister says US and Europe will pay biggest share of loss and damage fund, but China must too

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2022

Rich nations have promised to pay for the climate crisis – but will they?

For too long pledges have gone unmet, so at Cop28 new solutions need to be explored, says Gordon Brown, WHO ambassador for global health financing

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2022

Labour sounds like the Tories on immigration – but its policy goes back to its trade union roots

Keir Starmer has given a glimpse of what immigration policy could look like under a Labour government. Speaking to the Confederation for British Industry, the party leader’s key message was about reducing the UK’s dependency on migrant labour.

The Conversation · Nov 25, 2022

Labour to promise North 'more control over its future' at Manchester conference

University Academy 92 hosting political and business leaders from across Northern England

Manchester Evening News · Nov 23, 2022