Pick of the week: Cults, Corbyn and tax credits

"One person's religion is another person's cult." - Phillip Seymour Hoffman View this email in your browser The weekend is almost here and we've selected our five most-read pieces of the week for you to enjoy. Here's what we have for you today: A piece which asked why the Telegraph is giving a platform to dictators. A report from last week that a Tory MP said the SNP 'need to be on their planes back' to Scotland. A piece which looked at the House of Lords vote on cuts to tax credits. Our verdict on this week's PMQs. And our most-read piece is an article that suggested the no-platforming of Germaine Greer shows that identity politics has become a cult. Comment: When did the Telegraph turn into a mouthpiece for autocrats?   On Oct 30, 2015 10:31 am A once great newspaper has bent over backwards for human-rights abusing regimes Read more... » SNP MPs 'need to be on their planes back' to Scotland   On Oct 23, 2015 10:28 am MPs to vote on restricting the rights of non-English MPs Read more... » Tory secrecy on tax credits has come back to haunt them   On Oct 30, 2015 10:34 am If the government hadn't tried to sneak the cuts past the public and parliament, the Lords would be powerless to stop them Read more... » PMQs verdict: Corbyn just hammered Cameron   On Oct 30, 2015 10:36 am A relentless focus delivers Jeremy Corbyn a convincing victory over David Cameron Read more... » Comment: The attack on Germaine Greer shows identity politics has become a cult   On Oct 30, 2015 10:36 am "Die in a fire, Terf" is simply the twenty-first century's "burn the heretic" Read more... »     Opinion Former videos   Keep calm, volunteer.   On Oct 30, 2015 09:17 am Keep calm, volunteer. This British Safety Council animation shows that health and safety is nothing to fear. Read more... » Majority of emergency service staff suffer alcohol fuelled abuse   On Oct 26, 2015 10:48 am A new report from the Institute of Alcohol Studies, Alcohol's Impact on Emergency Services, reveals the full extent of the toll alcohol takes on emergency services in England. Read more... »     Jobs and courses   Self-shooting video journalist   On Jun 24, 2015 04:10 pm Politics.co.uk is seeking to recruit a self-shooting video journalist to work out of our offices in east London. Read more... »     Facebook Twitter Website Copyright © 2015 Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at www.politics.co.uk Our mailing address is: Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd) 501 Metropolitan Wharf Building 70 Wapping Wall London, E1W 3SS United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Corbyn's early political victories

"It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody."  -Richard M. Nixon View this email in your browser Today we bring you a piece which looks at Jeremy Corbyn's early victories. While he is yet to enjoy a bounce in the polls he has had some political wins that are often overlooked. Elsewhere, we report on the ongoing protest at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) over the suspension of a union member. Yesterday the university was forced to close after hundreds of people protested outside. And we have a piece looking at the scary amount of waste produced over the Halloween weekend.   Latest Articles     The big political victories already chalked-up by Jeremy Corbyn   On Oct 30, 2015 01:02 pm New Labour leader has some reason to feel positive about his performance so far Read more... »   Staff and students at SOAS walk out over suspended union member   On Oct 30, 2015 12:01 pm The university was forced to close yesterday after hundreds protested over the suspension Read more... »       The scariest thing about Halloween is the 18,000 tonnes of wasted pumpkins   On Oct 30, 2015 08:38 am Sales of pumpkins will rocket this weekend but most will be wasted Read more... »   Opinion Former videos   Keep calm, volunteer.   On Oct 30, 2015 09:17 am Keep calm, volunteer. This British Safety Council animation shows that health and safety is nothing to fear. Read more... » Majority of emergency service staff suffer alcohol fuelled abuse   On Oct 26, 2015 10:48 am A new report from the Institute of Alcohol Studies, Alcohol's Impact on Emergency Services, reveals the full extent of the toll alcohol takes on emergency services in England. Read more... »   Opinion Formers press releases     EU conservationists meet at BASC Shooting conservationists from across Europe have met at the BASC head office to assess hunting's contribution to biodiversity and its role in the EU's conservation strategy. Read more... »   Tax body sets policymakers six challenges to create a simpler VAT system to benefit our SMEs in Europe The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has set EU tax officials six objectives to ensure more UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) consider Europe to be their home market or at least carry greater pan-European ambitions. Read more... »     Jobs and courses     Self-shooting video journalist   On Jun 24, 2015 04:10 pm Politics.co.uk is seeking to recruit a self-shooting video journalist to work out of our offices in east London. Read more... »   Facebook Twitter Website Copyright © 2015 Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at www.politics.co.uk Our mailing address is: Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd) 501 Metropolitan Wharf Building 70 Wapping Wall London, E1W 3SS United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

Could the government have done more to help the people of Redcar?

"People like me who grew up in a working-class town, who don't have a college education, you don't usually hear from us." - Michael Moore View this email in your browser Today we bring you a report on the impact of the steel crisis on the people of Redcar. They talk of feeling abandoned by the government and say it should have done more to protect jobs. Elsewhere, we look at comments made by Nigel Farage today about foreign HIV patients. We ask if there is any truth in his claim that the UK is losing up to £2 billion a year to health tourism. We have a piece by the chief executive of The Carbon Trust who says that Britain is falling behind on low-carbon technology. And if you missed our verdict on yesterday's PMQs, you can catch up with it here. Latest Articles     Nigel Farage: Foreign HIV patients should pay up or get out   On Oct 29, 2015 10:27 am Ukip leader says door should be bolted on people suffering life-threatening conditions Read more... »   PMQs verdict: Corbyn just hammered Cameron   On Oct 28, 2015 12:54 pm A relentless focus delivers Jeremy Corbyn a convincing victory over David Cameron Read more... »       Britain is falling behind on low-carbon technology   On Oct 29, 2015 09:31 am It's been a turbulent few months for businesses in the low-carbon sector Read more... »   Shocked and afraid: The people of Redcar feel abandoned by Cameron   On Oct 29, 2015 08:58 am The government should have stepped in earlier to save the British steel industry Read more... »   Opinion Former videos   Majority of emergency service staff suffer alcohol fuelled abuse   On Oct 26, 2015 10:48 am A new report from the Institute of Alcohol Studies, Alcohol's Impact on Emergency Services, reveals the full extent of the toll alcohol takes on emergency services in England. Read more... » Farming cannot stand still   On Oct 26, 2015 04:09 am An animation showing how modern farming relies on the innovations plant science provides to maintain biodiversity and wildlife. Read more... »     Opinion Formers press releases     Tax body sets policymakers six challenges to create a simpler VAT system to benefit our SMEs in Europe The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has set EU tax officials six objectives to ensure more UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) consider Europe to be their home market or at least carry greater pan-European ambitions. Read more... »   HMRC's tax credits compliance methods take no account of effect on vulnerable claimants, say MPs Campaigners for tax credit claimants on low incomes have welcomed a report by an influential committee of MPs which has found that HMRC's method of tackling error and fraud in tax credits is a 'blunt instrument approach to enforcement that does not properly take into account the human impact of its response, particularly on vulnerable claimants.' Read more... »     Jobs and courses     Self-shooting video journalist   On Jun 24, 2015 04:10 pm Politics.co.uk is seeking to recruit a self-shooting video journalist to work out of our offices in east London. Read more... »     Facebook Twitter Website Copyright © 2015 Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at www.politics.co.uk Our mailing address is: Politics.co.uk (Adfero Media Ltd) 501 Metropolitan Wharf Building 70 Wapping Wall London, E1W 3SS United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences