38 Degrees

Did you know your energy company charged you a fixed fee before you even boiled a kettle this morning?

Tomorrow’s budget is a huge opportunity for this Government to turn the tide on the cost of living crisis. One of the easiest ways they could do this is by scrapping energy bill standing charges - the fixed daily fee we all pay before we’ve even boiled a kettle.

Palantir took Sadiq Khan’s office to court over a £50m Met Police contract. The legal battle is now settled, but the firm is still in the running for the deal.

Why do energy companies charge us before we've even switched the lights on? Andy Burnham has asked his Chancellor to look into scrapping gas standing charges. But why stop at gas? We're calling for unfair standing charges on electricity bills to go too.

@andyburnham.bsky.social: don’t cave into them!

Jackdaw has been approved, but Shell and Equinor will trade that gas on the open international market, so it won’t help our bills. It will also operate as an unmanned rig, so local workers won't see the promised benefits either.

Are airport drop-off fees a real way to cut pollution and traffic, or just an unfair cash grab? Environmental groups argue that airport drop-off fees help cut toxic air pollution and tackle congestion by nudging people towards public transport.

Our joint research with @ippr.org proves that we don't have to accept crumbling public services. Just a 2% tax on assets over £10 million could deliver 90,000 new council houses and help 900,000 people with locally led support to get them into good jobs.

Andy Burnham is about to approve two massive new North Sea drilling sites, the Jackdaw and Rosebanks fields, under the false promise of cheaper energy and local jobs.

In reality, energy giants Shell and Equinor will sell what they drill to the highest bidder, leaving us at the mercy of global price spikes, and there’s no promise of securing work for local communities either as Jackdaw is designed to be an unmanned rig.

Yesterday, we took a giant ad van straight to the streets of Bromley after undercover footage exposed a local Reform councillor describing local children as “animals”.

Andy Burnham launches campaign against ‘headphone dodgers’ on public transport. Do you support this? The new guidance allows local authorities to hand out £100 fines on bus passengers blasting music or watching videos out loud.

While polling shows roughly 60% of the public backs clamping down on antisocial noise, transport unions argue the policy does nothing to tackle the rising verbal abuse and violence frontline workers face daily.

Childhood memories shouldn’t be a luxury. Should the Government permanently cut VAT on family days out to 5%?

Tell us something we didn’t already know... But the Govt’s own ethics watchdog officially admitting that relying on political mega-donors hands them “undue influence” is still a massive moment for our campaign to cap political donations. Join the 109,064 people who have already signed the petition.

ITV caught Reform UK councillors on camera using extreme, hateful language. Has this shocked you, or did you expect this?

Terrifying Russian missile strikes have knocked out critical power infrastructure with zero warning, coming right after Trump's team threatened to cut intelligence sharing.

With millions of Ukrainians facing a fifth winter of fear, President Zelensky is meeting Andy Burnham today for a pivotal summit that will define Britain's leadership.

Paying for car insurance monthly can cost up to 50% more. Is it fair to charge people extra for spreading the cost?

It’s been a week since Manchester City FC was found guilty of a nine-season financial scandal, yet their billionaire owners are stalling the process with endless legal appeals.

Football should be played on a level playing field where no club is above the rules. Join us in demanding the Premier League hold them properly accountable, and set a date for Man City’s sanctions.

Since when is the public voicing their valid concerns about how their own personal data is used ‘mob rule’?

If you would like to create an even bigger headache for Tom and the tech giant paying him to make these comments, you can still exercise your explicit right to object to your health data being transferred into Palantir’s national database under data protection law.