Teachers are now subsidising schools out of their own pockets
School staff are having to foot the bill for a crisis of the government’s making.
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Corbyn is right: Labour is now the mainstream
As the party approaches its conference, Labour appears more united than it has for years. And for the first time in a long time, many of us are optimistic about the left.
MPs call for Universal Credit expansion to be delayed, warning system on brink of ‘collapse’
Members of DWP committee fear next month’s planned roll-out could leave ‘hundreds of thousands’ without benefits.
The car industry has had enough of Brexit bickering – it must have clarity
Ahead of the Prime Minister’s speech in Florence on Friday, some of the UK’s biggest automotive manufacturers have made it clear to Theresa May that they are tired of their concerns being ignored.
More people are dying in immigration detention centres. It is time to shut them down
Two detainees have died in the same month the BBC broadcast secret footage of guards abusing and neglecting people inside Brook House IRC
With peers who barely speak claiming millions in expenses, we must reform the House of Lords
New research reveals the scandal of silent peers claiming more than the average British wage in expenses.
TUC President Sally Hunt on a changing union movement: “We’re not interested in being a relic”
In an exclusive interview with Left Foot Forward, the new figurehead of the UK union movement says: “We have to be where young people are – not where we are.”
The racism we see today didn’t come out of nowhere. To fight it, we need to look at history
A new book traces the roots of racism in Britain up to the present day – and shows the left need to be bolder in battling it.
Brexiteers pinning their hopes on a Merkel victory need to take a reality check
While some on the right expect a Merkel win to be good for Britain, Germans are not minded to give Theresa May a friendly deal.
Daily Mail writes two articles on same climate study with wildly differing conclusions
The print issue claims climate change warnings were ‘exaggerated’ whilst the online only article says climate change is very real and we need to act immediately.