Prem Sikka: The British media are failing in their duty to hold Big Finance to account
Skewed reporting of finance and politics more generally is a matter of deliberate choice, writes Prof Prem Sikka.
Monthly Archives: January 2020
Salma Yaqoob: Whitehall will not be able to ignore me as Labour Mayor for the West Midlands
Salma Yaqoob sets out how she’d be a ‘pro-business’ and ‘green’ Mayor for the West Midlands, if selected as Labour’s candidate to take on the Tories’ Andy Street.
Watch: Jess Phillips pulls out of leadership race
There are now four contenders to be Labour leader.
Farage’s Brexit group fined just £400 for inaccurate referendum spending return
Campaigners said a £400 fine was not a deterrent.
Minicab drivers union accuses Met Police of racial discrimination
They say minicab drivers were searched under terrorism powers while taxi drivers were not.
Schools removing teens from education to boost average grades, warns OFSTED
Children of immigrants or those with special educational needs are particularly vulnerable to this practice.
Our local Labour Party’s boxing exchange programme was socialism in action
Grassroots exchanges like this promote social cohesion.
The Government are using Brexit to weaken environmental protections
In seeking to overturn a promise to keep exiting EU environmental case law, the government are weakening our protections.
Discussion on Europe now has to be a battle for the future of Brexit and our economy
As the Tories announce the contours of their vision of Brexit, others must stop opposing Brexit and start outlining an alternative.
Bridget Phillipson MP calls for Labour to drop nostalgia
Sunderland MP argues that Labour has to stop looking to the past and offer a different vision of the future.