How workers’ rights are being swept away by the Strike (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
The controversial strike reforms have suffered more defeats in the House of Lords. The government has promised to overturn the latest Lords’ amendments.
Yearly Archives: 2023
Derbyshire school cancels Pride event following backlash peddled by right-wing press
Students, parents, staff, and the LGBTQ+ community were left disappointed, with many blaming the ‘inflammatory reporting’ of the Daily Mail and Telegraph.
Labour Party on track to win a 140-seat majority at the next election
Labour would win 470 seats to just 129 for the Tories and 26 for the SNP.
£150,000 of levelling up funding given to Tory donor’s amusement centre
Lubov Chernukhin, who has given more than £2million to the party.
Care leavers are being failed by local authorities when it comes to homelessness
Topics of priority need, intentionality and local connection play a role in increasing rates of homelessness for care leavers
Caroline Lucas to stand down at the next election
Lucas said she had struggled to ‘spend the time she wanted campaigning on the climate crisis’.
Labour donor launches legal action against HMRC over tax loophole
‘Why should wealthy private equity investors be allowed to pay a lower rate of tax than a nurse or bus driver?’
Telegraph owner threatened with administration
‘They just need to cut down on Netflix, lattes and avocado toast.’
BBC journalists begin 48-hour strike to save local radio
‘Journalists are striking in defence of services that are valued by communities across the country’
Unite slams Sainsbury boss’s ‘bonanza bonus’ as latest supermarket profiteering
‘The scandal of Greedflation continues’