EXCLUSIVE: Over half of voters think COP26 summit won’t make a positive difference to climate change
The poll found that 51% of UK adults think that the COP26 summit will not make a positive difference to climate change
Basit Mahmood
Why the rise in the National Living Wage won’t compensate for the cut to Universal Credit
“It’s a good news story that low paid workers will see a decent pay increase, but it’s quite a separate question to a universal credit cut and in no way should be seen as a compensation for it”
Anger after Kent Tories ‘run a sweepstake on Universal Credit cuts’
“It’s all just a big laugh to them. They have no idea what losing over £20 a week is doing to families in Kent and across England.”
Unite votes to back PR voting in Westminster elections
“Our political class has failed working people and our system is broken. It is time to change our democracy.”
Workers across the country urge MPs to back bill to ban Fire and Rehire
“If the Tories don’t make it illegal, the next Labour government will.”
Number of Tory MPs refuse to wear masks even after Sajid Javid’s plea to ‘set an example’
“I’m looking round the house today and I’m looking at my Conservative colleagues… I think there’s four out of fourteen wearing a facemask this morning.”
How a wealth tax could bring in more than £200bn in extra revenue to fund public services
‘The accumulation of wealth is largely ignored. It’s time for this to change.’
British Medical Association slams government for being ‘wilfully negligent’ for not enforcing Covid ‘Plan B’
‘The Westminster Government said it would enact ‘Plan B’ to prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed; as doctors working on the frontline, we can categorically say that time is now.’
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 3, October 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
Cleaning staff win campaign for £10 per hour wage at University of Sheffield
The University’s management have now signed an agreement with Unite representatives to confirm the decision to increase the workers’ pay from £9.52 to £10 an hour.