Anti-racism group: Boris’ burka comments caused a spike in hate crime against Muslim women
The Tory politician has normalised racism, and may have made the unacceptable seem acceptable to people with underlying prejudices, says charity.
Charlotte England
Social housing green paper slammed for failing to include new affordable homes
The Tories should be building at least 30,000 new affordable homes each year. Last year they built less than 6,000.
Nurses demand union leaders stand down in row over pay deal
With the NHS pay deal failing to deliver what it promised, thousands of nurses have lost faith in their union.
UKIP refused to cooperate with personal data investigation, says ICO
Every other political party cooperated fully with the investigators.
Academies still wasting taxpayers’ money, say MPs
Education ministers must change the way they scrutinise prospective academies to ensure the schools will actually improve learning and won’t just squander taxpayers’ money, a damning new report has found.
Edinburgh university offers new Vice Chancellor a staggering £410k – as lecturers fight 40% cut to pensions
Tactless pay hike comes as staff at 61 universities, including Edinburgh, prepare to strike over pensions.
NHS staff are fighting back against outsourcing to ‘arms length’ companies
Up to 1,650 local hospital staff across two different NHS trusts face transfer to subsidiary companies, where unions worry their employment rights could be eroded away.
A ‘Minister for Loneliness’ won’t fix our broken society
Tory policies have fragmented society and left us all feeling isolated. Creating a ‘Minister for Loneliness’ now is too little too late
Almost everybody thinks the government was wrong to bail out StageCoach – even Conservatives
As the Carillion collapse raises questions about outsourcing contracts, it appears the public has finally had enough of privatisation, with 57% calling for our railways to be renationalised
People are being sent to prison unlawfully for not being able to afford council tax
A judge has said that up to 18% of council tax imprisonments a year may be ‘unlawful’