Government urged to take bolder action to address rising health inequality
As Rishi Sunak plans to charge NHS patients £10 for ‘no shows’, reports show growing disparity in access to healthcare and rising health inequality across the UK.
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Thousands sign petition urging government to make fire and rehire illegal
Opposition towards the ‘ruthless’ practice of deliberately firing people to rehire them on worse contracts is gathering momentum.
Internationalist campaigners call for Rees-Mogg to apologise for ‘Dover deceit’
“The Brexit deceitfully sold by Jacob Rees-Mogg and the hard Brexit deal he advocated has negatively impacted almost every sector of our economy. It has made our country poorer and less safe. He must now apologise.”
UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia back on trial next year
A legal challenge over the supply of UK-made weapons for the war in Yemen will proceed to the High Court in January 2023.
‘Reactionary and regressive’: Tory leadership candidates slammed for promising the return of grammar schools
“How anyone can still argue that grammar schools are the magic wand to improve our broken education system beggars belief.”
Petition to protect the right to strike garners thousands of signatures
As Truss and Sunak are branded “Thatcher tribute acts” for threatening the right to strike, momentum builds to secure this fundamental right.
Calls grow to bring energy back into public ownership, as companies report record-breaking profit
Reports of record-breaking profit for energy giants amid surging energy prices for households and a cost-of-living crisis, has sparked criticism and calls for energy to be brought into public ownership.
Andy Burnham’s plans to reform city region’s buses given the green light by Court of Appeal
“Brilliant news for the people of Greater Manchester.”
Top five painfully memorable Liz Truss moments
‘This is so awkward.’
Rishi Sunak cites misinformation as he attempts to woo Brexiteers
Brandishing his Brexiteer credentials, the former chancellor pledges to review all the ‘2,400 EU laws’ ‘getting in the way’ of British businesses to trigger a ‘new Big Bang.’
