#MakeAmazonPay campaign builds momentum on Black Friday weekend
“Over 40% of Amazon warehouse workers are injured during peak season. Jeff Bezos is worth $228 billion. Their bodies, his bank account. It’s time to #MakeAmazonPay.”
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
100,000 more children set to be in poverty within five years, new analysis shows
Currently, 4.3 million children in the UK live in poverty, with 1 million experiencing destitution.
LGBTQ+ community feels increasingly unsafe in Britain, analysis shows
“Transgender issues have been heavily discussed by politicians, the media and on social media over the last year, which may have led to an increase in these offences, or more awareness in the police in the identification and recording of these crimes.”
President Trump: The Labour government’s biggest headache?
The dynamics of the so-called ‘special relationship’ between the two nations are set for a dramatic test.
Petition to reapply for EU membership nears 50,000 signatures
‘By signing you are showing Keir Starmer that you do not accept his red lines.’
Bus and tram workers in Greater Manchester to strike after ‘years of falling wages’
‘Strike action can still be avoided but that will require TGM sitting down with Unite and tabling an offer our members can accept.’
As winter approaches, UK pays more for gas than EU, sparking anger among Remainers
‘Endless is the victory.’
Right-wingers’ launch annual ‘Christmas is cancelled’ outrage
‘As by magic, poppy rage gives way to “they’re banning Christmas.’
Healthcare crisis for women in the North East raised in parliament
Girls aged four to six in the North East can expect to live in good health for only 59.7 years, the lowest healthy life expectancy in England, and six years less than those in the South East.
The ‘Budapest playbook’: A blueprint we can’t afford to follow
Orbán’s authoritarian playbook, which Trump and his fellow MAGA Republicans seem to idolise, shows just how vulnerable democratic institutions are in the face of rising populism, and how quickly democratic models can be eroded. The need for a robust defence of democratic values has never been more critical.