Lancaster University urged to cut ties with UK arms trade
“Solidarity with striking staff, and solidarity with Yemen and Palestine!”
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Calls made for 0.7% international aid target to be reinstated to help protect world’s most vulnerable communities
‘The UK was the only G7 country to cut foreign aid during the pandemic. Its routine failure to meet funding deadlines as well as reinstate the 0.7% target means that far too many people in the developing world are suffering the catastrophic effects of the UK government’s decisions.’
Thousands sign petition demanding Hunt stops handing billions to the banks
Almost 11,500 people have signed a petition calling on the chancellor and the governor of the Bank of England not to give the banks billions of pounds of public money.
Old Etonians launch war on workers
The political right is ramping up efforts to demonise trade unions, peddling dishonest and hysterical campaigns, propped up by their billionaire-owned media and the out-of-touch Etonian commentators who spout such drivel with supposed integrity.
Round-up of the best Mick Lynch moments of the week
The RMT general secretary excelled in the media rounds this week, leaving interviewers red-faced, raging, and lost for words, other than ‘jog on!’
Apprenticeships are failing to reach disadvantaged youngsters, research finds
Tory apprenticeships are more elitist than degrees and are being snapped up by the middle classes, a new report claims.
6 crazy ideas from US right-wing that influence UK politics
From voter suppression to abortion rights, we take a look at some of the craziest and dangerous ideas from the American right that are gaining worrying traction in Britain.
‘Edinburgh reforms’: Jeremy Hunt sets out plan to rip up EU rules on finance
Concerns have been raised that the chancellor’s deregulation drive could leave the UK’s financial sector vulnerable to crashes such as the one in 2008.
Gillian Keegan slammed for ‘white privilege’ comments
According to the education secretary, white privilege is not a ‘fact.’
Mick Lynch smashes the media rounds (again!)
The RMT general secretary has been brightening up our television screens again this week with his straight-talking responses to the strike action fall-out.