Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Government urged to scrap 20 percent increase in energy bills
Money saving expert Martin Lewis has joined calls urging the government to postpone the planned April 1 hike.
RCN warns Rishi Sunak is failing patients and damaging economy
The Royal College of Nursing has warned the prime minister that the NHS is deteriorating rapidly on his watch.
Three brilliant trade union general secretary moments this week
'Exploitation is a dirty secret of higher education – yet there’s plenty of money in the system.'
The right-wing takeover of Britain’s media
With a handful of Conservative-supporting billionaires controlling most of the country’s national newspaper industry, the BBC in the firing line of the Tory right, the arrival of two openly reactionary broadcasters, and the launch of more right-wing populist news websites, Britain’s media is shifting further to the right.
As Shell reports eye-watering profits, calls grow for UK to nationalise energy
‘Our bills are rising to £3,000 while energy companies are making a killing. Bring energy into public ownership, so we can take control of our energy for the future.’
Full list of strike action planned for next week
The strikes for better pay and conditions show no sign of slowing down as we head into the second week of February.