Five places where rent controls have been introduced
Housing unions and the Greens have called for rent controls to tackle the ever growing affordability crisis for private renters
Hannah Davenport
Tory MP Natalie Elphicke defects to Labour over ‘broken promises’
The Tory MP for Dover hit out at Rishi Sunak’s party saying ‘the Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division’
25 groups condemn Tory Party’s ‘onslaught of attacks’ on disabled people’s rights
A coalition of organisations sign letter to Rishi Sunak condemning the UK government for a ‘complete disregard for international law and contempt for human rights’
When are this week’s train strikes?
The latest strike dates in the long-running dispute over train drivers’ pay
Mick Lynch rips into P&O Ferries CEO after committee grilling on seafarers’ working conditions
Ferry company boss admits staff paid under £5 an hour, while he received ‘bumper bonus’
UK government’s climate plan ‘unlawful’ High Court finds, again
‘No more pie in the sky – this judgement means the government must now take real, credible action to address the climate crisis’
5 times the Tory government has let down disabled people
Five times the Tories have launched an attack on disability welfare and disabled peoples’ rights
Who is Kim McGuinness, the first North East Mayor?
Kim McGuinness is the new Labour mayor of the North East representing around two million people in the region
Tory MP vexed at suggestion Ben Houchen distanced himself from Tory Party to win mayoral race
Tory Ben Houchen won a tight race to be Tees Valley mayor
Boris Johnson brutally mocked for getting caught out by voter ID rules he introduced
“The absolute state of this lot”