The scale of Britain’s insecure jobs crisis in now clear
Figures released by the TUC show how nearly 4 million are stuck in the precarious world of the ‘gig-economy’.
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A Labour MP is calling for a second Brexit referendum in Parliament
Gareth Thomas is proposing a bill to ensure Brexit won’t happen without a People’s Vote. Here he tells Left Foot Forward why it matters.
Students strike on rent pay after mice and flooding complaints
Student accommodation residents are refusing to pay rent after health and safety complaints were ignored by London university management.
Will gifting £10,000 really make life easier for millennials?
A new report is proposing giving people in their 20s a ‘Citizen’s Inheritance’ and controlled rents. Joana Ramiro investigates.
Islamophobic hate crimes on the rise, new Met data shows
The Metropolitan Police’s new crime figures point to a sharp rise in anti-Muslim crime. And some argue Brexit might be to blame.
PM warns her ministers to stay away from customs union vote
With her Brexit strategy falling apart, Theresa May has reportedly whipped her cabinet to stay well clear of a backbencher debate being held later this week.
The government just got savaged in the Lords over human rights
Lord Pannick led the charge against May’s Brexiteer Cabinet in a debate over keeping EU’s human rights charter in British law – and won.
A Labour MP is being targeted with racist mail after Windrush scandal
David Lammy shared an abusive letter he received, telling him that as a black man he should be “grateful” to be in Britain.
CBI boss slams Cabinet Minister over customs union comments
Business leader Paul Drechsler did not mince his words after Sajid Javid called for Britain to leave the customs union.
Parliament’s attack on landlords doesn’t go far enough
MPs are proposing that criminal landlords have their properties taken away, but campaigners suggest local authorities lack the resources to even enforce current law.