The UK Government is the second biggest arms dealer in the world, figures reveal
Saudi Arabia is the largest buyer, with UK-made weapons playing a central role in the Saudi-led bombardment of Yemen (pictured), campaigners say.
General Secretary candidate Christina McAnea: New direction for Unison as biggest union marks ‘end of an era’
The front-runner on national industrial action, Unison’s relationship with Labour, and far-left ‘gesture politics’.
Let trade unions in, Welsh Government tells employers receiving public cash
13,000 business owners using the Economic Resilience Fund are being urged to work with unions. Imagine if the UK government did the same?
Unison’s continuity candidate? That’s patronising and misogynistic, says Christina McAnea
No-one says that about Unison’s male deputies, she said.
Education figures hit out ‘censorship’ of anti-capitalism in new teaching guidance
“It’s laughable to put talking about alternatives to capitalism on par with racism.”
Ancient woodland is being ‘obliterated’ by HS2, activists warn ahead of protests
The protests come as felling restarts on several key sites of ancient woodland. Pic: Calvert Jubilee Nature Reserve.
“This is an emergency”: Left-wing group to launch protests against Tory Brexit plans
Another Europe is Possible has launched ‘Fight for The Future’ ahead of an extreme Brexit later this year.
BBC bosses tear apart Tory claims of left-wing bias in fiery Commons hearing
“You want to ignore the evidence…you rely on individual anecdotes,” the BBC chairman told Tory MP Philip Davies.
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that got buried
Left Foot Forward’s roundup of the progressive news you might have missed this week.
Interview: ‘Fearless’ rival launched to counter Murdoch-backed TV station
“We already have a press that’s very biased and not diverse, and a TV landscape that’s open to someone like Fox coming in,” the Byline TV co-founder tells LFF.