Care charity forcing staff to sign in using fingerprints may be breaching law
Residential care staff are being forced to sign in every hour using fingerprints and photographs – a policy that may be against new EU law.
Scotland is helping to end ‘period poverty’. But is England being left behind?
Will the UK government listen up – or allow a dire situation to continue?
Eight times Green co-leader Caroline Lucas has helped change politics for the better
As the Green Party co-leader announces she’s standing down this summer, here’s some highlights from her time at the helm.
The Chancellor’s ‘reformed’ capitalism is little more than cheap rhetoric
Talk is cheap, but we’re going to need much more than warm words before young people can trust the Tories.
Workers win major concession over outsourcing at University of London
But the union plan to keep the pressure up, after the university offered only ‘vague commitments’ to take some services back in house.
TUC leader says public need more say on the Brexit deal
Pressure is piling on the government to ensure greater scrutiny of the Brexit deal. Will the TUC end up backing a ‘people’s vote’?
NHS staff strike against plans to outsource low-paid workers to arms-length companies
NHS Trusts are setting up private companies in a bid to reduce their VAT bills – but staff fear the new bodies could threaten the future of our NHS.
MPs demand Tories hold back on terrifying MoD fire service sell-off
A powerful group of MPs has now joined unions in slamming the riskiest sell off of the decade.
Revealed: How Universal Credit has been a ‘nightmare’ for single parents
The system is still in turmoil – with even staff unclear of how it works, and parents in the dark over how much they stand to gain/lose in taking on work.
Delivering Justice: How campaigners are uniting for rights at Deliveroo
The IWGB union are fighting a decision that denies Deliveroo riders basic employment rights – and they need your support.