Tories hit by candidate crisis amid collapse in support for May
Amid Brexit chaos and rising distrust in the party’s leadership, the Conservatives are struggling to inspire people to come forward for key seats.
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“You can have fracking or you can deal with climate change – you can’t do both” – Friends of the Earth respond to fracking announcement
Fracking will begin for the first time in seven years
English privatised water industry only benefits shareholders, report finds
The report compares private English water companies with publicly owned Scottish Water and England doesn’t come out of it well…
Uber drivers attempt to storm company HQ
The union organising the strike said Uber are ‘in denial’ about the campaign
Difficult debates and big decisions: The Green Party’s autumn conference in tweets
From new policies on well-being to debates on antisemitism, here’s some highlights from the Green Party of England and Wales’ gathering in Bristol at the weekend.
McDonald’s and Wetherspoon’s workers mount unprecedented strike
This is all part of a campaign to organise workers in areas of the employment sector that are often without trade union representation
Vince Cable’s speech on creating ‘Moderate Momentum’ in full
“By opening up our party, I hope to convince those who agitate for a new force that there is already a strong movement for open, centrist, and internationalist politics: the Liberal Democrats.”
Back door privatisation? Union resists NHS trust moving staff to ‘arms length’ companies
There’s a risk staff will have worse terms and conditions.
Here are the Green Party’s election results in full
LFF has the breakdown of the Green Party’s internal elections – read them here.
Fracking: Environmental campaigners challenge new government planning framework
Friends of the Earth say it will make it “virtually impossible” for councils to stop local fracking schemes.