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Oscar Webb

Oscar Webb is a staff reporter for Left Foot Forward. Follow him on Twitter here.

A £2bn Labour council regeneration scheme is being challenged in the High Court

Oscar Webb
26 October, 2017

If the Haringey Development Vehicle goes ahead it will be the biggest transfer of public assets to a semi-private company in British history.

HALF of schools face a real-terms funding cut this year

Oscar Webb
19 October, 2017

The Tories claim education budgets are being protected — new analysis suggests they’re lying through their teeth.

The Tories just showed their utter contempt for those hurt by Universal Credit

Oscar Webb
19 October, 2017

The government didn’t even try to defend their controversial welfare reforms, failing to take part in a vote last night.

Labour free movement campaigners slam decision to duck Brexit debate at conference

Oscar Webb
25 September, 2017

“We should also be clear about the urgency of the situation. The end of free movement would be the biggest expansion of border controls in recent British history.”

8.3m people have personal debt problems — it’s a bubble waiting to burst

Oscar Webb
19 September, 2017

Personal debt in Britain stands at £200bn and grows by 10 per cent a year. Any increase in interest rates could tip millions over the edge.

The government will lift 1 per cent pay cap — but their new offer is dismal

Oscar Webb
12 September, 2017

Jeremy Corbyn said at the TUC that the Labour Party “totally rejects the Tories’ attempt to divide and rule” by offering pay rises to some and not others.

Public sector workers ‘going without a daily meal’ because of Tory pay cap

Oscar Webb
11 September, 2017

The survey of 11,000 workers found that 17 per cent couldn’t afford to keep their homes warm, whilst 9 per were going without a regular daily meal.

McDonald’s workers won in New Zealand and they can win here — here’s how

Oscar Webb
5 September, 2017

A union activist explains how their decade-long campaign against zero-hours contracts and low pay was successful.

The Tories are preparing to do a U-turn on seven years of public sector pay austerity

Oscar Webb
4 September, 2017

Downing Street has refused to deny its planning to end the 1 per cent freeze on public sector pay.

McDonalds workers have gone on strike for the first time in UK history — here’s why

Oscar Webb
4 September, 2017

#Mcstrikers picketed McDonalds HQ on Saturday. We went along to hear why they’re taking action.

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