May drops promise to curb corporate excess, slammed by unions as “feeble”
She promised radical reform in boardrooms and that “big business needs to change”, but the plans unveiled today maintain the status quo in the City.
Our electoral system is hugely unrepresentative and increasingly unpredictable — new report
First-past-the-post is so broken that the Tories would have won a majority in the House of Commons if they’d picked up just 533 more votes.
Rail fares to rise at fastest rate in 5 years exacerbating cost of living crisis
The hike in rail fares will make life even harder for struggling households seeing the cost of goods and services rising, wages dropping and consumer debt growing.
Government ‘concealing’ crisis in local mental health care by redefining what local means
Children and parents are being forced to travel hundreds of miles to access care which is classed as ‘local’ by new government definition.
Nine out of ten major NHS hospital trusts do not have enough nurses
Whilst there’s no money for nurses the health secretary found £44k for a new bathroom in the Department of Health.
Outsourced workers won a major victory at a London university
Following an epic eleven year campaign, all 120 outsourced staff at SOAS will be brought in-house and given better working conditions
Student debt is halting less well off pupils from going to university – new poll
The data suggests a university education is becoming the preserve of the wealthy and privileged.
Grenfell fire: council leader slammed as a ‘disgrace’ at heated public meeting
“You should be ashamed of yourself!” the leader of Kensington and Chelsea counil was told last night by survivors of the Grenfell fire.
Half of maternity wards had to shut last year due to “shameful” lack of staff or beds
One hospital said it had to turn away expectant mothers 30 times in 2016 because of “insufficient midwifery staffing for workload”
The government is being pummelled in the courts, and it’s brilliant to watch
They’ve lost three high-profile cases in the High Court, Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in the last fortnight alone.