These small steps would bolster our democracy
Democracy is under threat in 2024. But there are reasons to be hopeful about small steps to bolster our democracy.
Columnists
The Post Office Scandal shows how the UK is a hotbed of corruption and cronyism
The root cause of the scandal is corporate power and its ability to hound and silence people into submission.
Ian Byrne MP: More than 100,000 eligible disabled children are unable to access the free school meals. The government must act.
‘The families of children with disabilities and special educational needs should not have had to fight this hard and for so long to receive what they are entitled to’
Britain is in the grip of a new form of feudalism
‘Feudalism never completely disappeared from the UK. It simply put on new garbs.’
Natalie Bennett: Schools, prison, welfare: they’re still Victorian in style
Social innovation is possible. It is happening in a fast-changing, multi-challenge world of environmental and social crisis. Just not in the UK.
Paul Nowak: With its New Deal, Labour have shown they will stand up for working-class communities
There are no two ways about it – working people have been abandoned by the Conservatives. It’s time for a reset.
Governments need to break with fossil fuel addiction to tackle the climate crisis
The brutal truth as we reflect on COP28 is that we are far from where we need to be to prevent catastrophic climate change
Wera Hobhouse MP: Sustainable aviation fuel is “a game changer for the future of green transport”
‘One of the biggest obstacles to decarbonising the aviation industry is the amount of jet fuel being used per flight.’
We must make the moral and pragmatic case for ending child poverty
Child poverty doesn’t just mean having less opportunities and less access to goods and services growing up. Its effects are long term and in many cases last a lifetime.
The government has stolen the right to strike from millions of workers
The conscription of workers is an abuse of state power and the government is openly pursuing anti-worker policies.